Debate Fundamentals - Lesson 8

<h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>LESSON 8: WRITING DIFFERENT HOOKS WITH POWER</strong></span></h2><p><span style="background-color:#ffff00;color:#000000;"><strong>Watch the video and answer the question below:</strong></span><br><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>1.&nbsp;</strong>What type of hook did she use?</span><br><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><i>________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</i></span></p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>2</strong>. How did she use her VOICE to make it stronger?</span><br><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><i>________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</i></span></p><p><span style="background-color:#ffff00;color:#000000;"><strong>Record and share!</strong></span><br><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>Mute the video</strong> and turn on&nbsp;<strong>subtitles or captions</strong>.</span><br><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>Read the words aloud</strong>, performing the speech as if you were the original speaker.</span><br><span style="background-color:#ffff00;color:#000000;">Read from 0:00 - 1:00&nbsp;</span><br><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>While performing, focus on the following:</strong></span></p><ul><li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>Stand tall</strong> – this is a physical activity, not just reading.</span></li><li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Use a&nbsp;<strong>power pose</strong>: shoulders back, feet planted, body steady.</span></li><li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Practice&nbsp;<strong>hand gestures</strong> that match the meaning of the words.</span></li><li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Use&nbsp;<strong>eye contact</strong> – either with a real audience or by looking directly into the camera if you're recording.</span></li></ul><p><span style="background-color:#ffff00;color:#000000;">📷Record your speech → Post it to our group</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><figure class="table" style="float:left;"><table class="ck-table-resized" style=";"><colgroup><col style="width:100%;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:5pt;vertical-align:top;"><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSL9cwejdPk"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;"><u>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSL9cwejdPk</u></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</span><br><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>0:00- 1:00&nbsp;</strong></span></p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>Speaker:</strong></span><br><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">I thank the Ranking Member for yielding his time.</span></p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Thirteen point seven million Americans.</span><br><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Thirteen point seven million Americans are the number of people in this country whose healthcare is going to be stripped under this bill.</span></p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Now, Republicans are going to try to tell you every single distraction in the book to pull you away from that essential number.</span></p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">I want people at home to understand this:</span><br><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Medicaid and the federal matching funds for Medicaid can make up&nbsp;<strong>30 to 40 percent</strong> of some of the state budgets across the country—your home states.</span></p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Republicans have put this bill together, rushed it in a matter of hours, scribbled it on the back of a napkin, shaken it, walked out of the White House, and brought it right here to this floor.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></figure><h3><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>Step 3: Practice Writing Your Own Hooks</strong></span></h3><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Re-write her&nbsp;<u>hook&nbsp;</u>using&nbsp;<strong>one example below</strong></span><br><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>Question Hook //&nbsp; Shocking Statement Hook // Personal Experience Hook:</strong></span><br><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</span></p>