1. Describe a time in the discussion when you asked or answered a question by using information you learned while you were preparing for the discussion. 2. Describe a time in the discussion when you learned something new and changed or added to the idea with your own thoughts.

3. Describe a time in the discussion when you defended your view because someone disagreed with you.

4. Describe a time in the discussion when someone made a really good point and backed it up with strong reasons and evidence.

5. Describe a time in the discussion when someone used reasons or evidence that did not support his or her point.

6. Describe a time in the discussion when you asked a follow-up question to get more information.

7. What rules were created for the discussion? Were they followed?

8. How did you make sure that your language was appropriate to the topic and audience of the discussion? Was it formal or informal language?

9. What kinds of hand gestures and facial expressions did you and other people use to match what was being said?

10. Describe how you made sure you were listening carefully to what other people said and how you let other people know that you understood their ideas.

11. How did you use eye contact, the volume of your voice, clear pronunciation, speaking rate, or other means to connect with others during the discussion?

12. Which of your peers presented his or her ideas the most clearly? In your opinion, what made his or her ideas clear and easy to follow?

Ead the passage from "marriage is a private affair” by chinua achebe. "i shall never see her,” was the reply. from that night the father scarcely spoke to his son. he did not, however, cease hoping that he would realize how serious was the danger he was heading for. day and night he put him in his prayers. nnaemeka, for his own part, was very deeply affected by his father’s grief. but he kept hoping that it would pass away. if it had occurred to him that never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue, he might have been less optimistic. "it has never been heard,” was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later. in that short sentence he spoke for all of his people. this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke when news went round about his son’s behaviour. by that time the son had gone back to lagos. "it has never been heard,” said the old man again with a sad shake of his head. "what did our lord say? ” asked another gentleman. "sons shall rise against their fathers; it is there in the holy book.” "it is the beginning of the end,” said another. how does this passage reinforce the traditional social hierarchy? the older men in the village tell okeke that he should respect nnaemeka’s decision. the older men in the village console nnaemeka about okeke’s attitude toward his choices. the older men in the village commiserate with okeke regarding nnaemeka’s decision to disobey him. the older men in the village think that nnaemeka should be optimistic that okeke will accept his decision.

Compare and contrast life in the capitol to life in district 12

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