Revising For Encountering Conflict
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EncounteringConflict
Three ways you can respond to the context
section
• Expository essay piece
• Persuasive piece
• Creative piece
Expository EssayText Response:
*What is one text about?
*Examples from that one text.
Expository Essay:
*What is an idea about?
*Examples from that one context
text.*Example from other places
Who and What
Not war - but groups in a situation where they
are struggling for power
Conflicting Groups
• Japanese vs. Europeans
• Soldiers vs. Prisoners
• Men vs. Women
• Young vs. Old
• Dutch vs. English/Australians
• Insiders vs. Outsiders
• Risk takers vs. Those who are afraid
‘Conflict of conscience can be just as difficult as conflict between people.’
What are characters, groups or situations from the text that show this to be true?
What are characters, groups or situations from the text that show this not to be (completely) true?
How and Why
Ways To Encounter:With courage, bravely, cowardly, practically, quickly, slowly, with thought and care, angrily, resiliently,
hesitantly, instinctively, through determination, alone, with others, with
dignity, hopelessly, through avoidance,
manipulatively, emotionally, with
principles
Conflict Choices:Family vs. Me
Survival vs. Giving inLoyalty vs. Self interest
Values vs. What’s practicalChange vs. Staying the same
Justice vs. InjusticePrejudice vs. Acceptance
What’s hard vs. What’s easy
The Introduction
• A conflict of conscience is...
• A conflicted conscience arises from...
• In many situations we...
• People...
Body paragraph
• Conflicts of conscience aren’t difficult for everyone or even a problem for some people at all.
• Some situations of conflict confront people by...
• Everyday we can encounter small and big examples of this...
• In Paradise Road we see.... instances of...
Using other examples
• In Paradise Road the women face a serious conflict in terms of survival. They need to choose between self interest and thinking about others. Around the world during World War II thousands of people faced the same grim decision. Everyone encountered this conflict in different ways. Many decided to do just what was good for them. For example...
Study Goals
• Text: Know the characters and divide them into groups
• Text: Label the types of conflicts groups have
• Other examples: Have a few good other examples that can be linked to the groups and characters from the text
• Plan a response to a prompt
Writing persuasively
• ‘It is difficult to remain a bystander in any situation of conflict.’
• We must not remain a bystander in times of conflict no matter how difficult it is
The ability to compromise is important when responding to
conflict
*We should (not/never/sometimes/always)... so..
*We should (not never/sometimes/always)...because
*We should (not never/sometimes/always)...when...
*We must (not never/sometimes/always) believe /accept/value that/the idea of...because
Introduction
• We must not remain a bystander in times of conflict no matter how difficult it is. To be a bystander means to to avoid our responsibility as humans to do something when we come across situations of injustice. Many examples, in the real world and literature, show time and again what can happen if we don’t...
Body Paragraph
• One text which shows that…is…
• In [insert text name] we see a profound/disturbing/pointed example/illustration/representation of why we should…
• The text [insert name] offers a powerful illustration/case in point of why we should…
• There is perhaps no better/more powerful/clearer/more pointed/more disturbing example/illustration/representation of why we should…than the text [insert name].
Creative writingBad reasons for
choosing the creative option:
*I think it’s easy*I don’t want to study*I’ve got a great idea
for one story
Good reasons for choosing the creative option
*I’m confident about creative writing
*I’m prepared to practice creative writing
*I’ve got a good idea for a character and setting that’s
relevant to the context
Characters and situationsCharacter types:
*A younger person who is part of a group and share some values but has different values to the
group (Paradise Road)*A person who is an advocate of change - but
naive (The Life of Galileo)
Character + Scenarios
• ‘The ability to compromise is important when responding to conflict.’
• A group of people is detained at an overseas airport by security. One member of the group needs to decide how to best handle the situation.
• A character and a setting that you can write confidently about ❏ Yes ❏ Getting There ❏ No
• Take an essay prompt and develop a scenario/problem a character can face which addresses the key idea in the prompt ❏ Yes ❏ Getting There ❏ No
Three ways you can respond to the context
section
• Expository essay piece
• Persuasive piece
• Creative piece
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