Interacting & Responding:

Gang Culture

Learning Objectives:• To work collaboratively to discuss the question ‘What is a gang?’ • To use stimulus material and your own views to inform your work

Starter

Work as a pair to create a brainstorm on the topic of GANGS What words do you associate with the word ‘gang’? What do you know about them?

Speaking and listening

GCSE English Speaking & Listening = 20% of your total mark

Speaking & Listening is made up of 3 separate tasks: Communicating and adapting language (an individual

presentation) Interacting and responding (a group discussion) Creating and sustaining roles (a hot-seating activity in character)

All these tasks are weighted evenly. They are worth around 6.5% of your mark each.

Interacting and responding

In this task you will participate in a group discussion on the issue of gangs

The discussion will cover 4 different areas: What are gangs? Why do young people join gangs? What impact do gangs have on their local community? What can people do to stop gang culture in their local

community?

Your assessment

In the assessment you will be assessed on…

Your ability to listen Your ability to question Your ability to respond to other people Your ability to shape and sustain a discussion Your ability to express your own detailed views

Good speaking and listening

Here are the ground rules for good group work… Listen carefully to other people, and give people time

to express their views Be supportive and polite about other people’s ideas Make sure that everyone is involved in the discussion Don’t be afraid to suggest different ideas or ideas

other people may not agree with Try to use formal language, and avoid using slang

Watch this clip

Here is a clip which shows some people’s views on what gangs are…

Gangs - What are they?

News article

Circle any words or phrases in the article which you do not understand.

What are the key points in this article? Do you agree with this message?

Your task

Work as a group to discuss the question ‘What is a gang?’

As you discuss your ideas you should take notes, as you will need these for later lessons These notes could be a brainstorm, or bullet points

Use your own ideas as well as ideas from the video clip and the article

Plenary

Lets hear some of your ideas…

Now spend 5 minutes writing down your own individual ideas to answer the question ‘What is a gang?’◦You should make notes in your book under this title