--- title: "Cultural Diversity and Literacy" url: "https://aldercommunityhighschool.org.uk/blog/2020-06-09-11-44-09-cultural-diversity-and-literacy" school: "Alder Community High School" --- # Cultural Diversity and Literacy ![](https://files.schudio.com/alder-community-high-school/images/blog/Cultural_Diversity.png) 9 June 2020 [Literacy at Alder](https://aldercommunityhighschool.org.uk/blog/category/literacy-at-alder) [Embedded content](https://www.youtube.com/embed/7hALK3FxSW4) Watch the video in this article for information about the Black Lives Matter movement: Read through these speeches that have been made over the past couple of weeks in support of the Black Lives Matter campaign and develop your active reading skills to: **Identify:** - Slang terms and the impact they have on engaging others - Persuasive language/terms **Highlight:** - Key words - Powerful language **Discover:** - synonyms for the words we have highlighted in blue (TIP: Synonyms – a word that is different but means the same thing) **Consider and Respond:** - Write a speech yourself to express your own thoughts on the Black Lives Matter movement or the protests. Use some of the language techniques you have spotted, or that you already have. **Email your responses to** [**e.skelon@alderchs.uk**](mailto:e.skelon@alderchs.uk) **and** [**a.howarth@alderchs.uk**](mailto:a.howarth@alderchs.uk) **and there will be Amazon vouchers up for grabs for the most powerful and considered responses.** [![](https://files.schudio.com/alder-community-high-school/imagecache/100x100c/blog/Book_Club.jpg)](https://aldercommunityhighschool.org.uk/blog/2020-06-03-15-11-11-alder-online-book-club-war-horse) Previous ### [Alder Online Book Club: War Horse](https://aldercommunityhighschool.org.uk/blog/2020-06-03-15-11-11-alder-online-book-club-war-horse) [![](https://files.schudio.com/alder-community-high-school/imagecache/100x100c/blog/Basketball.jpg)](https://aldercommunityhighschool.org.uk/blog/2020-06-12-17-10-26-vernon-s-basketball-training-workout) Next ### [Vernon's Basketball Training Workout](https://aldercommunityhighschool.org.uk/blog/2020-06-12-17-10-26-vernon-s-basketball-training-workout) - [![Rainbow Flag Award](https://files.schudio.com/alder-community-high-school/images/partners/Untitled_design_(1).png)](https://www.rainbowflagaward.co.uk/) - ![AcSEED](https://files.schudio.com/alder-community-high-school/images/partners/Untitled_design_(2).png) - ![CPOMS Student Safe](https://files.schudio.com/alder-community-high-school/images/partners/Cpoms_student_safe.png) - ![CPOMS Staff Safe](https://files.schudio.com/alder-community-high-school/images/partners/Cpoms_staff_safe.png) - [![ParentPay](https://files.schudio.com/alder-community-high-school/images/partners/Untitled_design_(4).png)](https://www.parentpay.com/) ##### Location Mottram Old Road Gee Cross Hyde Greater Manchester SK14 5NJ ##### Contact Us 0161 368 5132 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/AlderCommunityHigh/) - [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPHzqAhyNS44u4g5Tk20eWA) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/alder-community-high-school) © Copyright 2018–2026 Alder Community High School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://aldercommunityhighschool.org.uk/img/logo/dark.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)