Lesson video

Hi everyone.

My name is Miss Voyle and welcome to this exciting lesson where you will be reading aloud your writing based on "The Proudest Blue".

For this lesson, you need your writing about your special item.

Can you pause the video and go and get it now? Great.

Now I know you have your writing with you.

You will need to be looking and listening carefully and you'll need to get your voice nice and warmed up and get yourself feeling a little bit confident, ready to do some presenting.

I hope you're feeling excited.

Let's get started.

The learning outcome for today's lesson is I can read my writing aloud to present to others.

Here are the key words for today's lesson.

Let's practise saying them.

My turn, your turn.

Presenting.

Audience.

Emphasis.

Rehearsing.

We will be referring to these words and discussing their meaning throughout.

There are two parts to today's lesson.

In the first part, you will be preparing to read aloud and in the second part, you will be presenting your writing about your special item.

So let's begin with preparing to read aloud.

The story, "The Proudest Blue" teaches us all about how special the hijab is for some Muslim women.

You have written about your own special item inspired by the story of "The Proudest Blue".

Today you are going to read your writing aloud to share it with others.

Reading aloud is a way to present your writing to others and can be an important final stage of the writing process.

Presenting is a way of sharing information or showing something you have written to other people.

Presenting involves speaking in front of others and listening to others.

When you are reading aloud, you should remember that you are presenting this for an audience.

An audience is a group of people gathered together to listen to and watch a presentation, performance or speech.

Your most important task when presenting is to make sure the audience can hear and understand you.

When presenting, we need to think about all of these.

Volume.

Eye contact.

Body language.

And, pace.

First, we are going to look at volume.

Volume is how loud or quiet a sound is.

In the context of our lesson today, you speaking is the sound, so you will be focusing on the volume of your voice.

It's important that when we present, we speak at an appropriate volume.

We must project our voice and speak loudly enough for the audience to hear.

We must not shout but must not be too quiet either.

If you whisper, mumble, or mutter your words, your audience will not be able to hear your presentation and we really want the audience to hear what you are saying.

Let's check your understanding.

True or false? When we present to an audience, we should mutter and speak quietly.

Pause the video and select your answer now That is false.

Well done.

We want the audience to be able to hear what we are saying.

We should project our voice, which means speaking from our stomach powerfully and make sure that it's loud enough for the audience to hear.

But remember that is different from shouting.

We are now going to consider eye contact and how we can use it appropriately when presenting.

Eye contact involves looking into the eyes of the people in our audience.

Eye contact is very important because it helps us to connect with our audience and for them to feel connected to us.

When the audience feels connected to us, they are going to find what we have to say more interesting.

If you are holding a piece of paper while you are presenting, it's important that you are looking up at the audience as you read.

So that involves looking down at the paper to see the sentence you are reading next and once you have the words ready in your mind looking back up at the audience to make eye contact with them.

Let's check your understanding.

Eye contact involves looking directly into the.

Finish the sentence with one of the following.

A, eyes of the people in the audience.

B, paper you are reading from.

Or C, ground.

Pause the video and select your answer now.

Eye contact involves looking directly into the eyes of the people in the audience.

Well done.

We are now going to look at body language and how we can use this effectively to help us present.

Body language refers to how we hold ourselves and parts of our bodies when presenting.

Body language helps others understand how you feel and what you are saying even if you don't say a word.

Body language is very important because it helps us look confident.

Strong body language includes all of these.

Standing with our feet shoulder width apart, speaking with our chin up and standing with our shoulders back.

You could have a little practise doing that now.

Let's check your understanding.

When presenting confident body language includes.

A, speaking with our chin up.

B, standing with our shoulders back.

C hunching our shoulders.

D, standing with our feet shoulder width apart.

Pause the video and select all of the correct answers now.

When presenting, confident body language includes speaking with our chin up, standing with our shoulders back and standing with our feet shoulder width apart.

Well done.

We are now going to take a look at pace and consider how important it is for presenting.

Pace refers to the speed at which we speak.

If we speak too quickly, our audience may not be able to clearly hear what we are saying.

If we speak too slowly, our audience may lose interest in what we are saying.

Speaking at the correct pace will give us more time to use an appropriate volume, speak with clear diction and make eye contact.

Let's check your understanding.

Why is speaking at an appropriate pace important when presenting? A, so the audience can hear our voice, B, so the audience can understand what we are saying, or C, so the audience can find the presentation funny.

Pause the video and select your answer now.

The answer is B.

Pace refers to the speed at which we speak and we need to speak at a pace.

That means the audience can understand each word we are saying.

Well done.

It's now time for a task.

Match the key aspects of successful presenting to their definitions.

For the aspects of successful presenting, we have volume, eye contact, body language, and pace.

And for their definitions we have the speed at which we speak, our posture, stance and gestures which help convey meaning and emotions, how quiet or loud a sound is, and looking audience members in the eye.

Pause the video and match these now.

Let's take a look at the answers.

Volume refers to how quiet or loud a sound is.

Eye contact means looking audience members in the eye.

Body language refers to our posture, stance and gestures which help convey meaning and emotions, and pace refers to the speed at which we speak.

Well done for understanding these successful aspects of presenting.

You are going to get to use all of these to present your own writing next.

It's now time for the second part of our lesson where you will be presenting your writing about a special item.

Your style of presentation is impacted by what you are reading aloud.

You are going to be presenting a short narrative which is personal to you because it is about a special item that you have.

How should this affect the delivery of your presentation? You should use emotive expression.

This is a personal piece of writing, so using emotion to convey your feelings on the matter is a great way to connect with your audience.

You should use intonation to emphasise meaning.

For example, you may want to place emphasis on your similes for impact when you read that part, and your tone should be informal and warm because it's a personal piece of writing.

Let's check your understanding.

True or false? You should present your writing about a special item in a formal and serious way.

Pause the video and answer now.

That is false.

Well done.

It is a personal piece of writing so it should be presented in an expressive and emotive manner.

This will help to engage your audience.

Reading over our writing and rehearsing helps to prepare ourselves for presenting it to an audience.

We can do the following things.

Identify words or phrases that are difficult to pronounce or deliver.

For example, complex adjectives or similes.

You want to practise those and make sure you are comfortable saying them and delivering them meaningfully.

And we can identify words or phrases that we would like to emphasise or deliver in a specific way for emotive effect.

Identifying these things and rehearsing them prior to presentation will allow us to present our writing in an impactful manner.

Let's check your understanding.

What is rehearsing? A, speaking in an appropriate volume.

B, presenting something to an audience or C, practising something so we get better at it.

Pause the video and select your answer now.

Rehearsing is practising something so we get better at it.

Well done.

You are going to do some rehearsing next.

Your first task is to read over your writing about your special item.

Identify any words or phrases that are difficult to pronounce or deliver and practise saying them out loud.

Identify any words or phrases that you would like to emphasise or deliver in a specific way for emotive effect and practise saying these out loud too.

Then rehearse reading all of your writing aloud.

Remember to consider the following.

Appropriate volume, eye contact with your audience, body language appropriate to what you are presenting and a pace that ensures your audience can understand what you are saying.

Pause the video and do your rehearsal now.

Welcome back.

It was really wonderful to listen to some of you rehearsing.

I could see how hard you were trying to incorporate the successful aspects of presenting.

Did you rehearse doing all of these things? Identify words and phrases that are difficult to pronounce or deliver and practise saying them.

Identify words or phrases that you would like to emphasise or deliver in a specific way for emotive effect and practise saying these too.

Rehearse reading the whole of your writing aloud.

Did you speak at an appropriate volume? Did you use good eye contact, body language, and pace? Pause the video and take a moment to reflect on whether you achieved these things in your rehearsal and whether there is anything you would like to focus on when presenting.

Well done for reflecting.

I am sure that you did a great job and that you have in mind everything you need to focus on for presenting your piece of writing.

I am now going to present the introduction to my special item and I would like you to be paying really close attention to how I incorporate the successful aspects of presenting.

"One day I received a dainty sewing box from my grandmother.

It was cream and blue and it was made out of woven wicker.

Eagerly, I opened the box and I found a little note inside from my grandma.

The sewing box was really special because my grandmother made it herself." Now we are going to check that I presented this impactfully and which words I emphasised.

Did I use emphasis for certain words? Pause the video and discuss with your partner which words you think I emphasised.

I emphasised the word dainty, which is an adjective to describe my sewing box.

I wanted the audience to hear my emphasis of that word so that they would know how small and dainty the sewing box was.

I also emphasised the word eagerly and I said it in an exciting way because I wanted the audience to know how excited I was about this sewing box and therefore, why I was so eager.

I also emphasised the word really.

"The sewing box was really special," because I wanted to communicate just how special it was.

And I emphasised the word herself, so the sewing box was really special because my grandmother made it herself.

This was because I really wanted to highlight to the audience how touched I was that my grandmother had made this sewing box, especially for me.

Now, I would like you to consider whether I used the following effectively.

Volume, eye contact, body language, pace.

Pause the video and discuss this with your partner.

Let's go over how I used these aspects of successful presenting.

I spoke at an appropriate volume, loud enough for my audience to hear me but not shouting.

And I made sure I wasn't too quiet.

I used projection.

Eye contact.

I made sure I was looking directly at my audience as I presented.

There were moments where I needed to glance down at my writing to see which words were coming next, but as soon as I had those words in my mind, I looked back up at my audience to connect with them.

Body language.

I wasn't afraid to move slightly and show warmth and expression as I was delivering this.

Pace.

I spoke at an appropriate speed so that all of my words could be understood by my audience.

Well done for me feedback on my presentation.

It's now time for the final and most exciting part of the lesson.

Your presentation.

Present your writing about a special item to an audience.

Remember to do the following things.

Project your voice and speak at a volume that ensures all members of the audience can hear you.

Make eye contact with audience members in order to form connections with them as you speak.

Use strong body language to convey the meaning of your writing.

Speak at a slow, clear pace so that the audience can understand you.

And, emphasise certain words or phrases for emotive effect.

Pause the video and present your writing to an audience now.

Welcome back.

You did such a fantastic job at reading aloud and presenting to an audience.

You should be very proud of yourself.

Did you remember to do all of these things? Project your voice and speak at a volume that ensures all members of the audience can hear you.

Make eye contact with audience members in order to form connections with them as you speak.

Use strong body language to convey the meaning of your writing.

Speak at a slow, clear pace so that the audience can understand you.

And emphasise certain words or phrases for emotive effect.

It's time for you to reflect on these things.

Have a think about what you did well and whether there's anything that you would like to work on for next time you present.

Pause the video and reflect now.

Well done.

I'm sure you were able to identify all of the fantastic elements of your presentation.

And if you did spot something you would like to work on for next time, that's great too, because there is always room for improvement.

We've now come to the end of our lesson, so let's go over a summary together.

Reading aloud is a way to present your writing to an audience.

Volume, eye contact, body language and pace are important for connecting to the audience effectively.

Style of presentation is impacted by what you are reading aloud.

Personal writing should be delivered in an expressive and emotive way, using emphasis where appropriate.

Rehearsing reading aloud helps to prepare us for presenting.

I'm so impressed with the confidence and enthusiasm you have shown in this lesson and I have really enjoyed teaching you.

Well done.