to confront or challenge aggressively and directly

using few words to express an idea clearly and effectively

to remove weapons or the ability to fight

resolving conflicts and managing relationships through communication and negotiation

the threshold of a significant change or development

Planning and writing a persuasive speech

English

In 'Women's rights',  students practise voicing a strong personal viewpoint through a persuasive speech. In ‘The language of Change’ pupils develop an understanding of how to generate interesting content, including the use of rhetorical devices and structure to organise and present their ideas. 

In this unit, pupils look at powerful speeches and emulate them by writing their own speeches. They first read, analyse and compare powerful speeches. They then hone their craft by understanding the features that contribute towards creating a powerful speech. They finally plan and write a speech.

Spoken language: the language of change

Depiction of war, threats of war, death or the aftermath of war.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Using few words to express an idea clearly and effectively.

To remove weapons or the ability to fight.

The threshold of a significant change or development.

Resolving conflicts through communication and negotiation.

Which word beginning with 'C' could complete this sentence: you want your persuasive speeches to be challenging but not... ?

What is missing from this single paragraph outline: topic sentence, supporting detail and {{}}?

It should emphasise and establish an idea.

You should use as many rhetorical devices as possible.

You should use a variety of sentence forms.

It is effective to be selective about rhetorical devices and when you use them.

Which of these is answers is **not** true when writing topic sentences?

You should try and create a link to the next point.

Which of these are **true** when creating concluding sentences?

Which of these sentences is **not** a short imperative sentence.

a sentence which states what your paragraph is going to be about

a sentence which introduces a quote in your writing

a sentence which concludes your paragraph

63% of young people under 18 said they struggled with this.

We need to ask when is this going to end?

Like bad karaoke, this debate batters my ears.

Peace is important. Peace is necessary. Peace now.

How can we protect our planet for future generations?

Take action now and give the certainty of a future.

"We are strong, united and powerful together. We must make a change." Which device has this topic sentence used?

"Don’t you want to be the leader who brought peace to the world?" Which devices have this concluding sentence used?

Which tone is most effective for persuading an audience to take action in regards to a specific issue?

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Adult supervision recommended

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Planning and writing a persuasive speech

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.