Hello and welcome to today's lesson.

I'm Mrs. Butterworth and I will be guiding you through the learning.

Now, today's lesson is all about preparing to write a persuasive speech, so we'll be thinking about how to choose an effective topic that enables you to write really well and then we're also gonna think about planning.

Now, I know for some of you, you may not know how to plan or you may think that planning is a waste of time, but if you've got some really good strategies and you keep practising those, planning can become really efficient and a really important part of the writing process, and I'm gonna give you a strategy today.

Okay, should we get started? So in this lesson, you will create a plan that helps you to structure and prepare to write the first draught of a persuasive speech.

Now, before we delve into the lesson, let's look at those keywords that are going to help with our understanding.

These words are impressive, elaborate, appropriate and sophisticated.

Now, I just want to focus on the words that link to what we want our writing to be.

Now, the first word is impressive and we really want our writing to be impressive.

Now, impressive means to cause admiration or awe and it means that something really makes you go wow.

And we obviously want our writing to be impressive.

So in this lesson today, we're going to be exploring what we can do to make sure our writing is impressive.

Then there's this word appropriate.

Now, we want our writing to be appropriate, so we want to make sure that the language and devices that we choose are suitable for that particular purpose or situation, that they are appropriate.

And then finally, sophisticated.

Now, we definitely want our writing to be sophisticated, so we want to be using complex and advanced vocabulary and ideas to make our writing sophisticated.

Now, let's just look at the outline of our lesson.

So the first part of our lesson, we're going to be considering how you choose a topic for your speech and generating those initial ideas.

We're then going to move on to creating a detailed plan where I'm going to give you a really good strategy that you can use for all types of different writing.

So let's start with choosing our topic and generating initial ideas.

So how to create an engaging and impressive speech.

Well, you know you need to use formal language, use sophisticated vocabulary, presenting complex ideas supported by relevant information, presenting the speech in a logical way.

So really thinking about structure and our planning will really help with that.

Using a range of rhetorical devices, being able to respond to questions and elaborate.

So being able to add more detail.

So what we really want to think about is that sophisticated vocabulary, the complex ideas and this idea of being able to elaborate on what it is that you are speaking about or what you are writing about.

So you need to ensure that you pick a topic that enables you to do all of these things.

So actually that very first picking of the topic is very, very important in ensuring that you are creating an engaging and impressive speech.

So every single step really needs to be considered, even the topic that you pick.

Okay, so we just went through that long success criteria.

Can you identify what is missing from the success criteria here? Tricky, isn't it? Okay, who feels confident? Great, okay, it is sophisticated vocabulary and we've got that keyword there, sophisticated.

So we want to be looking for that complex and interesting vocabulary to be included in our speeches.

Okay, so you will be writing a speech focused on gender equality and there's lots of different ways that you can do this, but you want to ensure that you've got a specific focus that allows you to explore that wider theme of gender equality.

So you could pick one of the statements that I'm going to show you in a moment or you may come up with one of your own, but you'll see how they start to help you create a focused way to explore that big theme of gender equality.

So this is one of your statements.

Women make up only 24% of STEM employment, this has to change.

Girls can be gamers too.

The Lionesses prove that women hold an equal place in sports.

A shocking fact, not a single country has achieved gender equality.

It should be race to be the first.

So remember, whatever you pick, it must enable you to explore complex ideas and use sophisticated vocabulary.

So again, thinking about a particular focus will help you to explore that in detail.

It will help you to use that sophisticated vocabulary that links to that particular topic and then you can explore that wider theme of gender equality.

Now, once you have picked a topic, it's a good idea to consider the expectations of the task.

So what really is that statement asking you to do? What is it that you will be arguing, for example? So I've chosen this statement here, the Lionesses prove that women hold an equal place in sports.

And what I would like you to do please, is I would like you to discuss what are the keywords in this statement and what is the purpose, audience and form? Okay, so you'll need to pause the video so you've got time to discuss your ideas or you may just wish to sit quietly and think to yourself.

Okay, pause the video and discuss those questions.

Okay, great, fantastic.

Let's just feedback some of those great suggestions.

So the keywords are women, equal, sports.

So this tells us the focus of the speech.

So we know that we are looking for something in gender equality, but this statement is all about looking at sports, in particular, maybe football or gender equality in sports as a whole.

But those keywords really help to focus the speech and tell us what it is that we should be writing about.

The purpose.

So we've got this idea that is to persuade and demonstrate that women should be treated equally.

So think about some of the speeches that you may have looked at and it's all about this idea about persuading people that gender equality should be achieved in sports.

The audience, now, this was a bit of a tricky one, wasn't it? Because it isn't actually specified.

So sometimes a speech will specify the audience specifically, but here it isn't.

So you will need to consider who your audience will be.

So it might be a teacher or your class or I don't know, someone else, but you must ensure that you adapt your language and tone appropriately for your audience, because you don't want to put your audience off.

And remember, there may be those that look at your speech that isn't your attended audience.

So again, you need to consider those too.

And then obviously the form is a speech.

And again, we need to think about how our language devices and how our choices of language really conform to that form of a speech.

So we want to make sure that our writing sounds like a speech and it fulfils that purpose of a persuasive speech.

Okay, so I want you to look at another statement.

So what would be the purpose of a speech focused on this idea? Women make up only 24% of STEM employment.

This has to change.

So what is the purpose of this speech? Is it A, B or C? Okay and the answer is C, that's right.

Yeah, well done everyone.

Lots of you feeling confident.

To persuade and demonstrate that gender inequality still exists and needs to be addressed using STEM employment as an example.

So again, you can see how that statement really helps you to focus your speech.

Yes, it's about gender equality, but there's a real specific focus which will help you to create those complex ideas and use that vocabulary that we need.

So once you have picked your focus for your speech, you need to think about what you are going to include.

So this is almost where we start to think about that planning process, those initial ideas.

So these questions can help you start to think about that.

So your statement, so the statement that you have picked, and then you want to think about what is your opinion, what do you know already and what do you need to find out? So here's an example.

So here you can see this person has picked, "Girls can be gamers too." And what is their opinion? That gender should not be determined one's ability or interest in gaming.

Anyone regardless of gender can enjoy and excel at playing video games.

So there's a real strong opinion there, which links to that bigger theme of gender equality and the focus of the statement.

Now, what do they already know? So they know that historically gaming has been stereotypically associated with boys or men, excellent.

And that women gamers have received abuse and don't always feel safe or respected online.

So already just from that prior knowledge that this person has, they have begun to generate some ideas for their speech, some points that they want to raise to really put their argument across.

And then this bit here, what do they need to find out? So what they need to find out in order to make their speech really persuasive is they want to find out successful women gamers and their experiences, so examples of some successful women in order to really bolster their argument.

They've also suggested that they want to find some statistics, which is a great idea.

So they might wanna find out how many gamers are women and what gaming companies are doing to promote inclusivity.

So there's some really specific things here that this person wants to find out in order to fully explore this statement in full.

So we can see that this is already starting to generate lots of ideas and lots of things that can be popped into the speech.

Okay, so once you have picked your focus for your speech, you need to think about what you are going to include.

So we are on our first practise task here.

So once you have picked your statement, so the focus of your speech, you then need to complete the grid exactly how I've just shown you in the example before.

So pick your statement and complete the grid.

Okay, so gather everything you need to complete this task.

Okay, you'll need to pause the video, so give yourself time plenty to do this.

And then we'll do a bit of feedback after this task.

Okay, is everyone good to go? Brilliant, pause the video and off you go.

Okay, great.

So we're going to share part of a pupil's completed grid.

So this is Lucas's completed grid.

So it's just the part, what do I need to find out? And Lucas has put that he wants to find out about successful women in STEM and their stories.

So we know that Lucas has chosen that STEM statement.

He wants to find out some expert opinions as to why less women are employed in STEM compared to men and what is being done to promote inclusivity.

So he's got these really key things here that he wants to find out.

So I'm just wondering, how could Lucas obtain this information and the answers to his questions? So pause the video so you've got time to discuss that question or just think quietly to yourself.

Off you go.

Wow, some brilliant suggestions there.

So let's just share some of those.

So lots of you said he could do some research.

Excellent, so perhaps online or in a library.

That's definitely going to help him find out what he needs to know.

He could ask an expert, so he could perhaps ask a teacher or another expert or another adult who might know something about this.

The other thing that he could do is he could actually create his own expert and success stories.

So remember for this type of task, you can make these up, you just need to make sure they sound realistic and credible.

So if you are unable to do that extra research or find out, you can actually just make up some of the things that you need to know, but just make sure they sound realistic.

Okay, well done, everyone.

We have reached the second part of the lesson.

Fantastic work so far, but let's keep it up.

So we're moving on to this idea about creating a detailed plan.

So let's see what that looks like.

So you will have picked a focus for your speech, well done, but now it is time to consider the overall structure.

So if you remember back to that initial success criteria, we said that our speech needs to be presented in a logical and engaging way.

So this is why planning really helps with that overall structure.

So it might look something like this.

So you may choose to start with an introduction.

So this is where you establish your argument and your point of view.

You may then may move on to an anecdotal or personal section.

So this is about you presenting your viewpoint through the use of an anecdote.

You could then potentially move on to a scientific or factual section, and this is where you can introduce some experts and use facts and statistics as evidence to back up your viewpoint.

You then, as you are coming to a conclusion, might think about concluding a best case or a worst case scenario.

Now, this is where you present how great it will be if a difference is made, so if people do what you are telling them to do, but it also compares that to what it will be like if nothing changes.

So this can be a really persuasive section in your speech.

And then finally, you want to think about a conclusion, and this might be an emotive section.

So you might use this last moment in your conclusion to really appeal to your audience's emotions and a final call to action, because if you've hooked them in and engage them by the conclusion, you can really go for it and get them on board if they weren't already.

So we thought about an overall structure.

I'd now like you to discuss what different tones could you create throughout and which rhetorical devices would suit each section best, okay? So I want you to pause the video so you've got time to discuss those questions or you may just wish to think quietly to yourself.

So you're thinking about the different tones throughout that overall structure and which rhetorical devices would suit each section best.

Okay, pause the video and off you go.

Great, some really excellent suggestions there.

I like how lots of you are picking up that actually this structure allows you to use subtle changes in tone to really engage your audience.

So in your anecdotal section, as you picked up, you'd create maybe more of a personal or even a humorous tone, whereas the scientific, factual section tends to be more serious, more serious in what you are presenting.

So it is interesting, isn't it? We can subtly change the tone throughout the speech to really engage the audience.

And there was some excellent suggestions of rhetorical devices as well.

So lots of you saying that in the instruction perhaps you would use a rhetorical question and one of you said something really interesting about at the end you would wait to use direct address until the end when you are really trying to convince your, it's like your last attempt to convince your audience.

So some really excellent suggestions there, well done.

So once you have considered the overall structure of your speech, you can then start planning in more detail.

Now, a really great way to do this is a single paragraph outline.

So some of you may have heard of this before, which is great, and for some of you this might be new, but single paragraph outlines are a really effective way to develop a detailed plan.

So here is an example.

So they can just look like this.

A topic sentence, your supporting details and then your concluding sentence.

So your topic sentence, what we need to think about is what is the best sentence type to introduce this section and how will it develop your viewpoint? So in that topic sentence, you really need to think about how you are going to introduce that section and what would be best in terms of whether it's an anecdotal section, whether it's a best case, worst case scenario, whether it's your introduction, whether it's conclusion.

So your topic sentence really needs to think about how it links to the purpose of this paragraph and your viewpoint.

Then your supporting details need to be written in note form and in your supporting detail, you can start to consider what rhetorical devices will you include? What are the most appropriate for that section? What are your key ideas for this section? So what do you not want to forget to write about? What do you want to make sure that you put in your supporting details that definitely has to go in your speech? And finally, is there any key vocabulary that you want to ensure that you've got in your plan so you don't forget to put in your speech? And then finally, your concluding sentence is about, you need to think about how you are going to conclude the section with the most impact.

So if you are writing your single paragraph outline for your introduction, what is the best concluding sentence that you could use? Is it gonna be a rhetorical question? Is it going to force the audience to think about their actions? So really think about that concluding sentence, how it kind of wraps up your paragraph, but how it also sets up the next section.

So if you are looking at your personal anecdotal section, how does that concluding sentence lead on to the scientific expert section? So there's lots to think about.

So can you identify the different parts of the single paragraph outline? So what is A, what is B and what is C? Off you go.

Okay, are you ready for the answer? And A is the topic sentence, well done.

B is our supporting details and then finally C is our concluding sentence.

So we've got our single paragraph outline there.

Well done, everyone.

So Laura has very kindly shared her work and she has created the single paragraph outline for the anecdote or the personal section of her speech.

So she's focusing on that section with this single paragraph outline.

So this is her topic sentence.

So she's including this sentence data.

Picture this, here I am, excited to share my latest gaming achievement with my friends, only to be met with scoffs and disbelief because of my gender.

Now, that is a great topic sentence, isn't it? And it allows Laura to fully engage with the audience by sharing some of her own personal experiences and her own viewpoints as well.

So you can hear that personal tone as well.

So she's really thought about that topic sentence in reference to which section she is working on.

And she's used that sentence starter here, hasn't she? Picture this, here I am.

And that is a great way to start a personal anecdotal section of a speech.

And then her details.

So she says that she's going to use a personal anecdote, so she's identified her rhetorical device and she wants to use the phrase, shatter the stereotype.

So she wants to make sure that she includes that in this section.

And she's including some key vocabulary here, which you can see she's underlined, camaraderie and disheartening.

So really great examples of sophisticated vocabulary there.

And you'll notice that she's put that all in the details to ensure that she doesn't forget to include it in her writing when she comes to write her first draught of her speech.

And then finally her concluding sentence.

But despite my love for gaming, I have often felt like an outsider in the gaming community simply because of my gender.

So this is a lovely concluding sentence, because it concludes that paragraph, but it really shows us that else is coming in the speech.

It's not the end of the speech.

So Laura selected a really good concluding sentence there to bring that paragraph to a close, but not to suggest that the speech is finished so you can feel that something else is coming.

She's setting up her argument.

So you can see there how she's really carefully considered the role of that concluding sentence there.

So it's a really good example of a single paragraph outline here from Laura.

So thank you very much, Laura.

Okay, so let's have a look at this.

This is part of Izzy's single paragraph outline.

So I'll just give you a couple of seconds to read that through.

And I want you to decide, is it the topic sentence, the supporting details or the concluding sentence? I'd like you to pick A, B or C, please.

And the answer is B, well done.

That is absolutely her supporting details.

You can see that she's identified the rhetorical device that she's going to use, so she wants to use a statistic.

She's then written out that statistic so she doesn't forget what she wants to include in her speech.

And then she's got that sophisticated key vocabulary written in there and underlined, so she won't forget to include that.

So a really good example of some supporting details there.

Well done, Izzy.

So we have reached that second practise task and it's over to you now to plan your own speech.

So you're going to need to create single paragraph outlines for each section of your speech, so you'll end up with multiple single paragraph outlines that will give you the structure of your whole speech and will make drafting it really, really easy, 'cause you've done the hard work.

Okay, so create single paragraph outlines for each section of your speech.

Make sure you've got everything you need to complete the task and when you are ready, pause the video and off you go.

Excellent planning, everyone.

So you can see how good planning is for preparing you to write that first draught.

So some excellent suggestions there.

And I loved seeing some of you look up some keywords and really challenging yourself to come up with the best vocabulary and the best ideas.

Well done.

So now what I'd like you to do is just to check your plans and I'd like you to use this checklist to help you self-assess your work.

So just make sure that you've included an introduction, so make sure you have a single paragraph outline as an introduction, that you have planned each section using a single paragraph outline, that you've planned a range of rhetorical devices.

So look through your plan.

Is it just full of rhetorical questions or direct address? If it is, go back in and make some changes.

Make sure that you've got a range of rhetorical devices, more than just one or two.

And have you got a cohesive structure with a clearly developed line of argument? So does each of those section really focus in on what you are talking about and develop your overall argument? Okay, pause the video to give yourself time just to check your plans and make any adjustments that you need to.

Okay, off you go.

Okay, well done, everyone.

You are now ready to start drafting and writing your speech and I promise you, once you start that writing, you will be so pleased that you planned, 'cause you've done most of the hard work.

So we have reached the end of the lesson.

Well done, everyone and fantastic work all round.

I've really enjoyed this lesson.

I'm convincing lots of you that planning is the way forward.

Okay, let's just recap everything we've learned.

So we know that considering the purpose, audience and form of writing can help you to begin to make choices about language and structure, that thinking about your own opinions and knowledge of a topic can help generate initial ideas, that you should consider the overall structure of your writing before breaking down into more detailed plans and that single paragraph outlines provide an effective and efficient way to plan writing.

Again, thank you so much for your hard work and I cannot wait to do this all again soon.

So I will see you in another lesson, but until then, goodbye.