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Year 6

Making a speech about environmental issues

I can use my understanding of climate change to give a speech.

New
New
Year 6

Making a speech about environmental issues

I can use my understanding of climate change to give a speech.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Climate change is driven by human activity - specifically, an increase in greenhouse gases.
  2. Climate change will have significant impacts on the planet and human beings.
  3. We can discuss who has responsibility to address climate change and what should be done to improve the situation.
  4. As part of this process of discussion, people may make speeches on either side of the debate.
  5. We can use the PEPS (point, explanation, proof, summary) structure to help make a speech persuasive.

Common misconception

Pupils may believe that 'bad' weather is evidence against any drastic change in the climate.

Temperatures are rising, which leads to more extreme weather generally - not just to more dry and hot weather.

Keywords

  • Climate change - a long-term change to global temperatures and weather

  • Greenhouse gases - gases that create the greenhouse effect that warms the earth

  • Speech - the communication of someone’s thoughts, through words, to an audience

  • PEPS - a way of structuring a speech, giving a point, explanation, proof and summary

You may wish to change the scenario in the second learning cycle to reflect a local issue that is relevant to your pupils; a new flyer can be easily made in any word processor using a template.
Teacher tip

Licence

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of these linguistic features are not commonly found in a journalistic report?
Correct answer: informal tone
formal tone
Correct answer: first person
third person
past tense
Q2.
Which is the correct definition of 'direct speech'?
when we make up what someone said
Correct answer: when we write the exact words someone said
when we explain what someone said without using their exact words
Q3.
Which of the following will we not find in reported speech?
the word 'that'
synonyms for said like 'argued' and 'stated'
Correct answer: inverted commas
some of the words the person used
Q4.
Tick the examples of reported speech.
Correct answer: The council said they would take action.
"We must take action!" said the protestor.
They took action.
The protestors threw some projectiles.
Correct answer: The police stated that some projectiles were thrown.
Q5.
Match the sentence types to the examples.
Correct Answer:adverbial complex sentence,When the police arrived, the protest ended.

When the police arrived, the protest ended.

Correct Answer:non-finite (-ing) complex sentence,The police arrived, ending the protest.

The police arrived, ending the protest.

Correct Answer:relative complex sentence,The police, who arrived at 2pm, ended the protest.

The police, who arrived at 2pm, ended the protest.

Q6.
Which sentences have the parenthesis correctly punctuated?
The public meeting at (City Hall) will discuss the matter further.
Correct answer: The public meeting (at City Hall) will discuss the matter further.
Correct answer: Jordan Adebayo, a well-known local climate activist, led the protest.
Jordan Adebayo a well-known, local climate activist, led the protest.

6 Questions

Q1.
Which is the best definition of climate change?
when we have bad weather
Correct answer: a long-term change to the global temperature and weather
gases emitted by cars and industries
a fall in global temperatures
Q2.
What is the main driver of climate change?
increases in people going to work
Correct answer: increases in greenhouse gases
increases in forest areas
increases in the use of public transport
Q3.
Put the steps in order to explain how human activity has driven climate change.
1 - Since the Industrial Revolution, humans have been burning fuel much more.
2 - Burning fuel releases gases like carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
3 - These gases stop the Sun's heat being reflected back out to space.
4 - This has increased the global temperature.
Q4.
Which of the following are effects of climate change?
Correct answer: polar ice melting
increased ability to travel
Correct answer: sea-level rise
Correct answer: more extreme weather
Correct answer: some areas becoming unliveable
Q5.
Which of the following probably has the most responsibility to act on climate change?
Correct answer: the government
adults
children
our school
Q6.
Put the parts of an effective speech in order.
1 - point
2 - explanation
3 - proof
4 - summary