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Reading aloud a persuasive letter, inspired by a text

I can read aloud a persuasive letter inspired by 'Front Desk'.

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Year 5

Reading aloud a persuasive letter, inspired by a text

I can read aloud a persuasive letter inspired by 'Front Desk'.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Speakers must speak audibly and fluently to communicate meaning clearly.
  2. Speaking in an appropriate register enhances communication.
  3. Text meaning and the reader's emotions can be shown through intonation, tone, volume and gestures.
  4. Facial expressions can be used to convey emotions.

Common misconception

Pupils may speak very quickly, quietly and not look up from their page when reading aloud their persuasive letter.

Techniques for effective presenting are explicitly identified, explained and modelled throughout both learning cycles.

Keywords

  • Reading aloud - speaking in front of others and listening to others

  • Projection - speaking powerfully and clearly

  • Diction - pronouncing words clearly

  • Eye contact - looking into the eyes of the people in an audience

  • Body language - how we use our posture and gestures to communicate meaning, confidence and feelings

Physically model strong body language, voice projection, diction and eye contact throughout the lesson and show films of excellent example speakers.
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6 Questions

Q1.
What is an audience?
Correct answer: a group of people who watch or listen to something
a group of people who perform on stage
a group of people playing
Q2.
What should an audience do when they are watching a presentation?
Correct answer: listen to the presentation
talk to their partner throughout the presentation
read their book during the presentation
Correct answer: look at the presenter
Q3.
What is the purpose of a persuasive letter?
to tell the reader a story
to record thoughts and feelings
to find words and lines that rhyme with each other
Correct answer: to persuade the reader to change their mind or behaviour
Q4.
What helps effective presenting?
Correct answer: speaking loudly enough for everyone to hear
Correct answer: pronouncing words correctly
telling jokes
Correct answer: eye contact
Correct answer: confident body language
Q5.
'Polysyllabic' words are ...
words with one syllable.
Correct answer: words with more than one syllable.
words with more vowels than consonants.
Q6.
Persuasive letters are __________ in tone.
Correct answer: formal
informal
vague

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of these are appropriate explanations of 'reading aloud'?
Correct answer: an important final stage of the writing process
always involves learning a piece of writing off by heart
Correct answer: can be a way of sharing information with others
Correct answer: involves speaking in front of others and listening to others
Q2.
Match the reading aloud techniques to their definitions:
Correct Answer:projection,speaking powerfully and clearly

speaking powerfully and clearly

Correct Answer:diction,pronouncing words clearly

pronouncing words clearly

Correct Answer:eye contact,looking into the eyes of the people in our audience

looking into the eyes of the people in our audience

Correct Answer:body language,how we use our posture and gestures to convey meaning

how we use our posture and gestures to convey meaning

Q3.
When projecting our voices, we need to use deep breaths and use the __________ in our stomachs to help us speak.
Correct answer: muscles
butterflies
feelings
Q4.
__________ involves pronouncing words clearly. It is very important because our audience needs to be able to understand what we are saying.
Projection
Correct answer: Diction
Eye contact
Body language
Q5.
Which of these are aspects of confident body language when presenting?
Correct answer: shoulders back
Correct answer: feet shoulder-width apart
pronouncing words clearly
Correct answer: chin up when speaking
Q6.
Which words are polysyllabic?
youth
Correct answer: councillors
Correct answer: community
Correct answer: physical
health