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What is a speech?
I can explain what a speech is and its purpose.
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Year 3
What is a speech?
I can explain what a speech is and its purpose.
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Key learning points
- A speech is the communication of someone’s thoughts, through words, to an audience.
- The purpose of a speech is always to impact the audience in some way.
- A common purpose of a speech is to persuade the audience to agree with the speaker about something.
- Points are used to justify the speaker’s opinion in a speech.
Keywords
Speech - the communication of someone’s thoughts, through words, to an audience
Purpose - function or job
Opinion - a personal view about something
Point - an idea or reason to support your opinion
Justify - to share reasons for something
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to identify the points being used to justify an opinion in a speech.
At the start of LC1, watch the speech together and pause to identify the following: 1. the main opinion or argument 2. the points being used to justify. Focus on how information is used to persuade.
Model delivering a short speech ahead of Task B or replay the video from LC1. Encourage pupils to watch each other carefully during their speeches and provide peer feedback.
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Starter quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
Which of the following are examples of public speaking?
talking to a friend
talking to yourself in the mirror
Q2.
What are the main purposes of public speaking?
to have a conversation with the audience
to ask the audience lots of questions
to make the audience laugh
Q3.
What is a skilled public speaker known as?
an audience
an actor
a dancer
a singer
Q4.
Which of the following professions involve lots of public speaking?
doctors
dancers
Q5.
Which of the following will help a public speaker to better engage their audience?
speaking quietly
staring at their notes while talking
Q6.
What is an opinion?
a person who is good at public speaking
a fact about the world
Exit quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
What is a speech?
a written communication of thoughts
an idea or thought you keep to yourself
Q2.
Which of the following occasions are you likely to hear a speech at?
a doctor’s appointment
Q3.
What do you call a person's thoughts and feelings?
facts
jokes
Q4.
What does it mean to justify something?
to share an opinion
to think about something
Q5.
How can opinions be justified in a speech?
The speaker shouts their opinions.
The speaker says their opinion is a fact.
Q6.
Many famous speeches have been written around the theme of ...
making sure the world stays the same way.
family.