Preparing a speech about supporting Victorian working class children
I can create a detailed plan for my argument about support for Victorian working class children.
Preparing a speech about supporting Victorian working class children
I can create a detailed plan for my argument about support for Victorian working class children.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Topic sentences should outline the specific argument that will be covered in a section of our speech.
- When planning a speech, supporting details should include rhetorical devices, structural devices and vocabulary.
- A hook grabs the listeners attention, whilst focusing on the subject of the speech.
- Your opening should alude to the three topic sentences you are going to write.
- Mirroring your closing to your opening creates a sense of cohesion in your writing.
Keywords
Hook - a structural technique used to grab (or hook) your audience’s interest.
Mirroring - a technique where a paragraph, usually an ending or closing, is designed to remind the reader of an earlier section of text.
Cohesion - something that all works well together, having a clear meaning throughout.
Elicit - to draw out a certain reaction or emotion from your audience.
Call to action - a request to get your audience to act or behave in a certain way.
Common misconception
Topic sentences are only used in essay writing.
Remind pupils that topic sentences are signposts for readers, indicating to them the direction our writing will be travelling in.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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