the ability to bounce back from difficulties or challenges

to encourage or provoke someone to take action

things are not fair or equal for everyone

to confidently express your thoughts or feelings in a respectful and clear manner

a short and personal account or story, used in persuasive writing to create a rapport with the audience

Evaluating and improving model responses on non-fiction texts

English

Having productive discussions in response to a non-fiction text

Understanding and summarising perspectives

Comparing non-fiction texts

Analysing a persuasive speech

Comparing tone and methods in non-fiction texts

Understanding what makes a powerful speech

Engaging your audience: creating effective opening and closing paragraphs

Using rhetorical devices effectively

Spoken language: choosing a topic and developing ideas for a speech

Planning and writing a persuasive speech

Proofreading and redrafting a speech

Using non-verbal features to present a speech effectively

Preparing to deliver a powerful speech

In 'Women's rights',  students practise voicing a strong personal viewpoint through a persuasive speech. In ‘The language of Change’ pupils develop an understanding of how to generate interesting content, including the use of rhetorical devices and structure to organise and present their ideas. 

In this unit, pupils look at powerful speeches and emulate them by writing their own speeches. They first read, analyse and compare powerful speeches. They then hone their craft by understanding the features that contribute towards creating a powerful speech. They finally plan and write a speech.

Spoken language: the language of change

The ability to bounce back from difficulties or challenges.

To encourage or provoke someone to take action.

Things are not fair or equal for everyone.

To confidently express your thoughts or feelings in a respectful way.

A short and personal account or story, used in persuasive writing.

Match the key words to the correct definitions.

In her speech "Freedom or Death", which rhetorical device does Emmeline Pankhurst **not** use?

Comparative conjunctions can be used in your writing to show similarities and differences. Which **one** of these is **not** a comparative conjunction?

Neither/nor and both/and are examples of.....

Which words best describe the tone of Emmeline Pankhurst's 'Freedom or Death' speech when she says "I am here as a soldier"?

explore both similarities and differences in the text.

When writing a comparative response, you should aim to...

"It is about eight years since the word militant was first"

"I am here as a soldier who has temporarily left the field of battle"

"No man was ever put out of a public meeting for asking a question"

"You have to make more noise than anybody else"

''That is the whole history of politics.''

In her speech 'Freedom or Death', Emmeline Pankhurst uses direct address. Which one of these quotes is an example of this?

“We were called militant, and we were quite willing to accept the name”, is an example of …

Comparative conjunctions can be used to make comparisons clear. Which one of these is **not** a comparative conjunction.

Conjunctions can be used to make close comparisons. {{}} conjunctions come in pairs.

Starter Quiz

When writing a comparative response, you should aim to...