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

language designed to show strong emotion or to make the listener feel a certain way

the way people communicate their thoughts, feelings and emotions through their movements and gestures without using words

Making a speech about the effects of climate change on the polar regions

English

Understanding the structure, features and purpose of an essay

Researching the polar regions and their importance

Researching the threats to the polar regions

Preparing to write an essay

Writing the first half of an essay

Writing the second half of an essay

In this unit, pupils learn techniques to develop the strength of their argument throughout an essay. In 'Ancient Islamic Civilisation: Essay Writing', pupils will learn to further finesse the skills of persuasive and credible essay writing.

In 'The Empire Windrush: Essay Writing', pupils learnt to base an essay on research around the Windrush Generation and their experiences of arriving and staying in Britain. In this unit, pupils will learn techniques to develop the strength of their argument throughout an essay.

In this unit, pupils learn about how climate change is affecting the polar regions. They organise their knowledge into a clear essay structure with an introduction, paragraphs and a conclusion. They then write an essay that outlines how climate change is negatively impacting the polar regions.

Polar regions: essay writing

Which of these features are more appropriate to a speech than to an essay?

Which of the words in the following example could be considered emotive language? 'It is absolutely imperative that we take action by reducing our emissions!'

Which of the words below could fill in the gap in the following sentence? 'If we don't take more serious action, the consequences will be __________.'

Which pair of emotive words could fill in the two gaps in the following sentence? 'It is __________ that we take __________ steps to reduce emissions.'

Which of the following are good techniques for using our voice during a speech?

It is very unusual to be nervous about speaking to a big group.

With practice, speaking in front of a group gets easier.

How we stand and what we do with our body affects how persuasive we are.

Only your words affect what the audience thinks.

This will lead to sea-level rise and worsen climate change. 

We should do more to prevent further ice melting. 

Put the logical argument of our essay in order. 

Melting permafrost releases carbon into the atmosphere. 

Polar ice melting has already contributed to a 20 cm rise in the sea level.

As ice melts, there is less reflection of heat back into space. 

Melting ice reduces habitats for polar bears. 

Which pieces of evidence support the idea that polar ice melting makes the problem of climate change worse? 

Which linguistic features are used here? 'In addition to this, the Arctic’s permafrost is melting, releasing carbon into the atmosphere, which creates higher greenhouse gas levels.'

Match each linguistic feature to its purpose. 

Which of the below could complete this sentence? 'While global temperatures have risen by one degree, in the polar regions they have risen by three degrees. __________, polar ice is melting rapidly.'

Which of the below could complete this sentence? '__________ serious action is not taken to prevent further ice melting, polar habitats will be lost forever.'

Making a speech about the effects of climate change on the polar regions

Lesson outcome