Lesson video

Hello, everyone.

How are you today?

Hope you're feeling really good.

My name is Miss Afzal, and I'll be your teacher for this lesson.

I'm feeling pleased about that because we've got an interesting topic ahead.

Our lesson today looks at delivering speeches about supporting Victorian working class children.

That's the title of our lesson.

It comes from the unit of work, Victorian children: nonfiction reading and writing.

So I wonder how you are feeling about delivering a speech.

I wonder how much knowledge you have.

Hopefully, lots about Victorian children and the conditions for working class children.

So if you're ready to get into this subject, if you have energy, focus, and enthusiasm, we'll begin our lesson now.

The outcome for today's lesson is: I can deliver my speech confidently and clearly.

I hope that sounds of interest to you.

We have some keywords in arson.

I'd like us to go through them one at a time, saying them out loud, my turn, your turn.

Pace.

Rhythm.

Pause.

Vary.

Expression.

Good to hear those keywords.

And now I'd like you to turn to someone and tell them what do you think these keywords mean.

Any ideas?

Pause here and share about this.

Thanks for sharing your ideas about the meanings of these keywords.

Let's find out some more about them.

Pace, this describes the speed at which you move or talk.

Rhythm describes the pattern or flow of words, phrases, and sounds.

A temporary stop in action or speech is called a pause.

To vary means to differ from something else.

And an expression is a look on someone's face that conveys a particular emotion.

So these are our keywords: pace, rhythm, pause, vary, and expression.

Let's be on the lookout for these keywords.

Let's listen out for them.

Let's think carefully about them.

They'll be coming up in our lesson today.

Today's lesson is called Delivering speeches about supporting Victorian working class children.

And it has two learning cycles: developing confident delivery, and delivering your speech.

Let's begin by exploring developing confident delivery.

Clear and confident delivery requires you to vary the pace and the rhythm of your speech.

Use your punctuation to support you to add purposeful pauses.

Pause here and share with someone: can you remember what these keywords that we can see in bold, vary, pace, rhythm, and pauses, mean?

Thanks for sharing.

Vary means when something is different from something else.

Pace is the speed at which you move or talk.

Rhythm describes the pattern or flow of words, phrases, and sounds.

And a pause is a temporary stop in action or speech.

So let's take a look at part of a speech.

Let me read it through once.

Is there a more important issue for us, the great nation of Britain, to resolve than children's rights?

Each morning, innocent children wake up from a rough night's sleep with nothing more than a pavement for a pillow.

That was okay.

However, I think there are some things that maybe I could do to give a little bit more of a clear and confident delivery.

Pause here and share with someone what you think some of those things could be.

How could I tweak the way I was delivering that speech?

Pause here and share with someone.

What are your ideas?

So I wonder what ideas did you come up with?

How could I give a clearer and more confident delivery where I'm perhaps varying the pace and the rhythm of my speech and using the punctuation to add in some purposeful pauses.

So these dashes are helpful.

They could indicate a pause and more dramatic delivery of "great nation of Britain.

" So let me try that again.

Perhaps I could even add in some gestures.

Is there a more important issue for us, the great nation of Britain, to resolve than children's rights?

What else?

Perhaps my voice should rise as I ask a question.

So at the end of "children's rights," if my voice can go up a little, let me try that again.

Is there a more important issue for us, the great nation of Britain, to resolve than children's rights?

And then, how about a pause after "rights" to let the audience consider their response?

I'll add in a pause there.

Is there a more important issue for us, the great nation of Britain, to resolve than children's rights?

Each morning, innocent children wake up from a rough night's sleep with nothing more than a pavement for a pillow.

How about this, this final sentence?

Perhaps I could vary my pace within this complex sentence.

Start with a little pace, but then slow down for that powerful metaphor of pavement for a pillow.

Let me try that sentence again.

Each morning, innocent children wake up from a rough night's sleep with nothing more than a pavement for a pillow.

Okay, I feel like that was adding something.

So let's try the whole thing through with those dashes to give us the pause, voice rising at the end of the question, a pause after the question, and I'm varying the pace in that final complex sentence.

Is there a more important issue for us, the great nation of Britain, to resolve than children's rights?

Each morning, innocent children wake up from a rough night's sleep with nothing more than a pavement for a pillow.

Okay, I think that was better.

A much clearer and more confident delivery.

Now, I'll let you take a look at this image of a woman speaking and discuss, without hearing her speak, what nonverbal signs are there that this woman is communicating clearly?

Let's take a very good look and pause and share with someone: how can you tell that she's communicating clearly?

What are the nonverbal signs?

Pause here and discuss.

Thanks for sharing.

What ideas did you come up with?

Eye contact?

Yeah, we can clearly see she's looking straight across, looking probably at somebody in her audience.

Her facial expression is open, engaged, engaging.

And she's using hand gestures that can enhance the point that she's making.

Well done if you had some ideas like these.

Let's have a check for understanding.

Which of the following is not going to create a confidently delivered speech?

A, hand gestures.

B, facial expressions.

C, a consistent pace.

D, pauses.

Pause here while you decide which of these is not going to create a confidently delivered speech.

Well done if you selected answer C, consistent pace.

Indeed, we don't want a consistent pace, we want to vary our pace.

But all of the other options are going to be very helpful for a confidently delivered speech.

We want hand gestures, facial expressions, and pauses.

In order to deliver a naturalistic and convincing presentation, you need to consider your body language, posture and eye contact.

So what do you think this might look like?

What kind of things would be helpful for a naturalistic presentation in terms of body language, posture and eye contact?

Pause here and share with someone.

Thanks for sharing.

What ideas did you come up with?

Perhaps something like this.

Eyes looking.

When delivering a presentation, you should look out to your audience generally and vary your eye contact.

Body still.

Try not to fidget.

You should use gestures, but too much movement can be distracting.

And when standing to speak.

Have an upright and open posture.

This will allow you to speak clearly and tackle any nerves.

And now it's time for your task.

I would like you to annotate your speech with instructions on how you are going to deliver it.

So here's an example of a speech, and here's how I might annotate my speech.

So where we have these dashes, I might pause and then also deliver a gesture.

At the end of the question, I could make my voice rise up to indicate the question.

And then after the question, I could pause to give the audience time to think.

After all, we are addressing the members of parliament, so we want them to have time to pause and consider what we've said.

And finally, I'll vary my pace within this final complex sentence, starting it with a little more pace, but then slowing down for that powerful metaphor of pavement for a pillow.

So this is what I would like you to do for your task to annotate your speech with instructions on how you're going to deliver it.

So pause here, gather together your speech, and begin annotating.

I'll see you when you're finished.

It's good to be back with you.

So how did you get on with that task?

And you can assess your work by identifying the following.

Where have you used punctuation to indicate pausing for effect?

Where have you indicated where you will vary pace?

Where have you indicated where you will change your facial expression?

And where have you indicated where you will use hand gestures?

So pause here and just check through your annotations once again to make sure that you have got each of these four things indicated.

Well done for annotating your speech.

And now, onto our next learning cycle, delivering your speech.

So how can you be a good member of the audience when someone is delivering their speech?

Pause here and have a discussion with someone about this.

How can you be a good member of the audience when someone is delivering their speech?

Thanks for sharing your ideas.

Let's take a look at some.

One way is to demonstrate active listening and use positive body language.

What do you think this might look like?

Pause here and share with someone.

What does active listening and positive body language look like?

Thanks for sharing.

Perhaps you said something like this: lips closed.

This shows you are quiet.

Nodding your head is also a positive gesture.

It helps to create a supportive environment too.

Eyes looking.

Make eye contact, if appropriate.

You can also track the speaker to ensure that you are following what is being delivered.

And keep your body still.

Avoid fidgeting.

Sitting up and leaning forward also demonstrates positive body language when listening.

Pause here and share with someone who is someone you know that always demonstrates really active listening and positive body language when you are speaking.

Thanks for sharing.

Let's have a check for understanding: true or false?

You should always track the speaker.

Pause here while you decide is this statement is true or false.

Well done if you selected true.

And now I'd like you to justify your answer.

Choose from one of these two options.

A, it enables you to hear them better.

B, it is polite and encourages you to pay attention, meaning you're less likely to miss details.

Pause here while you decide which of these statements justifies your earlier answer.

Well done if you selected statement B.

Indeed, it's polite and encourages you to pay attention, meaning you're less likely to miss details.

We definitely don't want to miss out on any details.

And now it's time for your task: delivering your speech.

I would like you to deliver your speech to the British government of 1850.

You've been asked to persuade the government to do more to support working class children.

When delivering a speech, remember, body still, standing to speak, eyes looking, speak clearly.

So pause here while you deliver your speech.

And after this, we'll have a go at being the listener and focusing on feedback.

But for this first part of your task, I would like you to deliver your speech.

Enjoy your task, enjoy delivering your speech, and hopefully changing hearts and minds.

Well done for delivering your speech.

And now I'd like you to listen to someone else's delivery of speech and to really take note of what kind of language and structural technique they're using in the delivery of their speech.

So pause here while you now listen to somebody delivering their speech.

Well done for listening so actively.

So after you have listened to a speech, you must come to a decision about changes you are going to make.

I would like you to do two things.

You can use this sentence starter to begin: Your speech persuaded me to.

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And then you can tell the speaker what changes you are now going to make based upon their speech.

And here's your next sentence starter.

You did this through successfully using.

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And then I'd like you to outline exactly what language or structural technique did they used which gave their speech so much impact.

So pause here while you have a go at this part of your task, responding to the speaker.

What have they persuaded you to do as a member of parliament, and how did they persuade you through their use of language and structural technique?

Pause here while you give this feedback.

Well done for having a go at this part of your task.

Well done for being a fantastic listener and member of parliament.

In our lesson: Delivering speeches about supporting Victorian working class children, we've covered the following.

Varying pace and rhythm can help support with presenting the meaning of a text.

Pauses can help vary pace and rhythm.

Facial expressions can help support with expressing mood or attitude.

Eye contact and hand gestures are useful for holding an audience's attention.

Well done, everyone, for joining in in this lesson.

It was so great to see you bringing your speeches to life with pauses, varying rhythm, facial expression, and gestures.

And well done for being great listeners and giving good feedback as well.

I hope you enjoyed this lesson.

I really enjoyed teaching you, and I look forward to seeing you at another lesson soon.

Bye for now.