KS3 & KS4 English curriculum

This unit uses and builds on pupils' understanding of speeches and speech writing from the unit 'Women's rights across the ages'. Pupils build on this understanding by reading more complex speeches and using them to drive and inspire their own writing. Pupils also learn more about how to deliver their speeches, and become more expert in how to present themselves. This prepares pupils for their final spoken language unit, 'Spoken language masters', where pupils focus intensely on finding their voice and delivering their speeches confidently and compellingly.

1. Having productive discussions in response to a non-fiction text
2. Understanding and summarising perspectives
3. Comparing non-fiction texts
4. Analysing a persuasive speech
5. Evaluating and improving model responses on non-fiction texts
6. Comparing tone and methods in non-fiction texts
7. Understanding what makes a powerful speech
8. Engaging your audience: creating effective opening and closing paragraphs
9. Using rhetorical devices effectively
10. Spoken language: choosing a topic and developing ideas for a speech
11. Planning and writing a persuasive speech
12. Proofreading and redrafting a speech
13. Using non-verbal features to present a speech effectively
14. Preparing to deliver a powerful speech