Convincing an audience to agree with your opinion
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can make an audience agree with me by giving convincing reasons that support my opinions.
Key learning points
- An audience is a group of people listening or watching a performance or speaker
- An audience can be convinced to feel a certain way
- Convincing an audience requires strong reasons
Keywords
Audience - An audience is a group of people listening or watching a performance or speaker.
Convince - Convince means to persuade or make someone agree with you.
Common misconception
All reasons to support an opinion are equally convincing.
Pupils should know that some reasons are more convincing than others and the one used should be the most convincing.
Teacher tip
This lesson is the very beginning of an introduction to debating and teaching the pupils how to have a desired impact on an audience. Encourage the children to stand up and share their opinions in front of a group.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is an opinion?
Q2.A person's opinion belongs to whom?
Q3.Adding a reason to explain your opinion will ...
Q4.What does the word 'because' signal to the audience?
Q5.Which is the correct order to give an opinion with a reason in?
Q6.Which of these is a good reason for the opinion 'summer is the best season'?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What are a group of people called who gather together to watch a performance or listen to a speaker?
Q2.What word means to persuade someone to do something or agree with you?
Q3.How can a speaker convince an audience to think or feel a certain way?
Q4.What effect will standing-up straight, smiling and making eye-contact have on the audience when you are speaking?
Q5.'Which' and 'so' are joining words that can be used to add __________ to an opinion and reason.
Q6.Which of these is the most convincing reason to support the opinion 'the best meal is a Sunday roast'?
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