Reading aloud a persuasive letter, inspired by a text
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can read aloud a persuasive letter inspired by 'Front Desk'.
Key learning points
- Speakers must speak audibly and fluently to communicate meaning clearly.
- Speaking in an appropriate register enhances communication.
- Text meaning and the reader's emotions can be shown through intonation, tone, volume and gestures.
- Facial expressions can be used to convey emotions.
Keywords
Reading aloud - speaking in front of others and listening to others
Projection - speaking powerfully and clearly
Diction - pronouncing words clearly
Eye contact - looking into the eyes of the people in an audience
Body language - how we use our posture and gestures to communicate meaning, confidence and feelings
Common misconception
Pupils may speak very quickly, quietly and not look up from their page when reading aloud their persuasive letter.
Techniques for effective presenting are explicitly identified, explained and modelled throughout both learning cycles.
Teacher tip
Physically model strong body language, voice projection, diction and eye contact throughout the lesson and show films of excellent example speakers.
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Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is an audience?
Q2.What should an audience do when they are watching a presentation?
Q3.What is the purpose of a persuasive letter?
Q4.What helps effective presenting?
Q5.'Polysyllabic' words are ...
Q6.Persuasive letters are __________ in tone.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these are appropriate explanations of 'reading aloud'?
Q2.Match the reading aloud techniques to their definitions:
speaking powerfully and clearly
pronouncing words clearly
looking into the eyes of the people in our audience
how we use our posture and gestures to convey meaning
Q3.When projecting our voices, we need to use deep breaths and use the __________ in our stomachs to help us speak.
Q4.__________ involves pronouncing words clearly. It is very important because our audience needs to be able to understand what we are saying.
Q5.Which of these are aspects of confident body language when presenting?
Q6.Which words are polysyllabic?
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To help you plan your 5 English lesson on: Reading aloud a persuasive letter, inspired by a text, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
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