How Martin Luther King engages an audience
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can understand how repetition can be used to engage an audience when delivering a speech.
Key learning points
- A speaker can engage an audience through a variety of techniques, including repetition.
- Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech entitled 'I Have A Dream' uses repetition to engage the audience.
- ‘I Have a Dream’ by Martin Luther King Jr. was written to help bring about racial equality.
Keywords
Audience - a group of people listening or watching a performance or speaker
Engage - to get or hold the interest of
Repetition - when a key word or phrase is said more than once in order to reinforce a point
Common misconception
Pupils may think that repetition involves repeating just one word.
Teach pupils that repetition is often most impactful when repeating a phrase at the start of a sentence.
Teacher tip
Use a clip of Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' speech in LC2. You will likely only want to use the first two thirds of it, or a clip that's enough for you to show several examples of repetition. There may be some vocabulary you want to discuss from the speech with your pupils too.
Equipment
You will need access to a clip of Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' speech.
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.True or false? A speech is the communication of someone’s thoughts, through words, to an audience.
Q2.Which of these jobs might involve making speeches?
Q3.Which of these occasions may involve someone making a speech?
Q4.What are common features of persuasion in speeches?
Q5.What is an opinion?
Q6.True or false? A speaker does not need to justify their opinion with reasons.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.True or false? An effective speech will engage the audience.
Q2.Which of these techniques involves changing the speed at which a speaker delivers parts of their speech?
Q3.How does repetition impact the audience in a positive way for the person making a speech?
Q4.What is Dr Martin Luther King Jr. most famous for?
Q5.In which city did Martin Luther King Jr. make a speech in front of two hundred thousand people?
Q6.Which famous line did Martin Luther King repeat in his speech?
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