Preparing a speech about supporting Victorian working class children
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can create a detailed plan for my argument about support for Victorian working class children.
Key learning points
- Topic sentences should outline the specific argument that will be covered in a section of our speech.
- When planning a speech, supporting details should include rhetorical devices, structural devices and vocabulary.
- A hook grabs the listeners attention, whilst focusing on the subject of the speech.
- Your opening should alude to the three topic sentences you are going to write.
- Mirroring your closing to your opening creates a sense of cohesion in your writing.
Keywords
Hook - a structural technique used to grab (or hook) your audience’s interest.
Mirroring - a technique where a paragraph, usually an ending or closing, is designed to remind the reader of an earlier section of text.
Cohesion - something that all works well together, having a clear meaning throughout.
Elicit - to draw out a certain reaction or emotion from your audience.
Call to action - a request to get your audience to act or behave in a certain way.
Common misconception
Topic sentences are only used in essay writing.
Remind pupils that topic sentences are signposts for readers, indicating to them the direction our writing will be travelling in.
Teacher tip
Have your own examples of stories/texts pupils have read where the ending mirrors the opening.
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is a rhetorical question?
Q2.Direct address is when you address the directly.
Q3.Which of the following is an example of a rhetorical question?
Q4.Which of the following is an example of direct address?
Q5.What is anaphora?
Q6.What does elicit mean in this sentence? "He was trying to elicit sympathy from his audience."
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is it called when you ask your audience/listener to make a change during your speech?
Q2.A is a structural technique used at the start of a speech to get your listener engaged with your ideas.
Q3.Why should you start your speech with a hook?
Q4.What is mirroring?
Q5.Which section of your paragraph plan should include your call to action?
Q6.Complete this sentence: mirroring is helpful in creating throughout a text.
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