Starter quiz
- Match the keywords to the correct meanings.
- speaking⇔using your voice to talk to someone ✓
- listening⇔paying attention to what someone is saying ✓
- volume⇔how loud or quiet someone speaks ✓
- What is an audience?
- someone speaking in front of others
- a group of people watching a performance or event ✓
- how loud or quiet someone speaks
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- True or false? When we are speaking to an audience, we should shout.
- True
- False ✓
- How can we be a good listener?
- by looking at the person speaking ✓
- by keeping your lips closed ✓
- by wiggling around a lot
- by paying attention to what the person speaking is saying ✓
- by chatting to your partner
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- What is a performance?
- a show that you put on for others ✓
- watching someone put on a show
- speaking clearly
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- Which of these are nursery rhymes?
- Little Bo Peep ✓
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star ✓
- Wild
- Hickory Dickory Dock ✓
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Exit quiz
- True or false? Nursery rhymes are a type of poem.
- True ✓
- False
- Match the keywords to the correct meanings.
- performance⇔a show that you put on for others ✓
- audience⇔a group of people who watch a show or event ✓
- nursery rhyme⇔a type of poem that is often sung to a tune ✓
- A successful speaker will …
- speak loudly. ✓
- speak clearly. ✓
- speak quietly.
- stand to speak. ✓
- look at the floor.
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- Which of the following make a performance more exciting to watch?
- actions and movements ✓
- facial expressions ✓
- sitting on a chair
- looking at the floor
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- Good listeners …
- look at the person speaking. ✓
- chat to their partner.
- keep their bodies still. ✓
- keep their lips closed. ✓
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- True or false? It is useful to get feedback after a performance.
- True ✓
- False
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Standing to speak helps to get the audience's attention.
- Successful speaking includes speaking loudly and clearly enough for everyone to hear.
- Successful listening includes looking at the person speaking and paying close attention.
- Speaking with volume helps to hold an audience's attention.
- Actions and sound effects help add to a poem's meaning.
Common misconception
There may be pupils who do not know a nursery rhyme by heart.
Use the Y1 'Nursery rhyme' unit prior to this lesson to familiarise children with a range of nursery rhymes. Spend time in class singing and reciting nursery rhymes together. Children may wish to choose their favourite nursery rhyme to perform.
Keywords
Volume - how loud or quiet someone speaks
Audience - a group of people watching a show or event
Nursery rhyme - a type of poem or short song often read or sung to, or by, young children
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