Starter quiz
- What is an opinion?
- what a person does
- what a person thinks or believes ✓
- what a person says
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- A person's opinion belongs to whom?
- them ✓
- their friends
- nobody
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- Adding a reason to explain your opinion will ...
- make your opinion harder to understand.
- make your opinion easier to understand. ✓
- make others disagree with your opinion.
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- What does the word 'because' signal to the audience?
- that you are finished speaking
- that you are giving your opinion
- that you are about to give a reason why you have a certain opinion ✓
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- Which is the correct order to give an opinion with a reason in?
- opinion first, then reason ✓
- reason first, then opinion
- it doesn't matter which order
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- Which of these is a good reason for the opinion 'summer is the best season'?
- it gets too hot
- it is mostly sunny ✓
- it comes after spring
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Exit quiz
- What are a group of people called who gather together to watch a performance or listen to a speaker?
- a family
- an audience ✓
- a band
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- What word means to persuade someone to do something or agree with you?
- construct
- complain
- convince ✓
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- How can a speaker convince an audience to think or feel a certain way?
- give them a good reason to do so ✓
- pay them money to do so
- ask them politely to do so
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- What effect will standing-up straight, smiling and making eye-contact have on the audience when you are speaking?
- it will make them think you are being cheeky
- it will make them think you are speaking to an audience for the first time
- it will make them think you are friendly, grown-up and doing something formal ✓
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- 'Which' and 'so' are joining words that can be used to add __________ to an opinion and reason.
- extra detail ✓
- extra opinions
- extra pictures
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- Which of these is the most convincing reason to support the opinion 'the best meal is a Sunday roast'?
- because it can be eaten on a Sunday
- because it contains lots of different vegetables ✓
- because it takes a long time to make
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Lesson Details
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
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.
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.
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