Starter quiz
- What is an audience?
- a group of people who watch or listen to something ✓
- a group of people who perform on stage
- a group of people playing
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- What should an audience do when they are watching a presentation?
- listen to the presentation ✓
- talk to their partner throughout the presentation
- read their book during the presentation
- look at the presenter ✓
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- What is the purpose of a persuasive letter?
- to tell the reader a story
- to record thoughts and feelings
- to find words and lines that rhyme with each other
- to persuade the reader to change their mind or behaviour ✓
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- What helps effective presenting?
- speaking loudly enough for everyone to hear ✓
- pronouncing words correctly ✓
- telling jokes
- eye contact ✓
- confident body language ✓
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- 'Polysyllabic' words are ...
- words with one syllable.
- words with more than one syllable. ✓
- words with more vowels than consonants.
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- Persuasive letters are __________ in tone.
- formal ✓
- informal
- vague
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Exit quiz
- Which of these are appropriate explanations of 'reading aloud'?
- an important final stage of the writing process ✓
- always involves learning a piece of writing off by heart
- can be a way of sharing information with others ✓
- involves speaking in front of others and listening to others ✓
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- Match the reading aloud techniques to their definitions:
- projection⇔speaking powerfully and clearly ✓
- diction⇔pronouncing words clearly ✓
- eye contact⇔looking into the eyes of the people in our audience ✓
- body language⇔how we use our posture and gestures to convey meaning ✓
- When projecting our voices, we need to use deep breaths and use the __________ in our stomachs to help us speak.
- muscles ✓
- butterflies
- feelings
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- __________ involves pronouncing words clearly. It is very important because our audience needs to be able to understand what we are saying.
- Projection
- Diction ✓
- Eye contact
- Body language
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- Which of these are aspects of confident body language when presenting?
- shoulders back ✓
- feet shoulder-width apart ✓
- pronouncing words clearly
- chin up when speaking ✓
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- Which words are polysyllabic?
- youth
- councillors ✓
- community ✓
- physical ✓
- health
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Lesson Details
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.
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.
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
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