Starter quiz
- Which of the following are examples of public speaking?
- delivering an assembly ✓
- an educational talk ✓
- talking to a friend
- a speech ✓
- talking to yourself in the mirror
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- What are the main purposes of public speaking?
- to inform the audience about something ✓
- to have an impact on the audience’s thoughts and actions ✓
- to have a conversation with the audience
- to ask the audience lots of questions
- to make the audience laugh
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- What is a skilled public speaker known as?
- an orator ✓
- an audience
- an actor
- a dancer
- a singer
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- Which of the following professions involve lots of public speaking?
- politicians ✓
- presenters ✓
- activists ✓
- doctors
- dancers
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- Which of the following will help a public speaker to better engage their audience?
- using charisma ✓
- having a persuasive delivery ✓
- speaking quietly
- staring at their notes while talking
- possessing a strong knowledge of the topic ✓
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- What is an opinion?
- a person who is good at public speaking
- a fact about the world
- a personal view about something ✓
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Exit quiz
- What is a speech?
- a written communication of thoughts
- the communication of someone’s thoughts, through words, to an audience ✓
- an idea or thought you keep to yourself
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- Which of the following occasions are you likely to hear a speech at?
- a wedding ✓
- a birthday party ✓
- a doctor’s appointment
- a christening ✓
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- What do you call a person's thoughts and feelings?
- opinions ✓
- facts
- views ✓
- beliefs ✓
- jokes
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- What does it mean to justify something?
- to share an opinion
- to share the reasons for something ✓
- to think about something
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- How can opinions be justified in a speech?
- The speaker gives points to justify their opinions. ✓
- The speaker shouts their opinions.
- The speaker says their opinion is a fact.
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- Many famous speeches have been written around the theme of ...
- making sure the world stays the same way.
- making a positive change in the world. ✓
- family.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- A speech is the communication of someone’s thoughts, through words, to an audience.
- The purpose of a speech is always to impact the audience in some way.
- A common purpose of a speech is to persuade the audience to agree with the speaker about something.
- Points are used to justify the speaker’s opinion in a speech.
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to identify the points being used to justify an opinion in a speech.
At the start of LC1, watch the speech together and pause to identify the following: 1. the main opinion or argument 2. the points being used to justify. Focus on how information is used to persuade.
Keywords
Speech - the communication of someone’s thoughts, through words, to an audience
Purpose - function or job
Opinion - a personal view about something
Point - an idea or reason to support your opinion
Justify - to share reasons for something
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