Starter quiz
- Fill in the blanks in the following sentence with the best options: A speech is a __________ communication of someone's __________, through words, to an audience.
- formal; thoughts ✓
- humorous; ideas
- friendly; memories
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- True or false? A speech is always intended to have some kind of impact on its audience.
- True ✓
- False
- Which of these is the most persuasive sentence?
- The ice caps are melting, which contributes to rising sea levels.
- Let's act today!
- If we don’t act right now, the consequences will be horrific. ✓
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- Which of these is the correct spelling?
- perswade
- persuade ✓
- persade
- persuede
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- Match each person's job to the speech they are most likely to give.
- politician⇔a speech to motivate a team to inform the country about changes in tax ✓
- teacher⇔a speech to persuade a group of children to take part in a class show ✓
- sports coach⇔a speech to motivate a team to increase their number of goals ✓
- True or false? We do not prepare a speech in advance because it is always best to do it for the first time on the day.
- True
- False ✓
Exit quiz
- What nationality is Greta Thunberg?
- Danish
- Dutch
- English
- Swedish ✓
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- What is Greta Thunberg's job?
- She is an environmental activist. ✓
- She is an environmental scientist.
- She is an environmental artist.
- She is a politician focused on the environment.
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- What is the job of an activist? Fill in the following sentence as appropriate: Activists work to ___________ people's opinions so that __________ that need to happen are made.
- judge; things
- influence; changes ✓
- oppose; no changes
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- How old was Greta Thunberg when she made her first famous speech at the UN Climate Change Conference?
- '15' ✓
- What is the main emotion that Greta Thunberg gets across to her audience during the speech at the UN Climate Change Conference?
- sadness
- belonging
- envy
- anger ✓
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- Which short group of words does Greta Thunberg repeat throughout her speech for emphasis?
- 'how dare you' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- A speaker can provoke an emotional response from an audience.
- Provoking an emotional response may help a speaker to achieve their purpose.
- Greta Thunberg is a Swedish activist and environmentalist.
- Greta Thunberg made a speech at the United Nations Climate Change Conference when she was just 15 years old.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that provoking an emotional response in an audience is about making them sad.
Ensure that pupils know there is a wide range of emotional responses that audience members may have - and they may vary from person to person. These include anger, frustration, enthusiasm, determination, sadness, joy, hope and belief.
Keywords
Provoke - to stir up feelings or emotions
Activist - a person who campaigns to bring about political or social change
Environmentalist - a person who cares about protecting the environment
Emotive - able to arouse intense feeling
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