Year 2 - English
Convincing an audience to agree with your opinion
Spoken language: sharing your opinion
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils learn how to share their opinions, giving reasons why they have an opinion using the word 'because'. They learn how to use these skills to convince people to agree with them. Pupils also build their performance and oracy skills, practising speaking loudly and clearly.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to make an audience agree with you by giving convincing reasons that support your opinions.
Key Notes
- 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
Vocabulary To Learn
- 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.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All reasons to support an opinion are equally convincing.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key 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.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'audience'
An audience is a group of people listening or watching a performance or speaker.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: All reasons to support an opinion are equally convincing. Correction: Pupils should know that some reasons are more convincing than others and the one used should be the most convincing.
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