Year 4 - English
Understanding the features of a successful speech
Speeches
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils learn why speeches are important and what makes a successful speech. They learn to use the PEPs structure to organise a speech and identify the purpose of speeches, exploring how they can provoke an emotional response. Pupils write their own speech and deliver it to an audience.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to understand what features are often found in successful speeches and why they are used.
Key Notes
- A speech should have a clear purpose.
- A speech may use techniques such as rhetorical questions or repetition.
Vocabulary To Learn
- features: Features are the parts or characteristics that make something unique.
- repetition: Repetition means doing or saying something over and over again.
- rhetorical questions: Rhetorical questions are questions that do not require an answer.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All speeches must include all of the features included in this lesson.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
A speech should have a clear purpose. A speech may use techniques such as rhetorical questions or repetition.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'features'
Features are the parts or characteristics that make something unique.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: All speeches must include all of the features included in this lesson. Correction: A good speech may include some of these features but it is not essential that all are used.
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