Year 4 - English
Understanding what speeches are and why they are important
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 explain what speeches are and why they are important.
Key Notes
- A speech is the communication of someone's thoughts, through words, to an audience.
- Lots of different jobs require people to make speeches.
- The purpose of making a speech is to have an impact on your audience.
- A successful speech will persuade an audience to agree with the main themes of the speech.
Vocabulary To Learn
- speech: A speech is the communication of someone's thoughts, through words, to an audience.
- opinion: An opinion is a view or belief that a person has.
- justify: To justify an opinion means giving clear reasoning.
- reasoning: Reasoning is explaining why a person has a certain opinion.
- persuade: Persuade means to convince or to make someone agree with you.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Children may think that only adults make speeches.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
A speech is the communication of someone's thoughts, through words, to an audience. Lots of different jobs require people to make speeches.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'speech'
A speech is the communication of someone's thoughts, through words, to an audience.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Children may think that only adults make speeches. Correction: It is very important for children to know how to share their opinions and feelings and making a speech is a good way to do this.
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