Year 5 - English
How Greta Thunberg provokes an emotional response from an audience
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils analyse abridged, rewritten versions of famous speeches made by Greta Thunberg, Emma Watson and Malala Yousafzai. They learn the techniques that the writer of each speech has used to ensure it meets its purpose.
Lesson Summary
You understand how the delivery of a speech can provoke an emotional response from an audience.
Key Notes
- 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.
Vocabulary To Learn
- 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
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may think that provoking an emotional response in an audience is about making them sad.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
A speaker can provoke an emotional response from an audience. Provoking an emotional response may help a speaker to achieve their purpose.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'provoke'
to stir up feelings or emotions.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may think that provoking an emotional response in an audience is about making them sad. Correction: 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.
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