Year 6 - English
Making a speech about environmental issues
Climate emergency: journalistic report writing
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils get into role as a journalist attending a climate emergency protest, in prepartion for writing a journalistic report based on the event. In so doing, pupils practise integrating direct speech throughout their report to add credibility to the point of view they are writing from.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use your understanding of climate change to give a speech.
Key Notes
- Climate change is driven by human activity - specifically, an increase in greenhouse gases.
- Climate change will have significant impacts on the planet and human beings.
- We can discuss who has responsibility to address climate change and what should be done to improve the situation.
- As part of this process of discussion, people may make speeches on either side of the debate.
- We can use the PEPS (point, explanation, proof, summary) structure to help make a speech persuasive.
Vocabulary To Learn
- climate change: a long-term change to global temperatures and weather
- greenhouse gases: gases that create the greenhouse effect that warms the earth
- speech: the communication of someone's thoughts, through words, to an audience
- PEPS: a way of structuring a speech, giving a point, explanation, proof and summary
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may believe that 'bad' weather is evidence against any drastic change in the climate.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Climate change is driven by human activity - specifically, an increase in greenhouse gases. Climate change will have significant impacts on the planet and human beings.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'climate change'
a long-term change to global temperatures and weather.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may believe that 'bad' weather is evidence against any drastic change in the climate. Correction: Temperatures are rising, which leads to more extreme weather generally - not just to more dry and hot weather.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Concluding and editing a journalistic report about a climate protest Study Guide
- Exploring the structure of a journalistic report Study Guide
- Investigating a fictional protest in role as a journalist Study Guide
- Linguistic features of a journalistic report Study Guide
- Performing a radio broadcast based on a journalistic report Study Guide
- Planning a journalistic report about a climate protest Study Guide
- Writing the first part of a journalistic report about a climate protest Study Guide
- Writing the second part of a journalistic report about a climate protest Study Guide
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