Year 9 - English
Writing a speech: openings and closings
Women's rights across the ages: non-fiction reading and writing
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils read a wide range of non-fiction texts from across history that are centered around the topic of women's rights. They first read a range of texts and identify key themes and techniques within them, before then planning, writing, re-drafting and delivering their own speech.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to craft an effective opening and closing paragraph for a persuasive speech.
Key Notes
- It is important to consider how the tone of a speech opening will engage the audience and establish your viewpoint.
- An introduction should hook your audience in, regardless of the topic.
- The ending of your persuasive speech presents the last opportunity to influence your audience.
- At the end of your persuasive speech, your audience should know exactly how to help or what to think or feel.
- Using rhetorical devices can elevate your opening and closing paragraphs.
Vocabulary To Learn
- impactful: memorable and significant
- compelling: convincing and attention grabbing
- viewpoint: a person's opinion or perspective on something
- reinforce: to strengthen or further support something - in this context- an idea
- establish: to set-up, create or clearly introduce something - in this context - a viewpoint, argument or perspective
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- I don't have time to write an effective closing, I just need to get my work finished!
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
It is important to consider how the tone of a speech opening will engage the audience and establish your viewpoint. An introduction should hook your audience in, regardless of the topic.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'impactful'
memorable and significant.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: I don't have time to write an effective closing, I just need to get my work finished! Correction: The ending is arguably the most important part of the piece of writing. You need to leave your audience with a clear message that is memorable. You will get quicker at writing effective closings the more you practice using specific strategies.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Comparing and evaluating non-fiction texts Study Guide
- Comparing the presentation of perspectives in non-fiction texts Study Guide
- Comparing tone and language choices in non-fiction texts Study Guide
- Considering alternative perspectives of war in non-fiction texts Study Guide
- Considering non-verbal features in presenting a speech Study Guide
- Creating comparative analytical paragraphs Study Guide
- Creating layered language analysis Study Guide
- Developing a viewpoint using structural features Study Guide
- Developing analytical responses Study Guide
- Discussing historical and societal attitudes Study Guide
- Exploring a non-fiction text with multiple perspectives Study Guide
- Exploring autobiographical texts Study Guide
- Exploring historical attitudes and perspectives in non-fiction texts Study Guide
- Exploring historical perspectives of men Study Guide
- Identifying and analysing a writer's perspective Study Guide
- Identifying and exploring complex ideas in a text Study Guide
- Persuasive writing: using credible and effective rhetorical devices Study Guide
- Planning an analytical response Study Guide
- Preparing and delivering a powerful speech Study Guide
- Preparing to write a persuasive speech Study Guide
- Re-drafting a persuasive speech Study Guide
- Reading and forming opinions on a 19th century text Study Guide
- Understanding what makes a persuasive speech Study Guide
- Varying sentences and using anecdotes to express a viewpoint Study Guide
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