Lockdown (not) Literature 14

Hello Year 10,

Well, here we are in the final week of term! I need to say a big WELL DONE for the way you’ve managed this situation, especially in finishing Great Expectations at home. A fantastic effort! Here’s a little present as a reward: my completed notes on allusions in the novel.

Last week, we were looking at planning for the spoken language presentation that you’ll have to deliver at some point early in Year 11. This week, we’ll focus on writing the speech, building your paragraphs and employing your skills of rhetoric.

There isn’t anything here you haven’t heard before when we prepped for the nuclear weapons piece earlier in the year.

Here’s your final week of work:

1) Watch this TED-Ed video on the art of rhetoric.

2) (Recommended, but optional) Read and annotate Barack Obama’s 2008 victory speech.

This is a task we definitely would have done in class. It’s a great speech for reminding yourself of some useful rhetorical techniques that you might want to use in your speech.

You can use this version of the speech (broken down into sections for annotation, with questions to answer) to help you analyse it.

3) Using your plan from last week, write a draft of your speech.

Make sure you:

• start by grabbing the audience’s attention
• state your purpose in the final sentence of your intro
• build your paragraphs by using topic sentences, supporting sentences and concluding sentences (see the powerpoint below)
• use rhetorical techniques, whether you are writing to persuade or to inform – try some anaphora, a rhetorical question, some alliteration, some hyperbole and a simile (at least)
• write a clear, decisive ending which clearly states your message (what do you want to happen?)

Some other resources and reminders:

 

4) When you’ve drafted and edited your speech, turn it into notes using cue cards.

5) Practise your speech. Why not work with a partner and try your speeches out on each other?

6) Don’t forget to anticipate questions you may be asked. You might want to plant a question in the audience!

That’s it. That’s probably the last ‘Lockdown Literature’ unless I think of something in the week. I’ll probably email you later in the week to bid you a good hols, but I think you’ve got everything you need now.

If you need any help or advice, just email me. Mrs K is sending out her powerpoint of tips after each bubble has been in school.

Mr M