Speaking and listening activities

• English
• Secondary Education

Today

1. Why are we doing these activities?
2. Continuum
3. Chatterbox Champ
4. Taboo x 2 (Round 1 and 2)
5. if time - Round 3

Speaking and listening activities

The final Sem 1 assessment is a creative oral presentation.

You need to think about:

purpose - What is the aim of your presentation?

audience - Who is the audience? How will you engage them?

resources - What do you need to prepare? What do you need on the day?

prepare - write out what you want to say, create palm cards or PowerPoint to help you remember main points (keywords only)

Continuum

1. Ellen will give you a statement about topics that shouldn't be too personal/controversial (4 repeats)

2. On the imaginary line, stand in a position that fits with your opinion (i.e. do you strongly agree/disagree, sometimes/a little, no opinion).

3. You will then speak to:

• someone near you on the line
• someone who had an opposite opinion

Continuum

When speaking with these people please:

• introduce yourself (e.g. My name is_______)
• tell them your favourite animal (e.g. The animal that is my absolute favourite is____________)
• give them one reason why you chose to stand where you stood (e.g. I chose "strongly agree" because________________)

Continuum 

Meeting deadlines is important.

The Barbie movie was great.

All footy players should wear helmets when playing.

The best ice-cream flavour is chocolate.

Chatterbox Champ

Do you have the gift of the gab?

Can you talk more than other people about a randomly chosen topic?

Can you beat Ellen's score?

Rules - on topic, no significant pauses, 3 um/er/ah limit

Taboo x 2

Relevance to the task - 

• develops both speaking and listening skills
• highlights the importance of thinking about what you are going to say

Taboo x 2

Aim: Get your team to guess the most words using descriptions only. Highest total wins. 

Rules for Round One:

• you can't say ANY part of the word eg raincoat  - you couldn't say rain
• no "rhymes with" or spelling out the word
• no actions/gestures
• no pointing at things or people
• you can't pass

Every turn is 30 seconds long. A person from each team will have a turn until the words have run out. Then ROUND TWO!!

Taboo x 2

Round Two Rules -

same as before but now the 1st thing you say when you begin for each word is ALL YOU CAN SAY!!

Try to think before you speak - and this includes "um" and "er"!