Week 47 Speech Lesson 1 & 2

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

Speech!

Lesson 1 - Introduction

Martin Luther King Speech

• Do you have a favourite speech?
• Ever given one?
• One of the most famous speeches ever held...
• Listen to a fragment - what does King do to capture his audience?

• you know what makes a good speech

Speech Assignment - Handout - p 2

Next test: write and give a speech in which you ...

• speak for 4 minutes (only keywords allowed)
• describe a "revolution" that you are promoting and its effects on our future lives
• suggest a possible course of action
• convince your audience to support your cause
• use the future tense correctly
• demonstrate speaking skills at B2 level

Assessment

• content
• style
• accuracy
• pronunciation
• delivery

Schedule

• Week 47: lessons 1 & 2
  Introduction, brainstorm topic
• Week 48: lessons 3 & 4
  Write speech, rehearse
• Week 49-51: speeches
  Starting December 10th

Leonardo di Caprio at the Climate Summit

Think about:

• What did you think of the speech?
• What was impressive?
• What was less impressive?

Link 

• you know what makes a good speech

Speech Assignment - Handout - p 4-5

In pairs - read and discuss DiCaprio's speech:

• How does it begin and end (lines 9 and 43-47)?
  
• How does he grab the attention of his audience?
• What is the largest part of his speech about?
• What points does he want to raise?

10 mins

Also consider

What is the function of lines 10-19?

What is the function of lines 22-27?

What is the function of lines 28-38?

Speech Assignment - Handout - p 4-5

• according to DiCaprio, what needs changing, what is the 'revolution' he is promoting?
  
• what changes does he advocate?
  
• how does DiCaprio try to 'inspire' his audience?

Speech Structure - Handout p 12

A good speech has

• an introduction > grab the attention!
• body > provide your audience with information
• closing > inspire your audience

Rhetorical devices - Handout p 6-7

A good speech uses one or more rhetorical devices like

• rhetorical question - no answer expected: 
  Can birds fly? Can we continue like this?
• hyperbole (= exaggeration)
  I could eat a horse > I'm hungry
• metaphor
  Life is a rollercoaster.
  life = tenor; rollercoaster = vehicle
  
  

Handout p 7 - 

find the rhetorical devices

Speech Example - Handout page 8

Analyse Student Speech Example

• structure
• rhetorical devices

Homework for Next Lesson - Read: 

• "Revolution Speech Assignment" and "Writing a Speech" (p 2-3)
• identify structure and rhetorical devices in student example

Start student essay analysis

What you don't finish = homework

What characterises a good speech?

Lesson 2 - Brainstorm Ideas

What characterises a good speech?

This lesson

• Discuss homework
• Watch some examples
• Brainstorm ideas in groups
• Discuss ideas - viable?

Goal: 

- you have an idea for your speech

Student example - structure and rhetorical devices - share your findings

March for Our Lives - 2018

Watch the clip. Take notes. Pay particular attention
to Emma Gonzalez

Evaluate:

• What did you think of Emma's speech?
• What was impressive?
• What was less impressive?

Boyan Slat at TED

Watch the clip. Take notes.

Evaluate:

• What did you think of the speech?
• What was impressive?
• What was less impressive?

Link 

Brainstorm - p 9

Work alone (5 minutes)

1. think of possible topics - feel free to consult news sites for inspiration 
2. complete the first column

Work together (10 minutes)

• exchange your ideas and complete the remaining columns. 
• decide which idea is worth writing a speech about. 

Share your favourite idea

Homework (next lesson)

Hand in your revolution idea on Classroom