Week 49-1 &2 Speeches V4E

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Combination: essays + revolution

• I will hand out your essays
  
• you can have a look at them and I will make a round to discuss any questions you have
  
• in the mean time, you work on the revolution assignments

How did you get to your mark?

Structure: 8 points total

Language: 12 points total

Structure

• I = introduction (0-1,5 points)
• A = arguments (0-4 points)
• C = conclusion (0-1 points)
• T = text structure (0-1,5 points)

Language

LR = language range (2-4 points)

LA = language accuracy (0-8 points)

Revolution! Lesson 2

Speech Criteria

Goal

• you know the structure of a speech
• you know some rhetorical devices and how to use them
• you are able to analyse the quality of a speech

DiCaprio’s speech analysis

In silence read the speech and answer the following questions:

How does the speech begin and end? (focus on lines 1-9 and 43-47)

• What is the function of lines 10-19?
  
• What is the function of lines 22-27?
  
• What is the function of lines 28-38?
  

You have 10 minutes.

Also answer these

• 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?

DiCaprio’s speech analysis

In silence read the speech and answer the following questions:

How does the speech begin and end? (focus on lines 1-9 and 43-47)

• What is the function of lines 10-19?
  
• What is the function of lines 22-27?
  
• What is the function of lines 28-38?
  

You have 10 minutes.

Also answer these

• 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?

Lesson 3 - Judge and Brainstorm

Your 4-minute speech

Opening (grab audience's attention)

• what needs changing + which revolution are you promoting

Body (inform your audience)

• changes you will implement and their effect on our future lives

Closing (inspire)

• summary of the main idea
• further food for thought (a final message to convince your audience)

Lesson 3 - Judge and Brainstorm

Your 4-minute speech

Opening (grab audience's attention)

• what needs changing + which revolution are you promoting

Body (inform your audience)

• changes you will implement and their effect on our future lives

Closing (inspire)

• summary of the main idea
• further food for thought (a final message to convince your audience)

Activities

• evaluate a student's speech
• brainstorm
• choose a topic and write an outline (homework)

Order: who goes when

Speeches

10 December: speeches 1-6

14 December: speeches 7-12

15 December: speeches 13-18

17 December: speeches 19-22

Lesson 3 - Judge & Brainstorm

• Individually read a student speech sample (5 min)
  
• Evaluate the quality of the speech in terms of: 
  
  - its content/structure 
  - means of producing persuasion 
  - language 
  
• Be prepared to feed back to the whole class
  

Google Classroom

• handout p 9

Brainstorm

• First in silence (10 min): fill in the first column. You may inspire yourselves by consulting the English and Dutch news 
• Pair work (10 min): exchange your ideas and also complete the remaining columns. Decide which idea is worth writing a speech about. Make sure you have an idea for your speech by Thursday.
  

Make an outline

• First, study the handout for the task description and requirements p.2 and how to make an outline/skeleton p.10-11
  
• Make an outline of your speech p.12, keeping in mind the following:
  
• What is the current situation: is the problem clear and relevant?
  
• What specific changes will my revolution entail?
  
• How revolutionary is my solution?
  
• How will my changes improve the current situation?

Are your ideas viable?

• These are the questions you should ask yourselves:
  
• What is the current situation: is the problem clear and relevant?
  
• What specific changes will my revolution entail?
  
• How revolutionary is my solution? (revolutionary=completely different from what was done before)
  
• How will my changes improve the current situation?
  

Homework

• Choose a topic
  
• Make an outline

Speech according to Aristotle

• Who was Aristotle (384-322 BC)?
• Watch the film clip

Rhetorical devices

• rhetorical questions
  e.g. "How much longer must our people endure this injustice?"
• exaggeration (hyperbole)
  e.g. “It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets”
• metaphor
  e.g. “Success is a bastard as it has many fathers, and failure is an orphan, with no takers”
  e.g. “Life is a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get.”

Rhetorical devices

• rhetorical questions
  e.g. "How much longer must our people endure this injustice?"
• exaggeration (hyperbole)
  e.g. “It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets”
• metaphor
  e.g. “Success is a bastard as it has many fathers, and failure is an orphan, with no takers”
  e.g. “Life is a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get.”

Do the exercise on page 8