Speeches!

It is that time of year again…

Our speeches could

• Inform
• Persuade
• Entertain

Or do a combination of all of these.

The speeches will be approximately 3mins long.

We have talked about learning our speeches off by heart and writing them onto cue cards.

We will come up with an Idea  

Think about possible topics

Research if necessary

Brainstorm

Draft

Edit

Time it

Write it on cue cards

PRACTISE PRACTISE PRACTISE

Your topic needs to be relevant to your audience (us!)

We thought about possible topics like

• Bullying
• Famous people
• Childhood issues
• Pets
• Orphans
• Pollution
• Animal cruelty
• Obesity
• Racism
• Deforestation
• Animals
• Eco issues
• Plants
• Slavery

Your children will ask you for some help, this is fine, as long as the majority of their speech is written by them. We know that this is a daunting time for many children, however, our class is a very safe place to push ourselves.

Have fun, be confident, be different!!

Peer/Self/ Teacher Speech Assessment

Delivery	Rarely	Sometimes	Usually	Almost always
Projects voice to the back of the audience
Clear speech
Vocal expression
Good speed
Makes eye contact
Uses gestures which are appropriate to the speech
Posture is relaxed and confident
Engages the audience with questions
Uses facial expression
Content	Good	Very good	Excellent	Absolutely brilliant
Good opening- hooks the audience
Content is well organized and easy to follow
Good closing – links speech together
Idea for speech is suited to the Year 5/6 audience

Dalton Sherman