Prepared speech III

Prepared speech III

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Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Further Resources
This task is about preparing and giving a short speech.
Your task is to prepare and give a speech on a topic from the list below. Your speech should be 2-3 minutes long.
 
Topics
 
Out in the bush NZ music
Photographs My favourite sport
My hobby Let's talk about food
The beach School trips
Our teachers
Fashion
Gaming What's important to me
Hats
How I handle stress
Cooking The best person I know outside this classroom
Jobs Weekends
Movies My favourite apps
Social media  

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Write down the topic you have chosen for your speech.

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Decide on the purpose of your speech. Is it to
inform? - How I learnt to swimpersuade? - What the swimming club can do for you.entertain? - My classmates' swimming techniquescombine some or all of the above?
If you chose 'combine some or all of the above', what purposes are you combining?

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Use this planning box to prepare your speech.

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A helpful checklist
Have you...
1. chosen your topic? yesno
2. decided on the purpose of your speech? yesno
3. made a plan of what you are going to say? yesno
4. written the main points of your speech on a cue card?  yesno
     [You do not need to write out all the words you will say].
5. practised giving your speech out loud using expression? yesno
Task administration: 
This task can be completed online or with pencil and paper.
  • This task assesses students' ability to plan and deliver a short speech.
  • Assessment scoring guides A and B are suitable for this task.
Level:
4
Curriculum info: 
English, Creating meaning, Speaking
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
prepared speech, speech, rhetoric, teacher rating
Description of task: 
Students prepare a 2 to 3 minute speech to inform, persuade, or entertain. A list of topics suitable for Year 7/8 students is provided. Assessment guides A and B are suitable for this task.
Answers/responses: 
The following Oral Language Assessment Guides – Speaking can be used with this resource.
Click for more information about the Oral Language Assessment Guides – Speaking.
Click for more information about the Oral Language Assessment Guides – Speaking.