Speech Planning - Non-Fiction - Analysis

Two A3 Sheets: ideal for KS3 use in Non-Fiction Writing.

Sheet one: Analysing Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ speech and Greta Thunberg’s speech to the UN.

Sheet two: Preparation for writing their own speech. Students will be writing a speech to persuade people to stay home during the pandemic. The should use their knowledge from the analysis of MLK and Thunberg’s speeches to help them plan. The sheet is broken down into:

• Exploring speech openings
• Use of sentence types: imperatives, interrogatives and exclamatory sentences.
• Use of sophisticated punctuation: semi-colons within listing, semi-colons and parenthesis.
• Using Extended Metaphors - making comparisons and sustain them over a piece of creative writing.