L.O. Identify the features of debate speech
A worksheet, consisting of a matrix of 21 suitable and unsuitable features of debate speech/ behaviour. Pupils were required to consider each point and shade in if they thought it was a feature of 'debate speech'.
EXAMPLES from the worksheet:
* Stays focused, doesn’t start giggling
* Speaks in a loud clear voice
Some of the unsuitable features the children found funny, which drilled the point home!
Background and Suggested Activity:
My Year 4 class watched the most recent General Election debate in order to see real-life debating behaviour.
During the video-clip I asked them to think about what exactly it is about the speech/ actions of the party leaders that makes them persuasive (we had already looked at how debates are about persuading people towards their side of the argument).
For higher attaining pupils, I kept this task open ended, and they were to note down the features of the speakers that they thought were suitable for a 'debate'.
For the lower attaining pupils, I knew they would struggle to think of the terminology for 'speech features', so created this worksheet.
A worksheet, consisting of a matrix of 21 suitable and unsuitable features of debate speech/ behaviour. Pupils were required to consider each point and shade in if they thought it was a feature of 'debate speech'.
EXAMPLES from the worksheet:
* Stays focused, doesn’t start giggling
* Speaks in a loud clear voice
Some of the unsuitable features the children found funny, which drilled the point home!
Background and Suggested Activity:
My Year 4 class watched the most recent General Election debate in order to see real-life debating behaviour.
During the video-clip I asked them to think about what exactly it is about the speech/ actions of the party leaders that makes them persuasive (we had already looked at how debates are about persuading people towards their side of the argument).
For higher attaining pupils, I kept this task open ended, and they were to note down the features of the speakers that they thought were suitable for a 'debate'.
For the lower attaining pupils, I knew they would struggle to think of the terminology for 'speech features', so created this worksheet.
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