SPEECH GCSE LANGUAGE

1. Writing a Speech
Transforming text question

2. Objectives
? Identify the meaning and interpret a piece of text.
? Identify the features of language in a speech

3. Relevance to exam
? Transforming text question
?Q3 on Reading and Writing Paper

4. IGCSE Question 3 objectives

5. Question 3 extended response to reading
15 marks - Reading 10 marks - writing
• R1 demonstrate understanding of
explicit meanings
• R2 demonstrate understanding of
implicit meanings and attitudes
• R3 analyse, evaluate and develop
facts, ideas and opinions, using
appropriate support from the text.
• W1 articulate experience and
express what is thought, felt and
imagined
• W2 organise and structure ideas
and opinions for deliberate effect
• W3 use a range of vocabulary and
sentence structures appropriate to
context
• W4 use register appropriate to
context
• W5 make accurate use of spelling,
punctuation and grammar.

6. Question 3 extended response to reading
READING WRITING
• Have you used the
information in the text?
• Have you answered
everything the question
wants you to?
• Have you shown you
understand the text?
• Have you expanded
beyond the text evaluating
the arguments?
• Have you used good
sentence structure?
• Have you used paragraphs?
• Have you used good
vocabulary?
• Are you writing in a style that
is to the right audience?
• Is your format correct?

7. Think- Pair - Share
? If you could change one thing in the country what would it be?
? Think about it individually
? Discuss the topic with your partner
? Share some topics as a class to be discussed.
? Extension:
? How could you persuade people to your point of view?

8. Speeches
? Speeches are a method many use to raise issues they care about
and clearly present their arguments.
? Can you think of any famous speeches that have been used for this
purpose?
? Why do you think they are good?

9. What makes a good speech
? On one side of the room put on post its what you feel are the
features of a good speech
? On the other side of the room put on post its what you feel are the
features of a bad speech
? Don’t just think about the obvious (e.g. eye contact) think about the
content too!!

10. Good Vs Bad Speech
Good Speech Bad Speech
Following the class discussion complete a table in your book with 3 features of a
good speech and 3 features of a bad speech.

11. Example of a famous speech
? Watch the following video:
? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vDWWy4CMhE
? What features here make this a good speech.
? Extension: Are there any language devices you can
identify.

12. Language devices quiz
? You have some language devices examples from songs.
? In groups try and identify all the correct language devices.
? Quickest team wins!

13. Language devices quiz
Song Lyric Language device
Big Yellow Taxi They paved paradise and put up a
parking lot
Boom, Clap. Boom, Clap.
Good Riddance Time grabs you by the wrist, directs
you where to go
Firework Baby I’m a firework
Back to Black I died a hundred times
Pompeii How am I gonna be an optimist
about this?
When we were young You look like a movie. You sound
like a song.
Signed, sealed, delivered Signed, sealed, delivered. I’m yours
Fix you Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
I will try to fix you
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Rhetorical question
Simile
Rule of three
metaphor

14. Language devices
? Speed quiz as a team! Identify all
the features of persuasive
language
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15. ? Direct address
? Alliteration
? Fact
? Opinion
? Rhetorical/repetition
? Emotive
? Stats
? Three rule of
Language devices

16. V for Vendetta
? Watch the following video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKvvOFIHs4k
? What is it asking people to do?
? Why is it talking about November 5th?
? Do you think this speech could be effective?
? Stick the speech on poster paper
? Highlight the speech below identifying
language devices used as a group
? Work together as a group. Maybe one person could
look at a paragraph each, or look for certain
language devices

17. Great Dictator
? In this film Charlie Chaplin is a Jewish barber who
has been mistaken for an ‘evil dictator’ (aka Hitler).
? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8HdOHrc3
OQ
? Discuss what you think this speech is about.
? Highlight the speech below identifying language
devices used individually
? Extension:
? Look at the two speeches. Can you develop a structure
that makes a good speech?

18. Objectives met
? Identify the meaning and interpret a piece of text.
? Identify the features of language in a speech

19. Homework
? Bring in any
newspaper articles
or articles from the
website about
anything that
interests you for
next session