Week 49-1 &2 Speeches V4E

Combination: essays + revolution

  • I will hand out your essays
  • you can have a look at them and I will make a round to discuss any questions you have
  • in the mean time, you work on the revolution assignments


How did you get to your mark?
Structure: 8 points total
Language: 12 points total

Structure
  • I = introduction (0-1,5 points)
  • A = arguments (0-4 points)
  • C = conclusion (0-1 points)
  • T = text structure (0-1,5 points)

Language
LR = language range (2-4 points)
LA = language accuracy (0-8 points)


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time-iconLesson duration is: 50 min

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Combination: essays + revolution

  • I will hand out your essays
  • you can have a look at them and I will make a round to discuss any questions you have
  • in the mean time, you work on the revolution assignments


How did you get to your mark?
Structure: 8 points total
Language: 12 points total

Structure
  • I = introduction (0-1,5 points)
  • A = arguments (0-4 points)
  • C = conclusion (0-1 points)
  • T = text structure (0-1,5 points)

Language
LR = language range (2-4 points)
LA = language accuracy (0-8 points)


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Revolution! Lesson 2
Speech Criteria
Goal
  • you know the structure of a speech
  • you know some rhetorical devices and how to use them
  • you are able to analyse the quality of a speech

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DiCaprio’s speech analysis
In silence read the speech and answer the following questions:

How does the speech begin and end? (focus on lines 1-9 and 43-47)
  • What is the function of lines 10-19?
  • What is the function of lines 22-27?
  • What is the function of lines 28-38?

You have 10 minutes.
Also answer these
  • according to DiCaprio, what needs changing, what is the 'revolution' he is promoting?
  • what changes does he advocate?
  • how does DiCaprio try to 'inspire' his audience?

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DiCaprio’s speech analysis
In silence read the speech and answer the following questions:

How does the speech begin and end? (focus on lines 1-9 and 43-47)
  • What is the function of lines 10-19?
  • What is the function of lines 22-27?
  • What is the function of lines 28-38?

You have 10 minutes.
Also answer these
  • according to DiCaprio, what needs changing, what is the 'revolution' he is promoting?
  • what changes does he advocate?
  • how does DiCaprio try to 'inspire' his audience?

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Lesson 3 - Judge and Brainstorm
Your 4-minute speech
Opening (grab audience's attention)
  • what needs changing + which revolution are you promoting
Body (inform your audience)
  • changes you will implement and their effect on our future lives
Closing (inspire)
  • summary of the main idea
  • further food for thought (a final message to convince your audience)

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Lesson 3 - Judge and Brainstorm
Your 4-minute speech
Opening (grab audience's attention)
  • what needs changing + which revolution are you promoting
Body (inform your audience)
  • changes you will implement and their effect on our future lives
Closing (inspire)
  • summary of the main idea
  • further food for thought (a final message to convince your audience)

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Activities
  • evaluate a student's speech
  • brainstorm
  • choose a topic and write an outline (homework)

Order: who goes when
Speeches
10 December: speeches 1-6
14 December: speeches 7-12
15 December: speeches 13-18
17 December: speeches 19-22

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Lesson 3 - Judge & Brainstorm
  • Individually read a student speech sample (5 min)
  • Evaluate the quality of the speech in terms of: 

    - its content/structure 
    - means of producing persuasion 
    - language 
  • Be prepared to feed back to the whole class
Google Classroom
  • handout p 9

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Brainstorm
  • First in silence (10 min): fill in the first column. You may inspire yourselves by consulting the English and Dutch news 
  • Pair work (10 min): exchange your ideas and also complete the remaining columns. Decide which idea is worth writing a speech about. Make sure you have an idea for your speech by Thursday.

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Make an outline
  • First, study the handout for the task description and requirements p.2 and how to make an outline/skeleton p.10-11
  • Make an outline of your speech p.12, keeping in mind the following:
  • What is the current situation: is the problem clear and relevant?
  • What specific changes will my revolution entail?
  • How revolutionary is my solution?
  • How will my changes improve the current situation?

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Are your ideas viable?
  • These are the questions you should ask yourselves:
  • What is the current situation: is the problem clear and relevant?
  • What specific changes will my revolution entail?
  • How revolutionary is my solution? (revolutionary=completely different from what was done before)
  • How will my changes improve the current situation?

Homework
  • Choose a topic
  • Make an outline

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Speech according to Aristotle
  • Who was Aristotle (384-322 BC)?
  • Watch the film clip

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Rhetorical devices
  • rhetorical questions
    e.g. "How much longer must our people endure this injustice?"
  • exaggeration (hyperbole)
    e.g. “It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets”
  • metaphor
    e.g. “Success is a bastard as it has many fathers, and failure is an orphan, with no takers”
    e.g. “Life is a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get.”

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Rhetorical devices
  • rhetorical questions
    e.g. "How much longer must our people endure this injustice?"
  • exaggeration (hyperbole)
    e.g. “It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets”
  • metaphor
    e.g. “Success is a bastard as it has many fathers, and failure is an orphan, with no takers”
    e.g. “Life is a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get.”

Do the exercise on page 8

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