Week 49-1&2 Speeches 4VC

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Revolution! Lesson 2

Speech Criteria 4VC

Goal

• you know some rhetorical devices and how to use them
• you know the structure of a speech
• you are able to analyse the quality of a speech
  

This lesson

• General introduction - 15 minutes
• I'll set you some assignments and then
• I'll hand out your essays and give you a  chance peruse them and ask questions

Your 4-minute revolution 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)

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.”

Speech according to Aristotle

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

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?
• What needs changing according to DiCaprio, what is his "revolution"
• How does he persuade his audience?

Student speech - analysis

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

Classroom, Handout

* p 5-6: DiCaprio's speech (analyse)

* p 9: Student Example (analyse)

* p 7-8: Find rhetorical devices

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)

Lesson 3 - Judge and Brainstorm

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

Order: who goes when...

10 December: speeches 1-7

15 December: speeches 8-13 + 14-19

17 December: speeches 20-26

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

Google Classroom: Handout p 9

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.

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?

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

* write an outline