Lesson Planning
Non-fiction
English Year 5/6 Summer Persuasive Writing
Historic Speeches
Explore some of the speeches in Talking History; examine the structure and learn about rhetorical terms. Learn how modal verbs, parentheses and active and passive voice are useful in persuasive writing. Research, write and deliver a speech on an issue important to the children.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Exploring Talking History
(suggested as 5 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Text
Talking History by Joan Haig and Joan Lennon
Weblinks
Explore rhetorical terms from rhetoric.byu.edu
Barack Obama’s Selma Bridge Speech from youtube.com
Great Thunberg’s How Dare You speech from youtube.com
Unit 2 SPAG: Explore formal and informal language
(suggested as 2 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Text
Talking History by Joan Haig and Joan Lennon
Weblinks
Background to the Gettysburg Address from youtube.com
Bill Clinton’s speech nominating Barack Obama in 2012 from youtube.com
Unit 3 SPAG: Modal Verbs, Parenthesis and Active/Passive
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Text
Talking History by Joan Haig and Joan Lennon
Weblinks
Information about Martin Luther King from bbc.co.uk
Text of Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech in full from npr.org
Recording of Martin Luther King from youtube.com
Unit 4 Composition: Writing and delivering a speech
(suggested as 5 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Text
Talking History by Joan Haig and Joan Lennon
Weblinks
Explore rhetorical terms from rhetoric.byu.edu
Princess of Wales makes her first speech from youtube.com