Year 7 English

Unit: Face to face or Facebook?

Assessment: Persuasive speech to peers (3 minutes)

Focus: The focus of this unit revolves around persuasive techniques in speaking. Students may develop a positive or negative point of view about the impact of technology on Australian youth. They should concentrate on a specific type of technology such as Facebook or gaming and the effects this is having on their communication or thinking skills. Specific persuasive techniques will be studied in class through examination of a number of sample texts and famous speeches.

Some goals may take more than one lesson.

LEARNING GOAL / SUCCESS CRITERIA
To identify prior knowledge about spoken persuasive techniques. /
  • Can I remember any persuasive techniques?
  • Can I remember any spoken features that help to persuade?
  • Can I remember any examples of effective persuasive speeches and why they were effective?

To define key terms related to persuasion and spoken deliveries
Term + classification+ special feature /
  • Do I understand the process of defining?
  • Can I write a definition in my own words?
  • Can I remember the key terms and their meaning?
  • Do I understand the terms well enough to use them effectively?

To identify and analyse persuasive devices in a written copy of a speech /
  • Was I able to identify the allocated persuasive techniques?
  • Was I able to explain to the class why these were effective?
  • Did I understand the other students’ answers?
  • Can I remember the persuasive techniques covered? How will I commit them to long term memory?

To identify the generic structure of a persuasive speech /
  • Do I know what should be included in a persuasive speech introduction?
  • Do I understand what a thesis is and the language signals that tell me this?
  • Do I understand how to form an argument and justify it using evidence?
  • Do I understand how to order arguments in a persuasive speech?
  • Do I know how to select the most relevant information and evidence?
  • Do I understand how to make recommendations in the conclusion?

To identify and analyse persuasive devices in the delivery of a famous persuasive speech/es /
  • Can I identify and give examples of the persuasive devices used in the speech?
  • Can I identify the effective spoken techniques used and explain why they help to persuasive?
  • Can I identify the non-verbals used and explain how they help to persuade?

To compose a survey and analyse the findings /
  • Have I identified the important issues (data)?
  • Does my survey address the important issues?
  • Have I conducted the survey in fair conditions?
  • Do the findings support my cause?
  • How do the findings inform my speech?

To investigate the positives and negatives of mobile phone use at school
To investigate the positives and negatives of Facebook use at school /
  • Have I clearly identified all + and – consequences of mobile phone use at school?
  • Have I clearly identified all + and – consequences of Facebook use at school?

To summarise key research information about a set topic to justify a POV ( as above) /
  • Did I consider all interest groups/parties at school?
  • Have a clearly and succinctly summarised data and selected a POV?

To construct a persuasive speech using and identifying appropriate persuasive language, devices and evidence /
  • Have I clearly stated the topic and my viewpoint?
  • Have I written in paragraphs, including an opening statement, at least three supporting facts/reasons and a solid closing statement that wraps it all up?
  • Have I included several persuasive devices such as (but not limited to) high modality; pathos, egos and logos; rule of 3; alliteration, rhetorical question, exaggeration etc.?
  • Did I include evidence to support my claims and viewpoint?

To evaluate my written persuasive speech to meet the standards /
  • DOUBLE CHECK!
  • Did I write in paragraphs?
  • Did I clearly outline the issue?
  • Did I state my viewpoint?
  • Did I support this viewpoint with a minimum of three solid arguments?
  • Did I use persuasive devices throughout my speech?
  • Do I believe what I wrote?
  • Did I bring it all back together and the end (reiterate, wrap it up)?

To rehearse and remember my persuasive speech
To evaluate my persuasive speech re presentation features /
  • Have I rehearsed my speech several times in front of other people, friends, pets, family members?
  • Do I sound convincing?
  • Do I spend more time looking at the audience, the floor or my notes?
  • How do I rate my speech in regards to the message and the delivery?

To evaluate the effectiveness of peer presentations /
  • Do I understand the criteria?
  • Can I allocate the standards to peer presentations effectively?
  • Can I give constructive feedback to help my peers improve?