JHS3 English Language · Term 3, Week 8
Text Types and Purposes
Lesson notes
Learning Objectives
Indicator: B9.4.2.2.4 - Compose speeches for different purposes and occasions.
By the end of the lesson, learners can:
- Identify the three-part structure of a speech (introduction, body, conclusion) and explain the purpose of each part.
- Compose a speech for a specific occasion (e.g. a school speech day, a community meeting) using the “tell them” structure.
- Apply at least three rhetorical devices, such as tripling, repetition, inclusive language or emotive adjectives, to create effect in their own speech.
- Deliver a short section of their speech aloud with attention to tone and emphasis, showing awareness of the audience and occasion.
- Evaluate a peer’s speech against a simple checklist based on the structural and stylistic features taught in this lesson.
This lesson builds directly on work from Terms 3 Weeks 3 to 7, where learners practised descriptive sentences, persuasive pieces, informative texts and formal writing. This week they apply those skills to oral composition. Later slots will extend speech writing to delivery and performance, so this lesson focuses on composition rather than full delivery.
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- Strand
- Writing (Strand 4)
- Sub-strand
- Text Types and Purposes (4.2)
- Content standard
- B9.4.2.2 - Apply writing skills to specific life situations
- Indicator
- B9.4.2.2.4 - Compose speeches for different purposes and occasions.
- Suggested placement
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Term 3, Week 8
(Week 32 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
- Curriculum reference
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English Language, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 97
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.
Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)
- Compose a speech: - Tell what you are going to tell them (introduction) - Tell them (body). - Tell them what you told them (conclusion). - Use the following to create effect: - Emotive adjectives e.g. 'Wonderful, magnificent, fantastic, disgraceful, shocking, outrageous.' - Tripling e.g. "It's your country, it's my country, it's our future!" - Repetition - Parallel sentence structure - Powerful imagery e.g. "I have a dream." - Use of 'we' to include everyone (inclusive language) e.g. "We all know… you and I agree…"