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Key Stage 3 · Year 8 - Development · Term 2
Speeches and rhetoric unit (Sojourner Truth, Churchill, MLK, Malala, Thunberg) + protest poetry (Blake "London", Shelley "Ozymandias", Agard "Checking Out Me History", Maya Angelou "Still I Rise"). Students learn rhetorical methods (tricolon, anaphora, ethos/pathos/logos) and USE them in their own writing.
Set text
Speeches anthology + protest poetry curated selection
Big skill jump
Students can identify rhetorical method, USE it deliberately in their own writing, and speak persuasively to an audience.
End-of-half-term assessment
Analytical response comparing two speeches' methods.
Week 2
Sojourner Truth, "Ain't I a Woman" (1851)
Former enslaved woman speaks at the 1851 Ohio Women's Convention, challenging race and gender hierarchies through lived experience.
rhetorical questionanaphorarefrain
Week 3
Churchill, "We Shall Fight on the Beaches" (1940)
June 1940, after Dunkirk. Britain stands largely alone against Nazi Germany. The speech is engineered to steel the nation.
anaphoratricolonjuxtaposition
Week 4
Martin Luther King Jr, "I Have a Dream" (1963)
March on Washington, August 1963. Demands an end to racial segregation. Draws on biblical and constitutional language.
metaphorallusionrepetition
Week 5
Malala Yousafzai, UN Youth Assembly (2013)
Delivered on her 16th birthday, months after being shot for advocating girls' education. Addressed to world leaders.
direct addressanecdotecall to action
Week 6
Greta Thunberg, "How Dare You" UN speech (2019)
UN Climate Action Summit, September 2019. 16-year-old activist accuses world leaders of inaction.
tonefact stackingaccusation
Week 7
HT1 Assessment - comparative analytical response
Assessment week. Compare how two speakers studied this half-term use language to persuade.
comparecontrastmethod
End-of-half-term assessment
Write AND deliver own 3-minute speech on a chosen cause.
Week 8
William Blake, "London" (1794)
Blake walks through industrial London. Attacks church, monarchy and commerce for trapping the poor.
listrepetitionoppression
Week 9
Percy Shelley, "Ozymandias" (1818)
Romantic-era sonnet on a ruined statue of Pharaoh Ramesses II. Mocks the arrogance of tyrants and the impermanence of power.
ironyframe narrativesonnet
Week 10
John Agard, "Checking Out Me History" (2007)
Guyanese-British poet protests how British schools taught white history while erasing Black figures like Toussaint and Nanny.
dialectdirect addressidentity
Week 11
Maya Angelou, "Still I Rise" (1978)
African-American poet responds to racism, sexism and historical oppression with proud defiance.
extended metaphoranaphoradefiance
Week 12
Planning your own 3-minute persuasive speech
Apply rhetorical techniques studied this term. Choose a cause you care about. Draft, rehearse, refine.
purposeaudiencerhetorical structure
Week 13
HT2 Assessment - deliver your speech
Spoken language assessment. Deliver your 3-minute speech to the class with structured peer feedback.
pacevolumeemphasis