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KS3 · Year 8 - Development · Term 2 - Power and Protest · Week 12
Pages: Planning your own 3-minute persuasive speech
Apply rhetorical techniques studied this term. Choose a cause you care about. Draft, rehearse, refine.
Lesson 1
What students do
Re-skim techniques bank from Weeks 2-11.
Task
Pick 4 techniques to use; note model speeches for each.
Success criteria
Techniques chosen with named examples.
Lesson 2
What students do
Brainstorm causes; discuss audience.
Task
Pair-talk: pitch 3 cause ideas; choose strongest.
Success criteria
Cause chosen with named target audience.
Lesson 3
What students do
Model speech structure: hook, problem, solution, call.
Task
Draft opening hook and thesis (50-80 words).
Success criteria
Hook grabs attention; thesis is one clear sentence.
Lesson 4
What students do
Workshop anaphora, tricolon, direct address.
Task
Draft middle of speech using 3 techniques.
Success criteria
Each technique marked in the margin.
Lesson 5
What students do
Self-edit with checklist.
Task
Complete full 3-minute draft; rehearse aloud.
Success criteria
Draft has hook, 3 techniques, call to action.
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