Shaun's Speech Learning Story

Learner: Shaun                                                                           Learning Coach: DWilkes

Learning Area:  Literacy                                                                              Date: Aug 2015

Learning Observed

This term all learners in LH1 wrote a speech on a topic of their choosing.  Oral language is an important skill and Shaun began to learn some language features to enhance both the speaking and writing of his oral presentation on Rio Madrid.  Shaun learned about emotive language features such as the use of adjectives; persuasive features such as rhetorical questions, repetition, quotations, statistics, contrasts and lists of three ; and varied sentence structures like statements, questions, exclamations and commands.  Shaun learned about the structure of a speech including introductions, endings, sequencing words and and how to make her point clear. He also explored how to creatively add additional details to make the argument stronger.  This was based around the ‘hamburger method’ of speech writing. Shaun presented his passion confidently and used a tremendous amount of facts and statistics showing a high level of research.

Evidence of learning

Oral Language Rubric Here Some of the tools used to structure and develop the speech

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Shaun cultivated the curiosity of others with her speech on RIO MADRID- he made everyone wonder what was so special about this ‘Rio Madrid’!  He connected with his audience using emotive language and confident delivery - in his hapu group. He collaborated with other learners while practicing his speech and responded to feedback. Shaun also quietly lead the discussion, writing and providing of feedback and feed forward to the other learners when they did their speech or poem.  His public speaking capability has grown as a result of this experience. Shaun should feel proud for facing the crowd- ka Pai!

Next Learning Steps

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