Harry's Speech Learning Story - August 2015

Learner:   Harry Li                                                                        Learning Coach: DWilkes

Learning Area:  Literacy                                                                              Date: Aug 2015

Learning Observed

This term all Year 5-6 learners in LH1 wrote a speech on a topic of their choosing.  Oral language is an important skill and Harry refined his knowledge of some language features to enhance both the speaking and writing of his oral presentation after consultation with his sister and mother.  Harry’s speech about ‘Homework’ demonstrated his growing ability to be persuasive through the conten.. Harry is learning about emotive language features such as the use of adjectives; persuasive features such as rhetorical questions, repetition, quotations, and lists of three; and varied sentence structures.  He learned about the structure of a speech including introductions, endings, sequencing words and how to make his point clear. This was based around the ‘hamburger method’ of speech writing.  It was wonderful to see Harry get up to read his speech after his initial difficulties.

Evidence of learning

Harry Presenting his Speech                              Oral Language Rubric Here Some of the tools used to structure and develop the speech

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Harry cultivated the curiosity of others with his speech about Why Kids shouldn’t have homework- he clearly believed in his own reasons! He prompted everyone to wonderwhy home learning is needed.  He attempted to connect with the audience using emotive language in our hapu group.  His public speaking capability has grown as a result of this experience.

Next Learning Steps

practice speech with use of cue cards embed the oral rubric into your learning pathway practice reading aloud daily write what you think your next steps are in the comment section future speeches will be strengthened by adding more detail to validate what your opinion is