LO: To identify and demonstrate the conventions of speech.

What are the conventions Listing in threes Repetition What are the conventions of a formal speech? Contrastive Pairs Positive ‘us’ ‘we’ ‘our’ Short sentences Negative ‘them’

“That’s one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.” “Labour will spend and spend, and borrow and borrow, and tax and tax.” “That’s one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.” Neil Armstrong 1969 “I have a dream…This is our hope.” Martin Luther King 1963 “It is with humility, pride and a great sense of duty that I accept the privilege and the great responsibility of leading our party and changing our country.” Prime Minister – Gordon Brown “Friends, Romans, countrymen, Lend me your ears” Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

“Yet Brutus says he was ambitious” Mark Antony “I have a dream...” Martin Luther King Listing in threes Contrastive Pairs Repetition Government of the people by the people for the people.” Abraham Lincoln “The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.” Mark Antony What are the conventions of a formal speech? Contrasts “I come to bury Caesar; not to praise him.” Mark Antony Positive ‘us’ ‘we’ ‘our’ “We shall pay any price, bear any burden....” President Kennedy Short sentences “I can answer in one word. It is victory.” Winston Churchill Negative ‘them’ “We can’t let them do this to our town!”

Opening lines?

Task: To write an opening line for a speech about why you should be Headboy or Headgirl .

If I succeed in achieving Headboy/girl status I intend to improve the school.

You now have two minutes to write your opening line.

Task: To plan your own speech on why you want to be Headboy using the conventions of a speech.

Planning Mind map Bullet-pointed lists Flow Chart

Structure Opening – attention grabbing Introduction/overview The main body – information (reasons) Conclusions and something to think about – rhetorical question – quotation – anecdote – positive statement

Before you write anything.... Purpose – to get elected Audience – peers/voters? The Head? Focus – Your qualities/your intentions Form – speech writing

After all, you want the best out of school, don’t you? Opening line? Rhetorical Question Why I should be head boy Why should I be head boy? Conclusion Qualities Promises - list of three Good at listening to your ideas Polite, organised, confident What I am going to do for the school Why choose me then? Action plan Clubs Repetition of qualities Community interaction Study groups