Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Homework over the holidays


Speeches Term 3

 

Dear Parents of Room 25,

 

A busy term 2 is almost at the end, so would like to thank the parents for their support throughout the term with your child’s learning.

 

In Term 3 the students will be writing speeches. These speeches have to be presented in front of the class in week 4 as part of their oral language. From there, one/ two nominations from the class will go forward to the school speech competition. I have shown the students the assessment criteria so they know what they are working towards. Having taught speeches before, I know that the more familiar the students are with their chosen topic, the more confident they are in presenting their speech. To enable them to perform to the best of their ability, I have organised for them to have their speech topic before the holiday. This enables me gather resources over the holiday to help them with their arguments.

Their chosen topic will be glued in to their homework books and I am requesting that they think about their topic and gather some evidence to support their arguments. All I expect is that they are familiar with their topic, have a good idea of the main points they wish to present and have completed some research to support their points of view.

In week 1, I will then be able to focus on crafting these ideas into a good persuasive speech. If you have the opportunity, please could you discuss their speech topic and help your child to find some evidence to elaborate and substantiate their main points of view. I am not asking the student to write the speech, just to fully understand what they will be writing about.

Student must write the speeches in school based on the APP Speech Rules.

 

Thank you once again and if you have any queries please contact me or pop in, the door is always open.

 

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday,

 

Michelle von Detten

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