Nehaal's Speech Learning Story

Learner: Nehaal                                                                           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 Nehaal began to learn some language features to enhance both the speaking and writing of his oral presentation on Natural Disasters. Nehaal 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.  Nehaal 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.  Nehaal used lots of interesting facts and demonstrated excellent research into his topic.

Evidence of learning

Nehaal’s  Oral Language Rubric Here   Nehaal getting ready to present! Some of the tools used to structure and develop the speech

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Nehaal cultivated the curiosity of others with his speech about Natural Disasters- making us wonder what would happen to us next! He prompted everyone to wonder why so many natural disasters occur around the world and in New Zealand.  He connected with the audience using emotive language in our hapu group.  His public speaking capability has grown as a result of this experience. Nehaal collaborated with others while practicing his speech and while observing and giving feedback to his peers.

Next Learning Steps

practice in front of a mirror 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