Year 7 Persuasion Unit- Lesson 6

LESSON 6 - POLITICAL SPEECHES

(double lesson)

Rationale- Develop understanding of rhetorical devices.

Lesson Objective-Learn definitions of rhetoric techniques. Identify them in political speeches.

Intro- 

o What makes a good speech? (Write on board)

o Does a good speech have to be persuasive?

o What are the different types of speeches?

o Which ones are persuasive? 

Activity

o Go through rhetoric techniques- use definition page

o Show youtube clips of current political speeches. Explain political, social and historical context of each  

        speech.

o Speech handout- fill in appropriate boxes after each clip

o Discussion- What techniques were used? 

I used the following speeches

                                        Only showed approx first 5 min

                                         Used this as this was current in the news at the time of unit

                                         Again this was current at the time