Oral presentation: discussion
| Grade | Work Samples |
|---|---|
| End of Stage 3 (end of Year 6) | |
| Grade C | Jo Lee |
Foundation Statement strands
The following strands are covered in this activity:
Description of activity
Students plan, write and deliver a two-minute oral discussion on a topic of their choice.
Suggested materials
Palm cards or speech notes
Prior learning
The students have listened to and expressed points of view with justification about familiar and unfamiliar researched topics. They have jointly and independently constructed discussions that are well supported by arguments.
Outcomes
Talking and Listening (TS3.1)
Communicates effectively for a range of purposes and with a variety of audiences to express well-developed, well-organised ideas dealing with more challenging topics.
Writing (WS3.9)
Produces a wide range of well-structured and well-presented literary and factual texts for a wide variety of purposes and audiences using increasingly challenging topics, ideas, issues and written language features.
Criteria for assessing learning
Students will be assessed on their ability to:
- justify a point of view with supporting evidence
- use persuasive language
- use appropriate language features and conventions for an oral discussion.