Years 7 and 8 English: Persuasive Speeches and the Mobile Library

The Year 8 students have been making their way through their unit on verbal communication, focusing on the structure and purpose of interviews and speeches. After practising interview techniques with their peers, students analysed how the use of specific speech techniques impacts an audience, and applied their understanding of persuasive speech techniques to drafting and presenting their own speeches.

The Year 8s were fortunate to be paid a visit by the Auckland Council mobile library bus. They were able to browse and select books from a diverse range of genres to support their independent reading.

The Year 7 students have been developing their communication skills by analysing the similarities and differences between informative, entertaining, and persuasive speeches. Students applied their understanding of these concepts by selecting their own topics, and utilising persuasive techniques in presenting their points of view to their classmates. The students were fortunate to be able to pay a visit to the Auckland Council mobile library bus, which made a stop-off at their school. They engaged happily in browsing different genres and hopped off with two books to read at home.