Persuasive Speeches

The time has come for .... drum roll.... the school speech competition. This year speeches need to be persuasive. The theme for the year 5/6s is 'Healthy Lifestyle Choices'. Every speech needs to persuade the audience to change or improve their lifestyle.

This term in our class we have been looking at persuasive writing techniques in writing.

We have been looking at our topic of Hauora/ Wellbeing.

NEWSFLASH: There are 20 auction dollars up for grabs for the first person who can comment on the blog telling us what the four aspects of hauora are... I'll give you the trickiest one: taha hinengaro/ emotional wellbeing.

We have been looking at things that contribute to a healthy lifestyle, like good sleep habits (Remember healthy henry and sleepy susan?), exercise and sport, healthy eating, good oral health (remember our adventures in Saving Tooth Kingdom?), spending time with friends and family, knowing our values and our purpose in life and dealing with our emotions well.

I can't wait to hear your speeches on one of these aspects! Good luck finishing writing them and start practising your presentation in front of the mirror. Remember the things we will be evaluating (on the rubric you created).

Here are some photos to show how we came up with a rubric to evaluate our speeches.