Ocr nationals

Time
Content
10 minutes	Plenary: Teacher explains that preparation and rehearsal will continue next lesson, beginning with a hot-seating session between the interviewer and interviewee. Students briefly share their initial ideas with the rest of the class in a discussion and offer feedback.

^{OCR GCSE English Unit A643: Speaking and listening}

Individual extended contribution: prepared talk and questions - Introducing presentational skills
OCR recognises that the teaching of this qualification above will vary greatly from school to school and from teacher to teacher. With that in mind this lesson plan is offered, as a possible approach but will be subject to modifications by the individual teacher. This is the first lesson in this scheme of work and focuses on gathering evidence for the feature article that students will be writing.

Lesson length is assumed to be one hour,

Learning Objectives for the Lesson

Objective 1	To identify good presentation skills when conveying information to an audience
Objective 2	To learn to adapt talk appropriately to situation and audience.

Recap of previous experience and prior knowledge
This is an introductory lesson
Content

Time	Content
10 minutes	When the teacher introduces the lesson, he/she should fail to use eye-contact, adopt an unvaried vocal tone and read from a sheet using no gesture or facial expression. This should be followed by inviting comments from the class on the effectiveness of the introduction and the importance of relating to and acknowledging your audience though a range of vocal and physical techniques.
15 minutes	The teacher should then show clips of poor presentation skills (for example, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01o5C02DweA, which shows a news reader who is over-reliant on script or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beqRHZDQBZA , which demonstrates an unprepared presenter who stumbles and giggles) Other clips could be used to demonstrate different problems. Then show a clip of a successful presenter (for example, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nk2JLfAJFI, David Attenborough’s introduction to the BBC documentary on the 200^th anniversary of Charles Darwin or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VzCyDJyGMo, CBBC’s Newsround’s report on Barak Obama’s election victory). Following each clip the class should suggest specific aspects of the presenters’ techniques which were positive or negative for the audience/listener. How important is careful preparation and why? How do the presenters on CBBC adapt their language and techniques for a younger audience? How does Attenborough communicate his knowledge and enthusiasm for his subject? A list should be drawn up from the discussion.
15 minutes	Group activity: in groups of three, the class should discuss and draw up a shortlist of the three most serious presentational shortcomings in the clips and their choice of the three most essential presentational skills – one from each category – use of voice, use of language and use of physical skills (posture/gesture/body language/facial expression).
10 minutes	Continuing in groups of three, in turn the students should practise introducing themselves to the group as a speaker who has been invited to talk to the class about the importance of contributing fully to school life. They should focus on using appropriate vocal tone, language and physical skills. The group members should offer feedback and advice to improve the introduction.

Consolidation

Time	Content
10 minutes	Plenary session: take feedback from the class – what have they learnt about presenting their ideas through speech? What considerations would they have to make to allow for different audiences in terms of choice of language, vocal tone and physical skills?

OCR GCSE English (Linear 2012) of