AN

INSPIRATIONAL
PERSON
Text Type: Reflective Speech
Lesson Goals

Learning Intention
■ You will choose a person who has inspired you to write a reflective speech about.

Success Criteria
■ You have engaged the audience through the use of appropriate language combined with
a strong personal connection to the topic
■ You have accurately used language features and specialised language to add accuracy
and coherence to your work.
Learning Activity 1:
Discuss what an inspirational speech might be:
Learning Activity 2:

Watch an example inspirational speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=vQkggTZmXgc and discuss
Learning Activity 3:

Read the inspirational speech in the work booklet and discuss.

Learning Activity 4:

Choose a person who has inspired you to write a reflective speech about. The audience for
your speech is a youth forum of 11–13-year-olds.

■ Keep in mind the 5 steps from Monroe's Motivated Sequence.

■ Monroe's Motivated Sequence is seen in many real-life situations such as infomercials
and sales pitches. When using this it is important to have a passionate, confident, and
extemporaneous delivery. The five steps are attention, need, satisfaction, visualization
and call to action.
Reflection Questions

■ Have you understood how the selection of a variety of language features influences
your audience?
■ Have you understood how to draw on personal knowledge and other sources to express
a point of view, using language features to engage the audience?
Homework

Continue to work on this task, as it will be due at the end of next lesson.