Year 3 Introduction to speeches worksheet

“Speaking to an audience” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 3 English unit “Introduction to speeches”, for children aged 7 to 8, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Week 35 of the year, 4 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Speaking to an audience

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 3 · English · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can name ways to feel calm and keep an audience listening.

A Look back3 min

1.
A sentence starts with a capital letter. Which mark ends a telling sentence? Circle the answer.
full stopcommaapostrophe
2.
In 'The loud drum began', which word describes the drum?
loudbeganThe
3.
In 'Sam kicked the ball', what word type is 'kicked'?
verbnounadjective

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ola has to give a short talk to her class. She makes a three step plan to help her feel calm.

Watch me

Ola has three steps for her talk.

Step 1 is to breathe slowly. Step 2 is to look up.

Step 3 is to speak clearly, so everyone can hear.

Now you

1.
Ola's steps are scrambled. Number them in her order, 1 for first.
1. Speak clearly
2. Breathe slowly
3. Look up

C Your turn8 min

Read each question and answer it.

1.
Which step helps you feel calmer before you speak?
Take three slow breathsTalk as fast as you canHide your notes behind you
2.
Which helps the listeners keep listening?
Look up at the listenersLook only at the floorTurn your back on them
3.
Sort these cards into the table. Write each card in the right column.
Practise what I will sayBreathe slowly firstRead every word from my notesLook at the floor all the time
Helps me speak Makes it harder
4.
Write one thing you will do before your next talk, and say why.

Say it out loud: Which of these ideas would help you most before a real talk?

D Spot the mistake3 min

A microphone on a stand against a plain white background.

Priya says: “If I rush my words, my nerves will go away.”

1.
What is wrong with Priya's idea? Write one sentence.

E Think deeper4 min

A bright classroom with a whiteboard and rows of empty chairs

1.
Name someone whose job needs public speaking, such as a teacher. How do they keep listeners interested?

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Speaking to an audience · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. full stop your child may have picked comma. Ask what mark comes at the very end of a telling sentence.

2. loud

3. verb

B

1. 1 Breathe slowly · 2 Look up · 3 Speak clearly your child may have put speaking first. Ask what Ola does before her first words.

C

1. Take three slow breaths your child picked a step that makes nerves worse. Ask: how does your body feel after three slow breaths?

2. Look up at the listeners your child may have picked a way of looking away. Ask: how do listeners feel if the speaker never looks at them?

3. Helps me speak: Practise what I will say, Breathe slowly first · Makes it harder: Read every word from my notes, Look at the floor all the time

4. Look for: One named strategy (practise, slow breaths, eye contact) and a short reason for it.

D

1. Look for: Says rushing does not calm nerves, and names slow breathing or practice as better help. your child may think speed makes nerves go. Ask: does rushing make your breathing slower or faster?

E

1. Look for: Names a speaking job (teacher, politician, museum guide, presenter) and a way they hold listeners' attention.

Words to use

Say“Which step would help you feel calm first? Show me.”

Instead of“Don't worry, you'll be fine, just get on with it.”

After the sheet

Ask your child to give a three sentence talk to a cushion about their favourite animal. They look up at the cushion while they speak. Then ask them to name one thing they did well.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

3 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Opinions and reasons(with a plan)
Repeating phrases in speeches(with a plan)
Questions that make people think(with a plan)

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