Gurgaon

2015-

Grade V A, B, C, D, E, F, G
Concept One Minute Speech

Time: 3.5 hours approx..

Standard: SL.4.4. Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in

an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to
support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
Skills: Listening Speaking, Writing and Critical thinking
Learning Target: I can deliver a speech on a prepared topic for a minute.
Supporting Learning Target: I can use appropriate verbal and non-verbal
expressions to make a presentation in front of an audience.
Materials Required & Resources: videos, PPT, note-catcher, speech guidelines,
rubric, checklist
Opening: (2 minutes)
1. Observe a minute of Quiet Time (play a music and do a visualization)
2. The teacher will project the following culture targets on the board and discuss with
the students:
Culture Target:
a. I can follow the protocol of the class.
b. I can stay on task and be serious about the task.
Step 1 Set the purpose (10 minutes)
3. Teacher will play a video
a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-bjOJzB7LY (4:48 - end)
4. Teacher will give the note catcher to the students.
5. Ask the students to fill the note catcher for the first video
6. Teacher asks questions:
Questions

Whats the girl

doing?

What do we call it
when one person
talks to so many
people?
Why do people give
speeches

Expected answers

Presentation
Talking
Speaking
Interacting
Acting
Talk
Speech (diff lecture, )
Lecture
Discussion
Presentation
In meetings to convey ideas
To convince people to do something
To inform others about a subject or situation (like
scientific/technological study, innovation, history,
discovery, teaching them about a subject)
To celebrate events
To inspire people

Step 2 Context Setting (10 minutes)

7. Teacher explains that she would play a video, while listening to the speech students
should note down their observations on the note catcher for video 2.
8. Play videos:
a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Id9caYw-Y (Full)

Step 3 Reflection (15 minutes)

9. Teacher will ask each crew to discuss the note catcher in their crew
10. Each member in the crew will share their points and all other members will add the
observations if needed.
a. Share each section 1 by 1
b. There is no wrong or right answers
11. Teacher sums up the discussion in the larger group. Guideline for the teacher to
sum up:
a. Some pointers for teacher
i. Body language ,
1. Straight back
2. Gestures match the speech
3. Use of the space
ii. Voice modulation
1. When voice is up
2. When voice is low
3. When a quiet voice and loud voice
4. Speed up: not very imp or exciting
5. Slow down: when u want the audience to listen carefully to or
think
iii. Speak loudly and clearly
iv. Speed should be moderated throughout
v. The best speech is delivered by people on the topic that they are
passionate about the magic is created only when you really feel for
something.
Step 4 Arriving at the learning target (5 minutes)
12. Teacher asks What are some of the topics that you are interested in or you are
passionate about?
13. Teacher accepts answers from the students about their passion.
14. Teacher says Lets do something interesting. Lets prepare a speech on them and
deliver like these kids in the video
Step 5: Creating and unpacking the learning targets (10 minutes)
15.
Teacher displays the learning targets
a. Learning Target: I can deliver a speech on a prepared topic for a minute.
b. Supporting Learning Target: I can use appropriate verbal and non-verbal
expressions to make a presentation in front of an audience.
16. Unpacking the learning target Think- Pair- Share
a. Teacher shares the protocol for decoding the learning target (Think PairShare).
i. Think: children read the LTs silently and look for the key words (1
min)
ii. Pair: share with their pair what are the key words in the LTs (2 min)
iii. Share: Any one pair reports out in the whole group (2 min) (Teacher
selects any pair).
Guiding questions for teachers:
a. What is the meaning of verbal?
b. What does the prefix non mean?
c. What do we mean by verbal and non-verbal
expressions?
d. Can we restate these learning targets in our own words?
e. What is our task?
b. Let the students write down the LT and SLT in their English note books.
Step 6: Formation of Rubrics (10 minutes)
17. Teacher asks how can you make your speech impactful/ interesting? and asks
students to refer the following sections of note catcher
a. What did you like about the manner in which the speaker presented the

speech?.
b. List the strengths of the speaker
Teacher divides the responses from the children on three different portions of the
board for : Verbal, Non-verbal, Content related at this time not written explicitly on the
board
18. While summing up teacher labels the grouped responses as:
a. Verbal
b. Non-verbal
c. Content
Step 7: Discussion of Rubrics (15 minutes)
19. Teachers shares and distributes the rubric with students which is based on the
responses by the students in the last step.
Step 8: Process of writing One Minute Speech (10 minutes)
20. The teacher will distribute the steps for writing the speech and ask students to go
through the given tips before preparing the speech.
21. Teacher will take them through it. Later they will paste it in their English NB.
a. Steps for Preparing a Speech
i. Choose the topic
ii. Make a Topic Web and form notes under each of the sub-headings
iii. Choose 3 of the sub-headings and provide reasons or supporting
details.
iv. Write the opening statement:
v. Start with a catchy opening such as:
1. use a quotation
2. ask a question
3. state a fact
vi. Address the teacher, audience before or after the opening statement.
vii. Now organise your speech in a logical sequence or flow.
viii. Take help for editing and finalising the speech. Be open to the inputs.
ix. Check the language.
x. Now that you are ready with your speech, start memorising it.
xi. Go through the rubric at this point of time.
Step 9: Topics for One Minute Speech (10 minutes)
22. As we have already discussed the best speech is delivered by people on the topic
that they are most passionate about the magic is created only when you really feel
for something. Write down the topic that you are passionate about or you feel for.
23. Let students first discuss the topic with their partners and come to their topic that
they are passionate about.
24. After one-minute teacher shares sample topics for One Minute Speech
a. An inspiration that you draw from a legends life.
b. A book that has recently moved you.
c. A person that influences you the most.
d. An achievement that you are passionate about.
e. A life goal.
f. A topic you are interested in (Pluto, recycling, saving trees)
25. Teacher will ask Students to note these topics in their English NB.
a. Guidelines for teachers while approving the topics:
i. the topic must be specific (a topic such as space exploration or
professional wrestling will probably be too long of a topic, guide those
students to choose a specific space mission or plant or professional
wrestler).
ii. The topic should also be easy (something that the students know).
iii. It should also be in their own words.
iv. The topic should also be appropriate (nothing about too gross or
anything that will cause a problem in the class)

Step 10: Create Topic Web (15 minutes)

1. Teacher asks student to make a topic web for the selected topic and start making
their topic web.
2. Students may take help from their peers and the teacher.
3. The teacher will go around to check and approve the topic looking at the web for all
the students.
Step 11 Writing Draft 1 (HW) (10 minutes)
4. Students will write a first draft of their work at home. (All drafts should be done in
the notebooks)
a. The parents will listen to the students speech at home and sign the
checklist.
b. The students will get 2 weeks to practice their speech.
5. Teacher announces the date for:
a. The practice session (After 1 week)
b. The final presentation. (After 2 weeks)
Step 12: Practice Session (30 minutes)
6. Ask the peers to mark their peers checklist and sign.
7. Students will practice with their peers for half an hour.
8. If they need to make changes they can write draft 2 of the speech.
9. Teachers reiterates the final date of presentation.
Step 13: Final presentation (60 minutes)
10.
Students will present their speech on the designated day and the teacher will
mark the rubric individually for each student.

Teachers planner
Activity

Estimated
Time
Needed

Opening: (2
minutes)
Step 1 Set the
purpose
Step 2 Context
Setting
Step 4 Arriving at
the learning target
Step 5: Creating
and unpacking the
learning targets
Step 6: Formation
of Rubrics
Step 7: Discussion
of Rubrics
Step 8: Process of
writing One Minute
Speech
Step 9: Topics for
One Minute Speech
Step 10: Create
Topic Web
Step 11 Writing
Draft 1 (HW)

2 minutes
10 minutes
10 minutes
5 minutes
10 minutes
10 minutes
15 minutes
10 minutes
10 minutes
15 minutes
10 minutes

Day/ Date Planned

Periods planned

Step 12: Practice

Session
Step 13: Final
presentation

30 minutes
60 minutes