Oracy Talk Tactics and Display
Develop confident speakers and create a consistent culture of purposeful classroom talk with this comprehensive Oracy Display Pack. Designed to make high-quality discussion visible and accessible, the pack provides practical resources that can be used across the curriculum and throughout the school day.
The resources support pupils in listening carefully, building on ideas, explaining their thinking, challenging respectfully and contributing confidently to group and whole-class discussions.
The pack includes:
Talk Tactics sentence stems to support discussion and reasoning
Think. Talk. Learn. display materials
Classroom oracy expectations
Visual prompts and discussion icons
Talk topic cards for quick, engaging classroom discussions
Question, agree/disagree and ‘Would You Rather?’ prompts
Templates for displaying a daily or weekly talk topic
Prompts for building on, challenging and clarifying ideas
Resources that encourage every pupil to contribute
The talk topic cards can be used in a range of ways, including lesson starters, morning tasks, transition activities, circle time, PSHE, speaking and listening sessions, or short discussion breaks. They are also ideal for practising the sentence stems before pupils apply them during curriculum lessons.
Perfect for:
Whole-class and partner discussion
Developing speaking and listening skills
Supporting pupils who need structured sentence stems
Promoting respectful disagreement
Building vocabulary and reasoning
Creating an engaging oracy display
Embedding purposeful talk across the curriculum
