a range of general knowledge, personal opinion and though provoking questions to engage students in purposeful discussion.

A matrix to help identify the strengths and needs of EAL children in a year 5 class who are preparing for Cambridge exams but could be useful in other situations too. Focussing on comprehension, fluency, vocabulary and grammar. Would ideally like to break down each point further but this was a helpful starting point.

Stage 2 Speaking Rubric Assessment grid to assess speaking skills

Children communication/speech is affected by various barriers. These are some of the barriers suggested by your predecessors. G

Great for turn taking! laminate the lips and ears and connect them with a treasury tag, during talk partners, one child holds the ear and one holds the lips, and then swap half way through. This is really good for starting out, ensuring each child gets a turn to talk and a time to listen.

An engaging assembly about public speaking and debating. 18 Interactive slides lead you through 6 key areas in this topic. Includes aspirational role models, ideas and stories. This animated presentation will explain, inspire and motivate children to try out this essential life skill. Areas covered How to debate The purposes of public speaking Famous speeches Famous speakers Famous debaters Famous debates. Highlights of this colourful resource: Each section contains an equal balance of role models, including gender, race and era. Top quality open questions are provided throughout to encourage higher level thinking and discussion. It includes a model showing the essential cycle needed for debating. A copy of a speaking and listening success criteria for speaking and debating. A video link to a famous debate. Ideas for celebrating debating. You can find many more reliable and useful KS2 resources at my shop: Teachallenjoy Shop You might also be interested in: Whole School Speaking and Listening Success Criteria Discussion Text Week of English Planning and Resources Imitate Discussion Text Week of English Planning and Resources Invent

A set of double-sided cards with pictures one side and mixed questions on the other for the adult to ask. Designed to give practice with responding appropriately to different question words, and picture description. Pictures can also be used as a prompt for writing sentences, and for pairing up with given sentences as a reading for meaning task.

An assessment piece for Year 3 Speaking Presentations. Outlines the topic, what needs to be included and determines a marking criteria in child friendly language. Could be used with other primary year groups.

“I have…who has…” loop cards of 6 categories. Fun and engaging speaking and listening activity. Great way of developing core vocabulary. 2 levels of cards WITH WRITTEN NAMES OF OBJECTS- students read the sentence and use the picture to say what they have and ask the next question. WITHOUT WRITTEN NAMES: Students develop vocabulary knowledge by having to fill in the end of the sentence using the picture cue. 5 categories Transport Sport Fruit Vegetables Clothes Animals 12 cards for each category. 144 cards in total

PPT covering 2 weeks of Early Morning Work. Transport themed. 1 slide per day. Can be used from Year 2 - Year 6. This can be adapted to suit any task eg. circle time, PSHE, speaking and listening, question time or just used as a 5/10 minute filler to start or end a session. Fascinating visual pictures to generate interest. Some questions to scaffold discussion if needed as well as encouragement to produce own ‘what if’ and other inqusitive questions. It got to the point were my class were super excited coming in first thing to see what new picture was on the interactive white board!

Nothing perfects speaking skills faster than practice. Short spontaneous speaking tasks build student confidence. This selection of topics is designed to give them opportunities to succeed by focussing on topics they are familiar with.

This can be used with Primary classes for a discussion on rules and responsibility in school, at home, in society. It contains worksheets and a PP presentation. The contents are : Short play - Questions for discussion Reading passage for discussion- school in Australia with no rules Discussion cards Writing activity and template- Makebelieve Town called Doasapleez Our Class Rules template

a range of scientific, general knowledge and personal opinion questions to engage discussion and opinion. can be used as a game, weekly focus or home school discussion activity,

Speaking and Listening – Mr Stink Complete Lesson on Speaking and Listening, Taking Part in a Debate, Related to Mr Stink by David Walliams This download includes a complete, lesson on the sixth chapter of the book Mr Stink by David Walliams. Children will read and discuss the chapter. There is a PowerPoint to explain the activity and then practice with speaking and listening and debating a point. Children can then plan and create a poster, before delivering their own argument. There is also a short chapter summary sheet for children to complete to reflect on the chapter read. You will need a copy of the book Mr Stink; everything else needed is included in this download. This download includes: - Full and detailed lesson plan - PowerPoint slides for the lesson - Example Poster - Planning sheets - Chapter review sheets Thanks for looking  This is the sixth lesson in my Mr Stink unit the first is here. Thanks for looking. Please remember to leave feedback, for updates and promotions you can also follow me here. ***************************************************************************** My other English products: Complete Instruction Writing Unit Complete Persuasive Writing Unit Complete Dialogues and Play Scripts Writing Unit *****************************************************************************

This communication ladder is used to develop speaking and listening skills from FS to Year 1. Steps 1 - 12 The document outlines the key objectives and breaks them down into teaching points to focus on. We have used this to plan poetry slams, debates, public speaking and TEDX events.

Speaking practice 1 Consists of questions which cover the following topics: Family, Education, Work, Sport and Interests. Ideal for learners whose first language is not English. Can be edited to suit individual requirements.

**This lesson aims to teach students about the different types of senses we have as humans, how they work, and how they help us to interact with the world around us. The lesson may cover the five main senses - sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell - and explore how they function and work together to provide us with information about the environment. The lesson may also involve activities and experiments that allow students to experience and explore their senses firsthand, and to develop an understanding of how the brain processes sensory information. Ultimately, the goal of a senses lesson is to help students appreciate the importance of their senses and to develop a greater awareness of their own sensory experiences. **

This is a nice set of apple-themed task cards to support and encourage more speaking and listening in the classroom. Cards can be used during whole group, guided reading, or independent practice with fiction and some non-fiction texts. Each card contains a task that requires students to engage in some form of either speaking or listening. Please make sure to rate and leave feedback, and to check out some of my other great items on TPT! Task Cards include the following activities: *Peer Pair Share *Using Puppets *Tell Me Why *Who Am I? *Magic Mike *Swap a Scene *Be the Character *Teacher Questions *A Picture's Worth... *Four Words *Let's Take a Walk

10 posters to share with your children and encourage speaking and listening activities. Each poster shows something different, unusual or interesting such as an upside down house, cute animals or dolphins made from bananas. Children could think about what will happen next or what happened before each picture. Share on the white board and/or print out and the children can discuss in small groups and then choose their favourite posters to write about.

PPT covering 2 weeks of Early Morning Work. 1 slide per day. Can be used from Year 2 - Year 6. This can be adapted to suit any task eg. circle time, PSHE, speaking and listening, question time or just used as a 5/10 minute filler to start or end a session. Fascinating visual pictures to generate interest. Questions to scaffold discussion if needed. It got to the point were my class were super excited coming in first thing to see what new picture was on the interactive white board!

Accountable talk adds greater structure and rigour to discussion activities. It breaks skills into four areas : Stating opinions, clarifying ideas, active listening and respectful disagreement. These cards and prompts are designed to help pupils master these four areas of talk skills. They can be introduced slowly over the year by using the wide variety of materials provided here. The range of materials also means that pupils in different year groups can make use of the resources. It helps pupils to develop their skills. This extensive collection of accountable talk files includes: 11 pages of starter stems, over 80 questions, 4 powerpoints, 6 menu cards, 4 anchor prompt sheets for younger pupils and more. Editable. What's included: 11 pages of starter stems and questions. These can be cut up and put into key rings, spread out loose on tables or stuck onto lolly sticks for pupils to handle. There are over 80 questions in total. This is a word file and a PDF. There are 4 powerpoint files. Each has over 20 slides. There is one for state your opinion, one for active listening, one for clarifying ideas, one for respectful disagreement. These are also saved as PDF. These can be displayed on screen or printed to make classroom displays. There are 4 'menu cards' A4 size for laminating and putting on tables or giving to individual students. One for each of 'state your opinion, active listening, clarifying ideas and respectful disagreement'. These are also good for other adults working in the classroom. There are also 2 menu cards for 'maths talk', one for the explainer and one for the questioner. In addition there is a menu card for 'prove it' a list of useful evidence based prompts. I have also added 4 pages of questions aimed at younger children. This means that the resource bundle can be used flexibly across the school. Share the resources with other teachers in your school. All of the menus are in word and PDF formats. They make great table resources, help cards for individuals, reminders for adults in the classroom and great displays. There is are some evaluation sheets to helps students reflect on their strengths and areas for improvement across the four areas of accountable talk and feedback sheets for teachers. As not everyone will have the fonts I have used, the word and powerpoint files may not look exactly like they do on my screen. I have therefore provided PDF formats of each file for easy printing. The word and powerpoint files give you the extra benefit of being able to add to, edit and delete questions. I think it is important to be able to customise resources to meet the needs of your class, their experience with accountable talk and their language skills. I hope you enjoy using these resources. There are many ways that you could use them in the classroom.