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Speech Writing Sentence Toolbox

Help a student speaker make a short speech about creating a litter-free school. Read the speech extract, explore how its sentences work, then practise building a persuasive toolbox of your own.

Read the speech extract

Kia ora koutou. Every lunchtime, wrappers and drink bottles are left around our school grounds. Do we really want birds searching through rubbish for food? We can make a difference. Bring a reusable container, sort your waste, and remind a friend to do the same! Because small actions add up, our school can become cleaner and safer for everyone. Let’s start today.

Spot the sentence tools

Use evidence from the extract in your answers.

1.Copy the short, positive statement in the extract that encourages listeners to believe change is possible.

2.Copy the question that is intended to make listeners think, rather than to get a spoken answer.

3.Which sentence gives listeners a direct instruction? Name its sentence type and copy the sentence.

4.Complete the sentence with the linking word that best shows a reason: “We should sort our rubbish, ___ recyclable materials can be used again.” Choose because, however, or finally.

because
however
finally

5.In the speech, what idea does “Because” introduce in “Because small actions add up, our school can become cleaner and safer for everyone”?

6.Match each tool to the purpose it can serve in a persuasive speech.

Rhetorical question
Imperative sentence
Exclamatory sentence
Complex sentence

Tell listeners what action to take
Encourage listeners to think
Add emphasis or strong feeling
Connect an idea with its reason or condition

Build a more powerful speech

Try different sentence structures and consider how each choice might affect your audience.

7.Rewrite this idea as a rhetorical question for a speech: “Plastic rubbish can harm wildlife.”

8.Combine these ideas into one complex sentence using “when”: “Students finish lunch. They can check their area for rubbish.”

9.Make this instruction sound more specific and persuasive for the litter-free school speech: “Help keep the school clean.”

10.Write two or three sentences to end the litter-free school speech. Include a rhetorical question and a clear call to action. Underline or name each tool you used.