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9.1.2 Speaking Fluency
English · Grade 10 · 4 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Speaking to inform
- Structuring an informative talk
- Explaining something unfamiliar to an audience
- Using examples and analogies
- Checking that the audience has followed
What you will be able to do
- structure a short informative talk
- explain an unfamiliar idea using examples and analogies
- adjust an explanation to the audience's knowledge
- check whether the audience has understood
Key questions
“How do you explain something to someone who knows nothing about it?”
Lessons
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Explaining clearly
40 min · 2 practice tasks · quizGetting an idea from your head into someone else's without losing them.
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Giving an informative talk
40 min · 2 practice tasks · quizPreparing and delivering a short talk that leaves the audience knowing something.
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Checking the audience followed
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizReplacing "any questions?" with checks that show whether an explanation of money actually landed.
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A three-minute money talk
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizGiving a short informative talk on one money idea, with an opening that cares, three beats, a check, and an honest close.