Persuasive Speeches: English Homework Challenge!
To survive this challenge, you need to complete enough of the tasks to score 15 points by
December term 2014. You can complete any tasks you want, as long as one of them is a core task
(1, 2 or 3). If you want to stretch yourself, why not go beyond 15 points?
Task 1
Task 2
Task 3
Create an ‘Always
getting your own way’
guide for teenagers.
You want to be voted
for as Head Boy/Girl.
Write the opening for
your speech.
Write the final
paragraph of a
speech persuading
the public they
should be vegetarian.
Choose a persuasive
advert and write
about which
techniques have been
used.
3 points
3 points
3 points
3 points
Task 5
Task 6
Task 7
Re-write the
sentence; ‘using real
fur is wrong’ to make
it more persuasive.
Write your top 10 tips
for speech writing.
Choose any 3
persuasive
techniques. Explain
how they are
effective.
1 point
2 points
2 points
Task 9
Task 10
Write the text for an
advert persuading
people to try
chocolate covered
ants as a delicious
treat.
Task 4
Task 8
Create a list of
rhetorical questions
that could be used to
persuade parents to
buy their child an
expensive gift.
1 point
Task 11
Task 12
Find a persuasive
speech and list the
top five best
techniques they have
used.
Find emotive words
for these examples
of boring vocabulary:
1. Bad 2. Good 3. Fair
4. Unfair
Write a paragraph
that explains the tone
that should be used in
the Head Boy/Girl
speeches.
2 points
1 point
1 point
2 points
Excellent
Presentation
Effort
Skills
Target
Good
Satisfactory Disappointing