Year 7 - Persuasive Speech Drafting Sheet Alex .P 7C
Name: Alex .P
Class: 7C
Speech Aspect
Introduction
Grab reader’s attention (use a hook
e.g. a statistic or anecdote)
Introduce yourself to the audience
(Government Representative)
Speech Text
Are you aware that you are disturbing our Indigenous culture? By keeping the
ancestral remains of our Aboriginal people, without their permission. We should
also mend the bond with the aboriginals for killing some of their people .That’s
why I am here representing the Queensland Government to make it obvious to
you that you must repatriate the remains back to the indigenous people.
Preview 3 main arguments
Body 1: Argument – provide a
reason why repatriation must occur
Argument 1: Indigenous
perspective – spiritual significance
of remains. Refer to the
importance of burying the remains
of ancestors.
Repatriation is very important for some aboriginals, so we should help them so
we can apologise for taking their land and killing some of their people. It is the
old people’s religion to bury their people in their homeland which we have
disturbed. Because of scientific research their bones have been transported all
around the world to different museums and must be returned back. It is very
important that we fix our bond with the aboriginals by repatriating their bones
back to Australia.
*USE FIRE THROUGHOUT
1. Topic Sentence – state
argument
2. Explain topic sentence
3. Evidence use a statistic or an
anecdote or an historical
source
4. Elaborate on evidence or
argument
5. Conclude – summarise
argument and
6. Link to next argument
Body 2:
Argument – provide a second
reason why repatriation must occur
Argument 2: Reconciliation –
Explain the importance of
repatriation in healing tension
with Indigenous and nonIndigenous Australians
*USE FIRE THROUGHOUT
1. Topic Sentence – state
argument
2. Explain topic sentence
3. Evidence use a statistic or
an anecdote or an
historical source
4. Elaborate on evidence or
argument
It’s not fair that we took the indigenous peoples land from them and built on it
without apologising. We should apologise by repatriating the bones back to
Australia so we can make a proper burial for the indigenous people. There belief
is that if their people are not buried in our country their spirit is wandering, so it
is our job to make the pasted away aboriginal spirits to rest.
5. Conclude – summarise
argument and
6. Link to next argument
Body 3:
Argument 3: Counter Argument
What opposition may there be?
Why might the museums say no?
What solutions/counter argument
will you suggest?
I understand that you have maintained the bones of their ancestors, but that still
does not entitle you to have full ownership of their bones. Because aboriginals
have their rights to keep the bones of their ancestors in their home country,
which we have taken from them and we should all help make it fair for the
indigenous people. Llione said “There still are 660 remains left too repatriate
which are in about 15 different countries.” If we all work together to repatriate
the bones back to Australia, repatriating them will be easier.
*USE FIRE THROUGHOUT
1. Topic Sentence – state
argument
2. Explain topic sentence
3. Evidence use a statistic or
an anecdote or an
historical source
4. Elaborate on evidence or
argument
5. Conclude – summarise
argument and
6. Link to next argument
Conclusion
- Restate arguments
- Call to action (what do you
want the audience to do)
I hope that you will now repatriate the bones of the aboriginals, because it is the
indigenous people’s religion and we should help them repatriate because we
want to help apologise for taking their land and killing some of their people.