AC9EFLY07 • Foundation English
I can give a short spoken report about an idea or event using a voice my listeners can hear.
I can give a short spoken report about an idea or event using a voice my listeners can hear.
Learning goal: I can give a short spoken report about an idea or event using a voice my listeners can hear.
Worked-model method: plan one topic, order details and speak clearly.
Model answer: The report stays on the seed, gives two ordered details and can be heard comfortably by the group.
Worked-model method: plan one topic, order details and speak clearly.
Model answer: The picture sequence helps the speaker remember the order without adding unrelated details.
Worked-model method: plan one topic, order details and speak clearly.
Model answer: The report stays on the seed, gives two ordered details and can be heard comfortably by the group.
Worked-model method: plan one topic, order details and speak clearly.
Model answer: The picture sequence helps the speaker remember the order without adding unrelated details.
A semi-formal peer report names one experience, interest or discovery and explains it with relevant details in a clear voice.
Think: Choose the discovery: a bean seed has sprouted. Plan an opening topic and two observable details. Rehearse, face the group and speak at a comfortable classroom volume.
Try: What did you discover, and which two details will help your peers understand it?
A strong answer: Choose one personal discovery, order two relevant details, rehearse the report and deliver it clearly to peers at a suitable volume.
Check: The learner states one topic, gives relevant details and delivers the report clearly to peers.
If you are stuck: Use three picture prompts for topic, detail one and detail two, then rehearse first with one partner.
A spoken response reports what the learner thought or felt about a text idea or event and gives a story clue.
Think: Name the character action or event. State a thought or feeling about it. Explain the text clue and deliver the response to peers.
Try: What did you think or feel, and which event made you respond that way?
A strong answer: Name the text event, state a connected feeling or thought, give the text-based reason and share the complete response aloud.
Check: The learner shares a personal response and supports it with an accurate event, word or image clue from the text.
If you are stuck: Offer feeling pictures and model a complete response: 'I felt relieved when the boot was found because Niko could go home.'
A small sequence of visual prompts can help a speaker stay on one topic and recall ideas in order without reading a full script.
Think: Arrange three seed pictures from planting to sprouting. Say one connected sentence for each picture. Check that every sentence explains the report topic and that the order makes sense.
Try: Which picture comes next, and what sentence will you say without reading a script?
A strong answer: Order three visual prompts, point to each in turn and speak one connected report detail before moving to the next prompt.
Check: The learner follows the visual sequence, stays on topic and expands each prompt with a relevant spoken sentence.
If you are stuck: Fix the first and final pictures, rehearse one sentence at a time and let the learner point while speaking.
Pick one event or idea to report, such as how a bean seed changed. What is your opening sentence?
The opening should name the topic so listeners know what the report is about.
Use two picture prompts to tell what happened first and next.
Picture prompts keep the report in order and reduce memory load while preserving the speaking skill.
Say the same report to a partner, group and whole class. What changes about your voice?
Volume and pace should fit the audience. The report should be audible without shouting.
If the report is rushed or hard to hear, choose two rehearsal changes.
Useful changes include slowing down, pausing between details, facing listeners and using a clearer volume.
The SkillrHub lesson remains the primary learning resource. This optional video reinforces the explanation; you can complete the lesson and practice without watching.
Before you watch:
Scratch Garden — Thinking about who, what, where and when before telling someone about an event.
As you watch: Which question helps you say where something happened?
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Try it: Tell a partner about one familiar event using who, what and where. Speak at a comfortable volume and ask whether they could hear.
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