• develop accuracy in speaking

• speak confidently and effectively for a variety of purposes, audiences, contexts and cultures

• monitor and revise before and after speaking

• How was Harry hastened so hurriedly from the hunt?

• Betty bought a bit of butter, but she found the butter bitter, so Betty bought a bit of better butter to make the bitter butter better.

• Did Doug dig David's garden or did David dig Doug's garden?

• Five flippant Frenchmen fly from France for fashion.

• My cutlery cuts keenly and cleanly.

• Round the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran.

• Literally literary

• Sister Susie sat on the sea shore sewing shirts for sailors.

• I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop. Where she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits.  

Quick Tips :

Pronounce and articulate each word clearly

• Be careful of letters like: th, s, k and d

• Ending sounds

• Pronounce the ending sounds of ‘ed’, ‘es’, ‘ing’, ‘k’, ‘t’, ‘n’ and ‘s’…etc.

Rhythm

• speed, smooth delivery

Speed of reading

• speed: do not read too fast.

• comma: short pause

• full-stop: longer pause

Volume

• read aloud

• read clearly

Expressiveness (feelings!)

• Read the dialogue with feelings to reflect the mood of the character.

Tone

• Change the tone of your voice to reflect your feelings.

Fluency and clarity

• Smooth delivery of reading.

• Reading clearly – being able to understand what one is reading. 

When looking at the stimulus during your preparation time use the following questions to guide you:

How?

How is this picture related to the reading text?

Where?

Where do you think the items or information in this picture can be found? Why?

When?

When could the items or information in this picture be used? Why?

Who?

Who would be interested in this picture? Why?

What?

What parts of the picture interests you? Why?