>EFlNATION OF TERM, SPEECH: Is a formal talk OR addre11 delivered t.o an audlenet.

HOW TO WRITE A SPEECH

-Create awareness
Neducate
..\nform
•Advice
•Defend
-persuade

When writing a speech consider the followln1 points: •

1. Who are you speaklng to? Do they know you? You have to decide on an appropriate ,..,_ whkf, w1
show that you are aware of the relatlonshlp between yourself and your audlentA.
2, Who are you speaking on behalf of? Are you making the speech u a repratntatM of an orPflltltk)n?
3. Who are your adversaries-that Is, people who mlaht be against your point of vtew? W,,,, fflWw f11Y be ·
against you?
4, Who are your supporters? Why do they support you?
s. Is your audience a mixture of literate and llllterate people? Do they all speak f!nllllh? How old are tMV?
What soclal group do they belong to? What might they find lnterestlns about YOW' speech? Whit do thfl
stand to gain or lose?

BELOW IS A SPEECH SAMPLE QUESTION

vou are the Chairman of one recently formed dub In the achool .You and the aub decide to launch the dim to tt,e
entire school. As the Club Chairman you decide to deliver a speech on the date •et "I the Club and School.

USE THE FOLLOWING POINTS TO WRITE A SPEECH THAT YOU WILL GIVE AT THE LAUNCH.

1, When was the club formed

2. What are the alms of the club
3. What proJect (s)JJ the club engaged In at the mo~ent?
4. Any achievements that the club has so far
s. What are your pt\i\sfor the future of the club?

NB: f=EATURES OF A SPEECH

·DATE, VENUE, TIME, NAME OF SPEAKER AND TOPIC.

·BEGINNING (PROTOCOL)
-CONSTANT REFERENCE TO VOUR AUDIENCE TO KEEP THEIR ATTEHTION
-ENDING (ACKNOWLEDGING YOUR AUDIENCE)
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Stud y the news p ap e r re port belo d .
w an answ er the ques tions that follow

HoS t els at Maraka Secondary Sch ool ablaze

By That o Buan g

The Mara ka Junio r Seco nda1· S h 1

. . Y c oo com1nu111· ty was shoc ked to witne
· ss
a
st
my ~nou s fu_e whic h engu lfed the boys ' hoste l at 7 o'clock on Mon
day even ing.
The fue was first seen by stude nts who were in their classes durin
g even ing study .
They were read ing and study ing when one boy shou ted that there
was fire at the
hoste ls. Everyone stood up and gathe red their book s in a hurry
to run to the
hoste ls. They were shoc ked to see the boys ' hoste ls engu lfed in
huge flames.

The Boar ding Mast er also left his hous e and hurri ed to the scene
of the accid ent.
Fortu nately, he got throu gh to the police and the fire briga de as
soon as he calle d
them on his mobi le phon e. They too arriv ed after a short time. The
Boar ding
Mast er w ho was visib ly shak en by the fire said, "I was in my hous
e havin g supp er
whe n I hear d screa ms from the stude nts. I then came out of the
hous e quick ly to
see wha t was happ ening ."

A certa in Form Two boy calle d That o Mpo loke, said he was sittin
g next to the
wind ow of his class room and when he looke d throu gh it, he saw
huge flame s
from the area of their hoste ls. He screamed to alert every one.

One stud ent who wish ed to rema in anon ymou s h ad this to say,
"I was from the
toile ts and when I enter ed the class room I heard every one sque alin
g. I wond ered
wha t coul d be the prob lem beca use I h ad not seen anyth ing. May
be it was
beca use the toile ts are behi nd the Design and Tech nolog y block
wh ich is a d ouble
store y build ing."

. b · d
The fire nga e an d thep olice tried by all mean s to put out the fire "b.u t it was too
late to save stu d en t s , b e longi·n gs w hich had .:i lread y b urnt to ashes
.
. I am shocked
. . ,, ·d h 5 h 1H ead Mrs Sebe, w ho had also arriv ed at the hostels
by this fire, sai t e c 00 c ' .
. . k
and was v1s1bly sha en b Y the 111 · ciden t. "Wh ere are we gomg to accom mod ate the
stude nts this wint er?" She wo nd ered.

·11
The polic e offic er of Mara ka v t age, Mr Moh ibidu
.
has asked fo r witne sses to
. . ·
. ti1 at m ay help m the mves tiga tion.
come fowa rd with infor mati on

C. nurrr> · T/,,, r, n nil,, R r>-nnrff d 10 Mny 2009

 _______ .TOPIC

AtpUCH ON THE LAUNCHING Q ~ ENVJRONMENIAL CWB GIVElll lY BQIKQBO►~

~ Pill UJAlllW'RY ZD1§ AIJHE MUUI :ROSE HALL ATZ. ii! PM•
NAME OF SPEAKER; ATE . ♦ VENl:IE
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JMa~r of 0:11monv, The School Head, Deputy Scb 2~rt men ts. teacbm toutber
I
. and tbtmon-teacblos staff. club members and tbe rest gf the stutfs,ot <cQmmunlty,l sreet you. Ladles
and gentlemen, thank you all for attendIns the launch of our School Envfronmental Club, your presence
· · • Is ~l&hly appreciated.· Jstand here before you as the Chairperson of the club to enlighten you on the
cfub.
First I would Hke to give you the background Information on the club. This club was formed early this
year by I few members who were concerned by the state of our environment. When It was birthed, It
had only six members. The club then srew as more members were recruited to Join. Today I am proud
to Inform you that the number has Increased to thirty-two.

The club, e I e alms at sensitising the school community on the Importance of

developing and mafn,. -u ..lT environmentally friendly habits. We encourdge the community to use
natural resources wlselv by way ~ n T Uttering and not cutting down trees. ~r desire Is to see our
environment cleaner and greener. ~ REFERENCE TO AUDIENCE · . .,

At the moment. ladl'ffiwfientlcmen:we are engaged In some projects both In sc~oot and In the
.vllle,e. We sometimes engage In Utter picking campaigns In the vlllage and we are also In the pn,ceu of
plantlns trees at the local hospital. The trees were donated to us by Talana Tree Nursery. We also haw
an ongoing project of mounting billboards around the school in our effort to sensitise the school
community on sustainable use of the environment.

Last te,rm the club participated In the National Environmental Awareness Competitions and manaaed to
scoop position 1. Iam also proud to Inform you that since the Inception of the club, our school
environment Is much cleaner and greener. You know fadlcund cootleroen that a clean environment 11 1
healthy environment. - . ·REFERENCE TO AUDIENa

Al the chairperson of the club, our dream Is to see It reach areater heights. Our.Intention as the dub Is
to take It to the rest of the community and make a mark throughout the Boblrwa Region. For us to
realllt thlt dream we need funds, that Is why we are thinking of sourcing funds from the Ministry of
WIidiife and Tourism, with the assistance of the School Head.

In condu.,on, ladles and seotlemen I would llke to say, we have only one earth and let ua make 1ure
that we use the resources on It wisely. Global warmlns Is a reality and we have to do all that we can to
1Wit n. IThank vou verv mu,b for vour• ~ been awoodcc:[ul audlem:e,I EnJovthe 111111
of your day. ~Cl<NOWLEDGE YOUR AUDIENCE
REVISIO N PAPER 2 {CO MPREHE NSION AND SUMMM.Yl
Comp rehen d · wh~ ~ mean s to unde rstan d
Com p~.~ nsion is a now1 deriv ed from the verb To 1
pape r tests your comp rehen sion of the given passa ges. You are advised to read the
some thT~g fully This
the ques tions . In your first readi ng of the pair;~ ge,
passages at least twice befor e you start answ ering
the passage. Whe n you read the passage for the
vou shou ld try to get the gist ( gene ral pictu re) of
do not
fully what the passage is abou t. Whe n you read,
second t ime, read slowl y so that you unde rstan d
discussed In the pas$age.
j ust read the word s. Try and pictu re what Is being
r
this paper. An swer Af! the ques tions in this pape
You have two (2) Hour s that has been alloca ted to
,
any blank spaces. Whe n you answ er the ques tions
accor ding to the instru ction s given. Do not leave
always observe the RUBRIC of the ques tions .

Type s of Comp rehension Quest ions

1. Quote

is (exactly as it hc1s been writt en - no spell ing

These ques tions requi re you to get the answ er as
out
should be enclo sP.d in quot atio n m arks. NB. (With
mistakes) direc tly from the passage . Your answ er
these your answ er is mark ed wron g) e.g.

won gold in the

Quote two wor ds th~t show that Botswana has not
Commonwealth Games befo re. (1)
400m etres icon, Ama ntle M ontsh o, put Botswana
In the passage: Histo ry was made on Friday as local
Gam ~s
t ry s first ever gold meda l in t he Comm onwe alth
1

on the globa l sport ing map by clinc hing the coun

histo ry.
1
Answ er: "first ever'

2. Own words
r own words. You are not supp osed to give an answ
er
Thes e ques tions test your abilit y to answ er In you
using the word s in the passage. E.g.

ar? (1)
In your own words say wha t caused the wor ld to disappe

Go back to the passage. In the passage:

g
Blacking out on the highw ay is not defen sive drivin
The world spun crazi ly, then start ed disap peari ng.
my hear t bega n vibra ting more than beati ng,
at it s best. My head snap ped back to the right, and
threa tenin g to poun d its way out of my chest .

blacked out and that was caus ing the worl d t o

From t he passage, you can tell that the write r had
o rd
there fore you have t o answ er this i n your own w s.
d isappear. Black ing out , these are the key word s/
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ss I
eleasC' Is an announ cem ent tha t companies/organisations distribute to the press a ou new
A prr
products or · seruIces t!tc. It may serve one or more of
several purposes:

a) establishing an Image for an organisation

b) creating public confidence In It

s
c) overcoming prejudice against its activitie

d) getting It some publicity.

who
n-grabbing headline, the name of the person
The press release should include a good, attentio
telephone number of the organisation.
Issued the pre ss release, date , address and

SAMPLE PRESS RELEASE \

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Telephone: 2617890
28 November 2017

COLLEGE TO HOLD OPEN DAY

the comm unity can come to see
mber 2017 wlll be the college Open Day so t hat members of
Today, the Prlnclpal hau anno unce d that 12 Dece
the work that the college does .
rote In the comm unity . He also feels that
there Is a lot of misu nder stand ing In the local comm unity abou t the colleg e' s
The Princ ipal feels that
.
een the college and the local comm unity
there Is need to Impr ove the relat ions betw
of the college's work.
of exhibitions lllust nting 11arlo us aspects
day, norm al lesso ns wlll be canc elled so t hat the publi c can visit a series
On that
will be avallable to act as guides.
ther to prepa re the exhib itions and both
Students and staff have been work ing toge
s and
cante en which will open all day for snack
itions , the publi c wlll also visit the library, sports facllltles and the e
In addition to the exhib

refreshments.

8 p.m.
The colle1e will open at 10 a.m. and dose at

Contact: 0 . G. Mmopl

(76867544) / Fax: 261897 / Email: Qgmmooi

@yahoo.co
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