Examples of Oral Communication (2nd year) Students can approach the oral communication classroom-based assessment in a variety of different ways, as this video and the examples below illustrate. More examples will be added over time. The annotations came from the student’s teacher and were confirmed by the Quality Assurance group, consisting of practicing English teachers and representatives of the Inspectorate, the SEC and JCT. All examples of student work below marked with [TCA] require a Teacher Account in order to be viewed. You can do this here using your Teaching Council Registration details. Please input your name exactly as it appears on the Teaching Council Register or the automated system will not be able to verify your account. The purpose of these clips is to support teachers' professional development. They are not to be used for any other purpose. Feedback We welcome your feedback on these examples. Please click here to complete a short survey. This resource is an Article content type. [TCA] Example A: Hunger Games This link requires teaching council authentication. Having read The Hunger Games and watched the film adaptation, these two students decided to create a presentation on the novel and film. Resource available when logged in This resource is an Article content type. [TCA] Example B: DMD This link requires teaching council authentication. This student decided to speak about living with Muscular Dystrophy and his love of the film Inside I’m Dancing, whose protagonist also has this condition. Resource available when logged in This resource is an Article content type. [TCA] Example C: Celebrities This link requires teaching council authentication. Having studied Benjamin Zephaniah’s performance poetry, these two students wrote a short verse and created a presentation on celebrities. Resource available when logged in This resource is an Article content type. [TCA] Example D: War Horse This link requires teaching council authentication. This student enjoyed studying War Horse and decided to explore the theme of death in the play. Resource available when logged in This resource is an Article content type. [TCA] Example E: Spain This link requires teaching council authentication. This student presents on her home country of Spain, its culture and literature and the stereotypes we need to cast off to truly understand her country. Resource available when logged in This resource is an Article content type. [TCA] Example F: Then and Now This link requires teaching council authentication. This student is close to her grandparents and decided to interview them about what life was like when they were young. She presents her findings, illustrating her points with photographs from the era. Resource available when logged in This resource is an Article content type. [TCA] Example G: Drugs This link requires teaching council authentication. This student likes poetry and decided to write a short poem and create a presentation on the topic of drugs. Resource available when logged in This resource is an Article content type. [TCA] Example H: Poverty This link requires teaching council authentication. Inspired by the Beyoncé song ‘I was here’, this student presents on poverty and on how we as individuals can make a change in this world. Resource available when logged in This resource is an Article content type. [TCA] Example I: Louis Sachar This link requires teaching council authentication. This group of three students really liked the book Holes and decided to role-play an interview between a TV show host and the author of Holes, Louis Sachar. Resource available when logged in This resource is an Article content type. [TCA] Example J: Yeats This link requires teaching council authentication. This student is passionate about Irish history, about what it means to be Irish and about the works of WB Yeats. In this example, he combines these interests in a speech and presentation about Yeats. Resource available when logged in This resource is an Article content type. [TCA] Example K: Time This link requires teaching council authentication. This student speaks about losing her grandmother and about how it made her look at time, and how we spend our time, in a new way. Resource available when logged in This resource is an Article content type. [TCA] Example L: Death This link requires teaching council authentication. This student is interested in mythology. He decided to explore the way death is represented in mythology and to expand this into a wider discussion about our relationship with death. Resource available when logged in This resource is an Article content type. [TCA] Assessing oral communication This link requires teaching council authentication. Video of teacher using features of quality and note-taking template to assess the oral communication CBA. Resource available when logged in This resource is an Article content type. [TCA] Example M: Election This link requires teaching council authentication. These two students created, improvised, rehearsed and performed a short drama of a politician door-stepping for votes. Resource available when logged in This resource is an Article content type. [TCA] Example N: Oscars This link requires teaching council authentication. These two students used the Oscars as inspiration for this short drama, followed by a Q&A outlining how they put it together. Resource available when logged in This resource is an Article content type. [TCA] Example O: Dream Poem This link requires teaching council authentication. This student performs a poem she wrote about dreams. Resource available when logged in This resource is an Article content type. [TCA] Example P: Vivian Maier This link requires teaching council authentication. Inspired by Vivian Maier, these students discuss her life and some of her photographs. Resource available when logged in This resource is an Article content type. [TCA] Example Q: Scott Cawthorn This link requires teaching council authentication. This student presents on the video game designer Scott Cawthorn. Resource available when logged in This resource is an Article content type. [TCA] Example R: Sustainable Agriculture This link requires teaching council authentication. This student presents and explanation of the importance of sustainable developments in agriculture. Resource available when logged in This resource is an Article content type. [TCA] Example S: World War II This link requires teaching council authentication. This student presents his research on equipment used in World War II. Resource available when logged in This resource is an Article content type. [TCA] Example T: Four students Drama This link requires teaching council authentication. Four students write, direct, stage and present a dramatic piece. Resource available when logged in
