Homework, 6th March, 2017

Read the three speeches below and answer the questions that follow. 

This is due tomorrow (Tuesday, 7th March)

1

Ladies and gentlemen, I stand here before you today to talk to you about a very important issue: food in schools. I think you’ll agree with me when I say that it’s time for a change. For too long we’ve been served unhealthy meals packed full of fat and sugar, and we’ve had enough! Everyday we queue up in the canteen only to have fatty muck splattered onto our plates. Well, I think it’s about time the school started caring about our health and well-being and gave us fruit, vegetables, and low fat options so we can lead healthy lives. So I say to you: no more fat! No more sugar! No more carbs! 

2

Hello everyone. I’ve been thinking that the food in the canteen is quite unhealthy. I think we should probably think about changing and having more stuff like vegetables, bananas, apples, beans ... you know, stuff like that. Healthy stuff basically. So come on, let’s ask if we can get better food. That’s basically all I have to say.

3

Alright? In the canteen, they serve food like chips, burgers, hotdogs, deep fried chocolate bars. The other day I had this hot dog that was covered in cheese, and then for dessert I had another hot dog, but covered in ice cream. Tomorrow, apparently they’re going to have bacon wrapped in more bacon, and there’s no fruit. Anyway, have a nice day.

1. What are all three speeches about?

2. What is the purpose of the first speech?

3. Complete the sentence: ‘For too long we’ve been served unhealthy meals packed full of _______ and ___________, and we’ve had _____________.’

4. What, according to the first speech, do the students have ‘splattered’ onto their plates everyday?

5. What three healthy alternatives are suggested in the first speech?

6. What three things should there be no more of, according to the first speech?

7. Complete the sentence from the second speech: ‘I’ve been thinking that the __________ in the canteen is quite ____________________.’

8. What four things, according to the second speech, should the school canteen probably think about having more of?

9. According to the third speech, what two things were used to cover hot dogs?

10. According to the third speech, what is there none of?

11. In your opinion, which is the best speech and why?

Extension questions – have a go at these if you’re feeling especially brainy:

12. There are three examples of direct address in the first speech. What are they?

13. What is the effect of the use of the term ‘fatty muck’ to describe food in the first speech?

14. The first speech uses a list. Find it and copy it out.

15. Copy out the sentence from the first speech which includes repetition. 

16. One of the speeches contains a rhetorical question. Find it and copy it out.

17. Which particular word in the second speech tells us that it has been written in quite an informal way?