Speaking and Listening

Good listeners use their eyes to:

Good listeners use their ears to:

Good listeners use their brain to:

Good listeners use their body to:

Something I did today was:

I felt ___ today because:

What I am showing or talking about:

Three things I want to say about it:

One question I could ask my audience:

The speaker was talking about:

One interesting thing I heard:

One question I want to ask:

Say 3 times: 'She sells sea shells by the sea shore.' How did you go?

Say 3 times: 'Red lorry, yellow lorry.' Was it tricky?

Instruction 1 was:

What I did:

Instruction 2 was:

What I did:

Instruction 3 was:

What I did:

Who did you talk to?

What did you talk about?

Did you wait for your turn? (yes/no)

Did you ask a question? What was it?

Object I chose (do not tell anyone!):

My clues (3 describing sentences):

Did the listener guess correctly? (yes/no)

The person told me about:

My retelling (in my own words):

Did I get the main points right? (yes/no)

My topic:

Why this is important to me:

Fact 1:

Fact 2:

Fact 3:

A question for my audience:

What I am explaining how to do:

Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3:

Step 4:

Did the listener understand? (yes/no)

Person I will interview:

Question 1:

Question 2:

Question 3:

Question 4:

Question 5:

The most interesting answer was:

Something I did not know before:

A follow-up question I want to ask next time:

The original sentence was:

The final sentence was:

Did the message change? What happened?

The sentence I practised:

Whisper voice — how did it feel?

Normal voice — how did it feel?

Loud voice — how did it feel?

When would each volume be the right choice?

Animal I chose:

Clue 1: What it looks like:

Clue 2: Where it lives:

Clue 3: What it eats:

Clue 4: A special thing about it:

Did the listener guess? (yes/no)

Draw what you heard described:

How close was your drawing to the real picture?

What details did you miss?

What I presented:

Feedback I received (what was good):

Feedback I received (what to improve):

Feedback I gave to someone else:

The best part of my day was:

Something I learned today:

Something I want to tell someone about:

Story title:

My retelling:

You say:

Shopkeeper says:

You say:

Shopkeeper says:

My topic:

Opening sentence (grab attention):

3 key points:

Closing sentence:

Did I look at my audience? (yes/sometimes/no)

Did I speak loudly enough? (yes/sometimes/no)

Did I use complete sentences? (yes/sometimes/no)

What I did well:

What I want to improve:

Person I interviewed:

Question 1 and answer:

Question 2 and answer:

Question 3 and answer:

The most surprising answer:

The 3 instructions were:

Did I do them in the right order? (yes/no)

The 3 NEW instructions were:

Did I do them in the right order? (yes/no)

'Dogs are better pets than cats.' I agree/disagree because:

'Reading is more fun than watching TV.' I agree/disagree because:

'Rainy days are boring.' I agree/disagree because:

Story I told:

Did I use different voices for characters? (yes/no)

Did my audience enjoy it? How do I know?

Feedback from my audience:

What I listened to:

The main points were:

Something I found interesting:

You: (greeting)

Friend:

You: (invitation)

Friend:

You: (details — when, where)

Friend:

Animal:

What it looks like:

Where it lives:

What it eats:

An interesting fact:

A question for my audience:

Presenter's name:

Topic:

Something they did well:

Something they could try next time:

A question I want to ask them:

My opinion:

The other person's opinion:

Did we agree or disagree?

Something interesting the other person said:

My opinion:

Reason 1:

Reason 2:

Reason 3:

Did they agree in the end? (yes/no/partly)

My instructions (step by step):

Did they understand without help? (yes/no)

What was the hardest part to explain?

Draw what you heard:

How accurate was your drawing? (very/somewhat/not very)

What would have helped you listen better?

My news report (write it, then say it aloud):

Did I speak clearly and look at my audience? (yes/no)

My side of the debate (yes/no):

My 3 reasons:

The other person's best reason:

Who had the most convincing argument?

The passage I read was:

I changed my voice when:

The hardest part to read with expression was:

Topic:

What Person 1 said:

What Person 2 said:

What I said:

Did everyone get a turn? (yes/no)

I am trying to persuade someone that ___ is the best:

Reason 1:

Reason 2:

Reason 3:

Topic they explained:

My summary in 3 sentences:

Did they agree my summary was accurate? (yes/no)

Doctor: 'What seems to be the problem?'

You:

Doctor:

You:

My news report:

Self-assessment: Did I sound like a real reporter? (yes/somewhat/no)

Topic:

Question 1:

Question 2:

Question 3:

Question 4:

Question 5:

What happened:

My retelling (in order):

Did my listener understand the whole event? (yes/no)

Game:

How to play (step by step):

Did they understand? Could they play? (yes/no)

What I taught:

My steps:

Did they learn it? (yes/no)

Topic:

Key fact 1:

Key fact 2:

Key fact 3:

Was it hard to pick out the key facts? Why?

My joke:

Person 1's reaction:

Person 2's reaction:

Person 3's reaction:

My opinion:

Other person's opinion:

What we agreed on:

Speaker 1: Who and what they spoke about:

Speaker 2: Who and what they spoke about:

Whose voice was easier to listen to? Why?

What made them different?

Book title and author:

What the book is about (without giving away the ending):

Why I recommend it:

A question for my audience:

Topic:

Why I chose this topic:

Opening (grab attention):

Key point 1:

Key point 2:

Key point 3:

Closing:

What I am proud of:

What I found challenging:

Feedback from my audience:

One thing I will do differently next time:

Topic they spoke about:

3 key things I heard:

1 opinion they shared:

2 questions I want to ask:

My favourite season and 3 reasons:

The other person's favourite season and reasons:

Who was more persuasive? Why?

What I recorded:

When I listened back, I noticed:

My voice sounded: (clear/mumbly/too fast/too slow/just right)

One thing I want to improve:

Our group story:

Was it easy or hard to build on each other's sentences?

Question or problem:

My thinking process (step by step):

Person I interviewed:

Why I admire them:

My best question and their answer:

Something I learned about them:

My strongest speaking skill:

My strongest listening skill:

Something I still find tricky:

A goal I want to set:

What I taught:

My teaching plan:

Did they learn it? How do I know?

Question I asked:

Person 1's answer:

Person 2's answer:

Person 3's answer:

What I learned from hearing different perspectives:

Scenario 1: You accidentally break a friend's toy. What do you say?

Scenario 2: Someone helps you pick up your books. What do you say?

Scenario 3: You forgot to do something you promised. What do you say?

Product or place:

My advertisement script:

Did my audience want to buy/visit it? (yes/no)

Thing 1: ______ — guessed? (yes/no)

Thing 2: ______ — guessed? (yes/no)

Thing 3: ______ — guessed? (yes/no)

Thing 4: ______ — guessed? (yes/no)

Thing 5: ______ — guessed? (yes/no)

What was the hardest to act out? Why?

Topic I care about:

My speech:

How I felt giving the speech:

The best thing I listened to today:

A time I listened really well:

A time I could have listened better:

Culture I learned about:

A communication difference I discovered:

Why it is important to respect different ways of communicating:

Speaking goal 1:

Speaking goal 2:

Listening goal:

How I will practise these goals: