Strong fit
Students examine author purpose by analysing a text’s content,
structure, language, style, and the perspectives it includes or omits.
How this handout aligns
The sample speech and response frame ask students to draw conclusions about what the speaker is
trying to achieve and how specific phrases position the audience.
Author purpose
Perspective
Evidence-based interpretation
Useful when students need to move from quote-finding to analytical
explanation.
Strong fit
Presentations are crafted for purpose and audience through structure,
rhetorical devices, tone, and deliberate delivery choices.
How this handout aligns
The delivery section makes oral craft visible by asking students to consider tone, pause,
emphasis, and body language, not just verbal content.
Presenting
Rhetorical devices
Delivery
Works well before speech writing, debate, or oral-text assessment.
Aotearoa lens
Oral communication in Aotearoa is shaped by rich spoken traditions,
including mihi, kōrero tuku iho, and whaikōrero, where audience connection and relationship matter.
How to teach this well
Use the handout to discuss persuasion and craft while making it clear that not all speeches serve
the same purpose or follow the same cultural expectations. Teach the differences explicitly, and
use a mātauranga Māori lens to discuss how mana, relationship,
and audience connection can shape spoken language choices.
Oral traditions
Audience relationship
Context matters
The goal is respectful comparison, not flattening culturally specific oral
forms into a generic speech formula.