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Ready Speech Restructuring Worksheet | Grade 11 English III
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This worksheet teaches students to restructure a civic speech for a new occasion. After reading an evening-desk librarian's five-minute council speech, students adapt it into a three-minute pitch for local employers, deciding what to keep, condense, cut, and add based on audience, purpose, and time.
At a Glance
- Grade: 11 · Subject: English III
- Standard:
SL.11-12.6— Adapt a speech to fit a new audience, setting, and level of formality- Skill Focus: Restructure a speech for a different occasion
- Format: 6 pages · 10 problems · Answer key included · PDF
- Best For: Applying rhetorical analysis to real writing
- Time: 40–50 minutes
What's Inside
The packet opens with a four-question adaptation checklist and a nine-paragraph transcript of a fictional library speech with delivery cues. An occasion brief then sets up a 7:30 a.m. employer breakfast. Students complete 10 tasks: multiple choice, word-count math, short answers, a block-planning table, a rewritten opening and closing, cue revisions, and two justification paragraphs. A full answer key is included.
Skill Progression
- Guided practice (2 tasks): Part A uses the occasion brief to identify constraints and calculate the word limit.
- Supported practice (6 tasks): Part B gives a planning table, length targets, and cue prompts while students revise evidence and draft an opening and closing.
- Independent practice (2 tasks): Part C asks for decision paragraphs supported by transcript details.
The sequence follows gradual release: I Do, We Do, You Do.
Standards Alignment
SL.11-12.6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. Students apply it by shifting register, evidence, and delivery cues from a council hearing to a business breakfast. The standard code can be copied directly into lesson plans, IEP goals, or district curriculum mapping tools.
How to Use It
- Use it after direct instruction on audience and purpose. Pairs complete Part A and the planning table, then compare block choices.
- Assign Part C as independent follow-up or an exit task.
Formative tip: while students plan, check whether their word totals fit the limit they calculated in item 2. Allow 40–50 minutes for the full packet.
Who It's For
Designed for Grade 11 English III students in a speech and rhetorical analysis unit. Students who need support can start with Part A and the table. Stronger writers can deliver their closing aloud against a timer. Pair it with a rhetorical-situation anchor chart or a mini-lesson on audience.
Restructuring a speech for a new occasion is a core skill in standard SL.11-12.6, which asks students to adapt speech to different contexts and tasks while using formal English when appropriate. This Grade 11 English III worksheet teaches that skill through a fictional library speech originally given to a city council in five minutes and rewritten for a three-minute employer breakfast. Students calculate the word limit, test evidence for accuracy, plan a block-by-block outline, and write a new opening, closing ask, and delivery cues. Ten tasks move from constraint identification to justified revision decisions. The progression from guided to independent work reflects the gradual-release model described by Fisher & Frey (2014). The worksheet includes a full answer key, making it practical for classroom practice, assessment preparation, and speech unit review.
