Activities in this teaching pack include a worksheet to check and make corrections and improvements to speeches outlining arguments for and against installing a wind turbine in the school grounds when representing one group who might be impacted by the issue.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to compose and present a speech outlining arguments for and against installing a wind turbine in the school grounds.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to investigate opposing viewpoints as presented in the media about environmental issues, explore spellings of words with cial endings and practise punctuating sentences using commas. The class can outline arguments for and against building a wind turbine. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.