Making every lesson a speaking lesson: 10 oracy activities for secondary

Free oracy resource pack for secondary classrooms

With oracy becoming a new strand of the National Curriculum, help students speak with precision, support ideas with evidence and challenge others respectfully.

Our free, ready-to-use oracy resource pack includes practical, low-prep activities to build speaking and listening skills across all subjects.

What's included:

• 4 teaching strategies: Embed structured talk and Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary across the curriculum.
• 10 quick oracy routines: 5–10-minute activities with clear instructions, subject examples and sentence stems.
• Printable sentence stems: Help students explain, question, use evidence and disagree respectfully.
• Speaking and listening self-check: Encourage students to reflect on their skills and set goals for improvement.