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Enhance students' speaking abilities by fostering collaboration, expression, and evaluation. Learn techniques for effective verbal and written communication, including presentation skills and audience engagement.
E N D
A Awareness of how students speak (hint: not well)
B Belief that all students can be better speakers
C Consistency of language and expectations. Commitment to improving oral communication
D There is no D. But I didn’t buy rights allowing me to distribute pictures so I had to remove images. Use Google Images to find pictures.
Speaking and Listening: Flexible communication and collaboration Including but not limited to skills necessary for formal presentations, the Speaking and Listening standards require students to develop a range of broadly useful oral communication and interpersonal skills. Students must learn to work together, express and listen carefully to ideas, integrate information from oral, visual, quantitative, and media sources, evaluate what they hear, use media and visual displays strategically to help achieve communicative purposes, and adapt speech to context and task.
1. Ability to verbally communicate…9. Ability to create and/oredit written reports
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inflection loudly elocution body language articulation pitch enunciation hold head up poise rhythm slowly enthusiasm volume clearly stance tone eye contact posture gestures look at audience stand up straight expression projection body movement presence fluid expression intonation vocal modulation
Necessary Sufficient Doable Understandable
Building a speech Performing a speech Two distinct parts
Audience Content Organization Visual aids Appearance Building
Audience Who? What?
Content Important information Interesting information
Content Connectors Clarifiers No verbal viruses
Organization Basic speech plan
Organization Grabber Opening Signposts Powerful closing
Visual Aids Relevant Accessible Important Designed, not decorated
Appearance Convey the appropriate image
Audience Content Organization Visual aids Appearance Building
Performing Poise Voice Life Eye contact Gestures Speed
Poise Calm & confident No shuffling, rocking, fidgeting That one thing you do
Voice Every word heard
Life Feeling Emotion Passion
Gestures Hands Face Body
Speed Too fast? Fast & slow Pause
Performing Poise Voice Life Eye contact Gestures Speed
BUILDING PERFORMING Poise Voice Life Eye Contact Gestures Speed Audience Content Organization Visual Aids Appearance
Tell us what your favorite activity is. Why is it your favorite?
Life Feeling Emotion Passion
Tropical forests cover just 7% of the world’s surface, but these forests contain more than half of the world’s living species. A sad fact is that these forests are being destroyed. Each year, 40 million acres--about the size of the state of Washington--disappear, along with the plants and animals that live there.
Tropical forests cover just 7% of the world’s surface, but these forests contain more than half of the world’s living species. A sad fact is that these forests are being destroyed. Each year, 40 million acres--about the size of the state of Washington--disappear, along with the plants and animals that live there.
They were huge--bigger than a car, even bigger than a house. Suddenly there were three more of them. My heart started beating so fast I thought it was going to burst. I looked around for a place to hide.
Evaluating Speaking
Commas, semi-colons, etc. Proper paper markage Squiggles and dots used correctly
Proper use of large letters Correct upper-casing Cases appropriately used