Speech: Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

The student will develop the skills to generate ideas, research topics, organize information, and prepare for oral presentations.

Preparing

Speaking

Listening

Identify the goals and purposes of oral presentation.

Adapt literary works for oral interpretation by individuals and/or groups.

Identify and define the elements of the communication process.

Create and/or adapt scripts for interpreters' theatre.

Analyze audience in order to develop suitable techniques and language for communicating effectively with the specific listeners.

Prepare original, oral, or published works for storytelling.

Participate in effective group projects.

Conduct interviews for research purposes.

Utilize all available library/research facilities and document bibliographic information.

Analyze source material for reliability and validity.

Choose topics that are of interest to the speaker and are appropriate for the audience.

Identify and utilize the parts of a speech.

Develop effective, attention-getting introductions.

Organize information and ideas in a manner suitable to the topic and/or purpose.

Create a properly formatted outline.

Outline schedules for group discussions and/or meetings.

Recognize and use a variety of organizational patterns.

Employ effective rehearsal techniques.

Demonstrate confidence and poise in various speaking situations.

Develop effective vocal control of rate, inflection, pitch, volume, quality, and articulation.

Identify articulation problems and understand how to correct them.

Adapt delivery to different environments and audiences.

Use gestures, vocal control, and body language.

Facilitate communication through the varied use of rate and pause.

Understand and employ the effect of a speaker's tone on audience.

Employ gestures to emphasize, to describe, and/or to replace verbal communication.

Use eye contact to enhance communication situations.

Express attitudes, ideas and emotions through appropriate body language.

Recognize the importance of personal appearance in communication.

Employ language and sentence structure appropriate to the audience and the situation.

Accept and apply oral and written criticism from teachers and peers.

Cite sources of researched information.

Prepare oral and written critiques of oral presentations.

Evaluate the strength of the ideas presented in oral presentations.

Identify the goals, main ideas, and supporting details of a speaker.

Utilize context clues and nonverbal cues to determine meaning.

Recognize and analyze propaganda techniques.

Develop an understanding of and respect for diversity in language use, patterns and dialects across cultures, ethnic groups, geographic regions, economic backgrounds, and social roles.

Respond to speakers with appropriate verbal and nonverbal feedback.

Demonstrate appropriate audience etiquette.

Illustrate effective listening skills by focusing on the speaker, overcoming distractions, and adjusting posture.

Prepare to listen by minimizing distractions.

Demonstrate productive note-taking while listening.

Suspend making judgments until the sender has concluded the message.