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Oral communication Common Core CCRA.W.10 resources
Public Speaking Unit | Speech Curriculum | Lessons & Activities
Everything you need to teach public speaking! This printable and digital bundle is jam-packed with engaging lessons and activities your students will love! The comprehensive and easy to use lessons include directions, examples, rubrics, and more! Save time and build student confidence with this step-by-step curriculum plan! Printable PDF and Google Drive versions for ALL lessons are included. **By purchasing this bundle, you are saving 20% off the full value of the individual resources! You will
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6th - 9th
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Fun Persuasion Activity - Rhetoric & Persuasive Writing for Middle & High School
This fun persuasion activity can be used as a game to practice persuasion techniques. Students will “sell” a random object to a random fictional group, using rhetorical appeals, rhetorical devices, and/or claim and counterclaim as they craft their argument and decide on an angle for persuasion. This activity promotes team-building and speaking skills!*************************************************Here’s what you’ll receive in this resource:★ Brainstorming Guide & Writing Page (2 Pages) so
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7th - 10th
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Fun Persuasive Writing Activity Using Rhetorical Appeals & Devices
Practice argumentative writing & persuasive appeals with a fun persuasion game: Writing a Fictional Complaint Letter. Students will use rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, logos), rhetorical devices, and/or claim and counterclaim as they create the story behind a faulty object bought with unexpected results!*************************************************Here’s what you’ll receive in this resource:★ Brainstorming Guide & Writing Page (2 Pages) so that students can purposefully plan to pe
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7th - 10th
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Fun Persuasive Activities BUNDLE - Rhetoric & Argumentative Writing Activity
Practice persuasion techniques with a set of 5 fun persuasion activities! Students will use rhetorical appeals, rhetorical devices, and/or claim and counterclaim as they convince their target audience! This bundle includes 5 games: 1. "Save this Law" - Students develop an argument for saving a silly law and present to the class. 2. "Complaint Letter" - Students write a fictional complaint letter to share the story behind a faulty object bought with unexpected results.3. "Salesperson" - Students
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7th - 10th
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Day After Thanksgiving Writing Craftivity {No Prep ELA Lesson} Differentiated!
If your students love to ☺chat☺ as much as mine the day after Thanksgiving Break, leverage that excitement for a meaningful and fun writing activity & turkey craftivity!Includes:4 differentiated no prep welcome back from Thanksgiving Vacation activitiesAn editable rubricCompleted examplesA motivating Thanksgiving CRAFTIVITY for the end!4 Activities:Find Someone Who: Students first talk to their classmates about their vacations to complete a "Find Someone Who" activity. Venn diagram: In partn
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Socratic Seminar and Activities: Poetry Analysis of The Spider and the Fly
Fun and engaging! This easy to implement resource is much more than a Socratic seminar. It includes high interest activities and a differentiated quiz. Socratic seminar is an excellent and engaging way for students to practice higher order thinking skills. This 73-slide PowerPoint resource with printables is a Socratic seminar featuring the poem “The Spider and the Fly” by Mary Howitt. The resource includes a well-organized protocol for conducting a formal discussion or Socratic seminar based o
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4th - 8th
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PUBLIC SPEAKING Course | Semester Speech Curriculum | Communication Classes
Want to teach your secondary public speaking students with confidence? Speech classes are a blast to teach, but only if you're comfortable with the material and the processes. I've taught public speaking at the high school and college levels for 23 years, and I've created the course I wish I'd had when I started.From organizing the course in Google Classroom to assessing formal presentations, this resource has it all. Wondering what to do when you have a sub? I have you covered. Want to know my
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9th - 12th
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Fun Persuasion Activity Using Rhetorical Appeals & Rhetorical Devices
Practice using rhetorical appeals and rhetorical devices with a fun persuasive writing activity: creating a "pitch" to save a "silly" law. Students will use persuasive writing techniques as they convince their audience that this law should remain in effect.*************************************************Here’s what you’ll receive in this resource:★ Brainstorming Guide & Writing Page (2 Pages) so that students can purposefully plan to persuade their target audience (lawmakers and citizens) a
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7th - 10th
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A Person I Admire Guided Planning for Essay or Talk Preparation
This pack guides students in a focused study of a person a student admires or looks up to. Quick print, low-prep!Includes...Materials for starting discussion around the concept of admirationPlanning and research sheets in questionnaire formatBody biography diagram and guided promptsAccompanying PowerPoint...plus a previous version with editable Word documents and Google forms.You might also like...Six Word Memoir | Icebreaker | Differentiated | Middle and High SchoolPeer Assessment Carousel | Es
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5th - 8th
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Hatchet Novel Unit with Anticipation Guide, Worksheets, Charts, Tests, and More
Experience Brian's Robeson's adventures in the wilderness with this relevant and important material. This comprehensive packet contains: an anticipation guide to prepare students for reading the story.two complete vocabulary units with words from Hatchet, including their parts of speech, review worksheets with answer keys, and vocabulary tests with answer keys.a mood chart with answer key.a motivation chart with answer key.a conflict chart and answer key. a figurative language chart (idioms, sim
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4th - 9th
Cynthia Lord's Rules: Comprehensive Novel Unit with Worksheets, Tests, and Vocab
This literary packet Rules! Located inside is an anticipation guide to prepare students for reading the story; a complete vocabulary unit from Rules, with 20 words, their parts of speech, a review worksheet with an answer key, and a vocabulary test with an answer key; 25 Socratic seminar/class discussion questions to elicit opinions from students about the book; a mood chart with an answer key; a character chart with an answer key; a 75-point test with matching, true-false, multiple choice, and
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Grades:
4th - 9th
Discuss, Debate, Write: Texting & Ethics Topic for Grades 6-12
Discuss, Debate, Write: Texting & Ethics Topic for Grades 6-12
This lesson is designed to be a one period activity focused on speaking & listening skills. Students will discuss, debate, and write about what they would do if they received an inappropriate image of a classmate on their cell phone. Students will form their own opinions, debate with a small group, and reflect on the activity. The lesson can easily be extended into an argument essay or real world research.
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*PowerP
Grades:
6th - 12th
Task Cards: Storytelling, Creative Writing, Writing Fluency, Student Centers Fun
Writing Fluency. Student Centers. Writing preparation for State Test Assessment. Higher Level Thinking Skills.Student Engagement. Building a Classroom Community!FANTASY TASK CARDS Storytelling Set OneWriting Activity Task Cards help students become fluent, organized, confident, skilled thinkers and writers! Great activity for days before school breaks, holidays, end-of semester, or finals week.Use the 24 Task Cards as Warm-Up Work, Bell Ringers, Class Enders, or for Writer’s Workshop! Fantastic
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7th - 10th
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Interview a Classmate Biography Project - Beginning of the Year
This classmate interview project is a great way to help your students get to know each other at the beginning of the year AND strengthen their writing skills. Groups of students develop interview questions. After pairs of students conduct interviews, they then write their partner's biography in one of three styles. Each student then gives a one minute presentation to introduce his or her partner to the class. All materials are included, and no preparation is necessary!Earn TpT Credits!Did you kn
Grades:
6th - 9th
School Issues Task Cards Perspective Point of View and Essay CCSS Grade 4-7
Enhance your classroom discussions with these twelve comprehensive task cards focused on school issues, essay writing, and the fundamentals of civics. These cards are designed to:Introduce the concepts of perspective and point of view.Prompt critical thinking on real-world school issues.Illuminate the intricate process behind decision-making.Provide an immersive "step into my shoes" experience.Nurture respectful and responsible school citizenship.Merge academic rigor with engaging activities.Thi
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4th - 7th
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TedTalk Outline - Ted Talk Speech Prewriting
A great way to get students passionate about research writing is having them design and create their own TedTalks! Since this will be a new genre of writing for most, they may need more scaffolding with the outlining process. This Google Doc outline provides space for students to hook their audience, define the current problem they're addressing, explore current solutions, and end with a call to action. It can be printed or converted to a Microsoft Document for your ease of use.This is designed
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Not Grade Specific
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Also included in: Ted Talk Research Project Unit Bundle
End-of-Year Projects for Grades 5-8: Creative, Reflective, & Building Confidence
Hello Fellow Teacher and/or Parent:Thank you for considering this PDF designed to get your students talking and thinking about their lives; what they learned this year, the ways in which they have grown, and their futures.This PDF has 8 projects. For the reflective journal, there are 9 prompts, giving your students a number of options. These fun projects require students to reflect on their successes during the school year and plans for the future. Some of these end-of-year projects can be done
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5th - 8th
14 Superhero Projects for Individuals, Pairs, and Groups - Creative & Fun
Hello Fellow Teacher,Thank you for considering this PDF with 14 projects. There are 2 or 3 items on each slide that require the following: creative writing, speaking, listening, art, technololgy use, research, narrative writing, and more. Students will pick their own superhero and one of the superhero's movies. This enables students to develop and demonstrate proficieny in all 4 ELA standards. Students will create presentations in Google Slides, Prezi, PowerPoint, or Canva. Students can share th
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Let's Talk About Life: 49 Questions for MS & HS Students - Building Confidence
Hello Fellow Teacher and/or Parent:Thank you for considering this PDF designed to get our students talking and thinking about their lives; what's working, what's not working, and their futures. They can talk with their peers to practice developing conversations, or they can journal their responses. There are 7 slides, and each one has 7 questions for a total of 49 questions. Use one question at a time, or students can choose the one they want to answer. Use these questions for journaling, sharin
Grades:
7th - 12th
12 EDITABLE Catcher in the Rye Activites Including Some with a Modern Twist
Hello Fellow Educator,Thank you for considering this set of activities and questions for the novel The Catcher in the Rye.This EDITABLE template has 4 slides with 3 activities on each slide for a total of 12 activities. This template also has ready-to-edit slides where you can insert your own activities and/or questions about the novel. To engage students, you have several activities that encourage students to use technology.Here are some additional ideas for using this unit:1. Use in whatever o
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Conversation Starters Package on Gun Violence
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on advertising.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of gun violenceActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Gun Violence Bundle: Class Discussions and Debate
Research Project Rubrics: One-Pager, Collaboration, 2-Column Notes, Presentation
**UPDATED** I went back through and added a lesson plan format to give you some ideas on how to use this one-pager. My lesson plan is pretty open-ended. I wanted to go through every page and show you how I used it this year and how you could use it all year as well. You will LOVE these rubrics!!!My kids LOVE creating one-pagers! My goal in creating these rubrics was so that I would have all of these items on hand anytime they want to create a one-pager. In other words, these rubrics are no
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Substitute Plans 3: Write Found Poems, Poems about Qualities, Group Performances
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Creative Writing Poetry Oral Interpretation, Visual Arts, and Description Poems about Qualities (personification)Substitute lesson plans for poetry will help student hone their creative writing skills, oral presentation skills, problem solving skills, writing fluency, imagery, description and knowledge of test assessment poetry terms.Lesson 1: Poetry Writing! Write about a specific Quality (Courage, Love, Hate)Poetry Writing! Quality poetry lesson plan will help student h
Grades:
6th - 12th
World Cultures Project: My Most Prized Possession | Essay, Speech, or Movie
Are you looking for a world cultures project that teaches kids about culture, materialism, consumerism and values? Look no further than this companion lesson for Material World by Peter Menzel. Menzel's book features photographs of families from around the world with their most prized possessions on display, giving students a unique insight into the lives and values of people from diverse cultures around the world. After learning about other peoples' prized possessions from Material World, stude
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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