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Standard 7: Communication- Oral and Visual

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Benchmark

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A.  Use a variety of strategies to enhance listening comprehension.

 

 

1.   Apply active listening strategies (e.g., monitoring message for       clarity, selecting and organizing essential information, noting       cues such as changes in pace) in a variety of settings.

 

B.  Evaluate the clarity, quality, effectiveness and overall coherence       of a speaker’s key points, arguments, evidence, organization of       ideas, delivery, diction and syntax.

 

 

2a.  Discuss collaboratively in peer group to evaluate a given topic.

2b.  Analyze types of arguments used by a speaker, such as       causation, analogy and logic.

3.   Critique the clarity, effectiveness and overall coherence of a       speaker’s key points.

4.   Evaluate how language choice, diction, syntax and delivery       style (e.g., repetition, appeal to emotion, eye contact) affect the       mood and tone and impact the audience.

 

C.  Select and use effective speaking strategies for a variety of       audiences, situations and purposes.

 

 

 

5a.  Demonstrate an understanding of the rules of the English       language and select language appropriate to purpose and       audience.

5b. Employ oral reading skills appropriate to the text being read       (e.g., proper oral reading of a poem).

6.   Adjust volume, phrasing, enunciation, voice   modulation and       inflection to stress important ideas and impact audience       response.

7.   Vary language choices as appropriate to the context of the       speech.

11.  Complete memorized scene projects with believable       characterization that portrays the intended effect of the author.

 

D.  Give persuasive presentations that structure ideas and       arguments in logical fashion, clarify and defend positions with       relevant evidence and anticipate and address the audience’s       concerns (e.g., peer group discussion).

10.  Deliver persuasive presentations that:

·         Establish and develop a logical and controlled argument

·         Include relevant evidence, differentiating between evidence and opinion, to support a position and to address counter-arguments or listener bias

·         Use persuasive strategies, such as rhetorical devices, anecdotes and appeals to emotion, authority, reason, pathos and logic

·         Consistently use common organizational structures as appropriate (e.g., cause-effect, compare-contrast, problem-solution

·         Use speaking techniques

 

E.   Give informational presentations that contain a clear perspective,       present ideas from multiple sources in logical sequence and       include a consistent organizational structure.

8.   Deliver informational presentations (e.g., expository, research)       that:

·         Present a clear and distinctive perspective on the subject

·         Present events or ideas in a logical sequence

·         Support the controlling idea or thesis with well-chosen and relevant facts, details, examples, quotations, statistics, stories and anecdotes

·         Include an effective introduction and conclusion and use a consistent organizational structure (e.g., cause-effect, compare-contrast, problem-solution)

·         Use appropriate visual materials (e.g., diagrams, charts, illustrations) and available technology to enhance presentation

·         Draw from and cite multiple sources, including both primary and secondary sources, and consider the validity and reliability of sources

 

F.   Give presentations using a variety of delivery methods, visual       displays and technology.

9.   Deliver formal and informal descriptive presentations that       convey relevant information and descriptive details.

12.  Deliver formal and informal presentations including the       following forms:

·         Speech for special occasion

·         Emotionally motivated speech

·         Oral interpretation

·         Impromptu speech

·         Expository speech

·         Process speech

·         Persuasive speech

·         Group discussion

 

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