Grade 5, Reading
Std Oral Language VII-A:
A. Demonstrate increased facility with oral
language for a wide range of purposes
- voice modulation (volume, speed)
- physical presence (eye contact,
posture, etc.)
- articulation (speak clearly and
correctly)
- focus (staying on topic)
- speak in grammatically correct,
complete sentences
- incorporate appropriate vocabulary
- apply figurative language
appropriately
- audience awareness
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| Lesson Plans: School
News
Using a video camcorder, students will create a news report of
events occuring at their school.
Write
and Perform a Speech
The student will learn why its important to give a
speaker your undivided attention and how to write an essay in a essay
form.
Creating an Original Opera
In this lesson, students will use the GREAT PERFORMANCES and other web
sites to learn about opera's dramatic and musical elements, and discover
the similarities and differences between opera stories and students' own
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| Resources:
Presentation Resources: Speaking Activities:
This site offers
activities for improving public speaking.
Oral Presentations, Customizable Checklists:: Rubistar offers
several customizable rubrics.
Mary Chestnut and Her Diary: A play about the Civil War:
This PDF is a short play students can perform.
Suggestions for English Language Learners (ELLs):
(E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding)
E/B:
Answer simple factual questions about a presentation and represent
nonverbally (i.e. gestures, pictures, graphic organizers) or with simple
spoken words and phrases.
E/B: Identify the emotion conveyed by the speaker and express
with simple spoken words, phrases or sentences; D: Identify some
persuasive techniques used by the speaker (i.e. promises, dares);
identify any unclear components; and express with simple, detailed
sentences; E: Analyze persuasive techniques used by the speaker
(i.e. promises, dares) and identify any unclear components.
E/B: Prepare (and possibly deliver) a simple narrative that
follows a model provided by the teacher and express with simple spoken
words, phrases or sentences with assistance, if needed; D:
Deliver simple narrative and informative presentations and express with
simple, detailed sentences; E: Deliver simple oral responses to
literature, as well as narrative and informative presentations, with
detailed sentences.
E/B: Identify the main idea conveyed by the speaker and express
with simple spoken sentences; D: Draw conclusions based on
general content and delivery of an oral presentation; E: Draw
conclusions and some inferences based on an oral report from the
speaker.
E/B: Prepare an oral presentation with a main idea and use
gestures, pictures, tables, graphs, or charts and express with simple
spoken sentences; D: Prepare and deliver an oral presentation
with a main idea. Use volume and gestures to support the message and
express with simple, detailed sentences; E: Prepare and deliver
an organized oral presentation with a main idea and use volume, timing,
and gestures to support message.
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Language Arts