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Since literacy skills include speaking and listening, we will be practicing these skills many times throughout the year.
Some schools choose to not work on these skills directly, as they are not "tested." However, since ELA is a class that is all about communication, and Speaking & Listening skills are addressed in the Common Core Standards, we will be addressing them in class.
How Can I Show My Skills?
Class Discussions
Class Discussions
In class discussions, you can use this scorecard to see what is expected. Transfer your "score" to your own "Proof of Learning Document." Reflect on what you could do better, and work on those skills for the next class discussion.
On Your Own
On Your Own
Perhaps you'd like to review a book you've read, and you'd like to create a podcast or a vlog... Speaking and listening skills come in very handy here!
What is a Podcast? What is a Vlog?
Skills - Building a Speech
Skills - Building a Speech
Tips...
Tips...
Consider these aspects...
A = Audience (understand your listeners)
C = Content (make the message valuable)
O = Organization (make the speech easy to follow)
V = Visual Aids (enhance your words)
A = Appearance (dress for the occasion)
Every time you publish something (your writing for class, a book review, a vlog), consider these three things:
Task - What are you creating?
Audience - Who are you creating this for?
Purpose - Why are you creating this?
Skills - Performing a Speech
Skills - Performing a Speech
Consider these aspects...
P = Poise (appear calm and confident)
V = Voice (every word heard and understood)
L = Life (express passion and emotion with your voice - make your message believable)
E = Eye Contact (connect visually with the audience)
G = Gestures (hand motions, body movement, expressive face)
S = Speed (talk with appropriate speed, use pauses for effect and emphasis)
Thank you to Erik Palmer for his insight into speaking from his book Well-Spoken!
Stenhouse - Well Spoken and The PVLEGS Story
Common Core Speaking & Listening Standards, Grade 7
Common Core Speaking & Listening Standards, Grade 7
Comprehension and Collaboration:
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 7 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Come to discussions prepared, having read or researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence on the topic, text, or issue to probe and reflect on ideas under discussion.
Follow rules for collegial discussions, track progress toward specific goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed.
Pose questions that elicit elaboration and respond to others' questions and comments with relevant observations and ideas that bring the discussion back on topic as needed.
Acknowledge new information expressed by others and, when warranted, modify their own views.
Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how the ideas clarify a topic, text, or issue under study.
Delineate a speaker's argument and specific claims, evaluating the soundness of the reasoning and the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas:
Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with pertinent descriptions, facts, details, and examples; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.
Include multimedia components and visual displays in presentations to clarify claims and findings and emphasize salient points.
Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. (See grade 7 Language standards 1 and 3 here for specific expectations.)
Thank you Joy Kirr for curating the above.
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