Oral/Interpersonal

Second Quarter

Modules

Unit 5: Understanding & Improving Interpersonal Communication

Timeframe: Week 1-2

Standards

• Analyze communication situations

• Assess the impact of nonverbal skills on communication

• Analyze conflict management strategies

• Evaluate how perception affects communication

Objectives

• I can understand how relationships are unique, involve commitment, and are based on rules.

• I can describe how relationships with family members, friends, and romantic partners evolve over time.

• I can identify how technology can positively and negatively affect our relationships with others.

• I can examine the effects of gender on relationships with family members, friends, romantic partners, and co-workers.

• I can identify how different types of cultures view and communicate about relationships.

Essential Question/s

• How does communication affect our relationships?

Performance Assessment Tasks

• Men-Mars, Women-Venus Video Outline

Unit 6: Communication in Groups

Timeframe: Week 3-5

Standards

• Develop teamwork and collaboration skills

Objectives

• I can work productively in groups and teams.

• I can explain the six-step reflective-thinking method for problem solving and decision making in groups.

• I can recognize the role and various outcomes of conflict in groups and teams.

• I can organize meetings and group discussions.

• I can give presentations as members of a group or team.

Essential Question/s

• How does communication affect our ability to work in a group?

Performance Assessment Tasks

• Group Analysis Questionnaire

• Individual Group Member Evaluation

• Group Persuasive Presentation

Unit 7: Public Communication

Timeframe: Weeks 14-18

Standards

• Deliver an oral presentation

Objectives

• I can discuss how culture and gender shape nonverbal communication codes.

• I can explain how nonverbal communication can reveal our liking and disliking of others, our positions of status and power in society, and our responsiveness toward others.

• I can identify the ways that nonverbal communication works in conjunction with verbal communication.

• I can summarize the types of nonverbal communication that we cannot see.

Essential Question/s

• How does situation affect communication?

Performance Assessment Tasks

• Video: "Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are" Quiz