50 Speaking Skills

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LA 6.2.1, LA 6.2.1.a, LA 6.2.1.e, LA 6.2.1.f, LA 6.2.1.h

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Planning Your Speech (Continued)

Lead students through the tips for gathering details. Then provide time for them to research their speech topics. Consider having students use note cards (page 191) or a gathering grid (page 190) to keep track of their research findings.

Once they have a solid research base, review the tips for beginning a speech and encourage students to try out a few strategies.

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LA 6.2.1, LA 6.2.1.a, LA 6.2.1.e, LA 6.2.1.f, LA 6.2.1.h

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Planning Your Speech (Continued)

Have students review steps 5 and 6 on page 374. Encourage them to use note cards to record the important supporting details that they plan to include in their speech. Stress the importance of numbering the cards, so that they can keep them in order. After they have gathered their supporting information, have them practice the strategies for ending the speech.

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LA 6.2.1, LA 6.2.1.a, LA 6.2.1.e, LA 6.2.1.f, LA 6.2.1.h

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Planning Your Speech (Continued)

Study the sample note cards. Point out to students that the writer wrote her beginning and ending parts word for word on the first and last note cards. The other cards included only specific ideas or details. Remind students once again about the importance of numbering their cards and keeping them in the correct order.

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Writing Your Speech

Ask for a volunteer to read aloud the sample speech. Note that some speakers give their speeches using only note cards.

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LA 6.2.1, LA 6.2.1.a, LA 6.2.1.e, LA 6.2.1.f, LA 6.2.1.h

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Practicing and Giving Your Speech

The tips on this page provide a guide for practicing and delivering speeches. Remember that ELL students may feel a great deal more anxiety about public speaking than native speakers. Make sure to encourage them throughout the process. Also point out the special note on page 377.

With practice will come fluency. Remind students to practice their speeches multiple times. If possible, they should do so in front of other people.

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LAFS Standard:

LAFS.6.SL.2.4

TEKS Standard:

110.22.b.1.C

NE ELA Standard:

LA 6.3.1, LA 6.3.1.a, LA 6.3.1.b

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Becoming a Good Listener

Highlight for students the difference between hearing and listening. To hear, you need only your ears. But to listen, you need your ears and your mind. Listening means thinking about what you hear. Ask for volunteers to share a time when they heard someone speaking rather than listening to them.

Review the different listening strategies. Have students to practice the techniques as their classmates give their speeches.

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LAFS Standard:

LAFS.6.SL.1.2

NE ELA Standard:

LA 6.3.2

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