Communications & media
Active Listening and Scoring a Speech with a Rubric
Students practice active listening on an original speech excerpt, then score two excerpts with a rubric and write kind, specific feedback.
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Communications & media
Building a Speech: Hook, Preview, Body and Close
Students put a scrambled speech back in order, label its parts, and write their own hook, thesis and conclusion on paper.
Communications & media
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning and Rebuttal
Students learn claim, evidence, reasoning and rebuttal on a lunch-period topic, spot four common fallacies, and write their own rebuttal and an argument for the other side.
Communications & media
Delivery Matters: Voice, Pace, Eye Contact and Gestures
Students read observer notes on two delivery styles, match delivery problems to fixes, and mark up a short script with pauses and emphasis.
English language arts
Ethos, Pathos, Logos: Dissecting a Town Council Speech
Students read an original speech to a town council, label each sentence as ethos, pathos or logos, and write appeals of their own.
Communications & media
Impromptu Planning and Calming Speaking Nerves
Students learn two quick frameworks for impromptu speaking, plan timed outlines for everyday prompts, and match general nerve-calming strategies to their effects.
Communications & media
Inform or Persuade? Sorting Speech Excerpts and Appeals
Students sort original speech excerpts into informative and persuasive, match three persuasion appeals, and write a thesis for each purpose.
English language arts
Parts of Speech Sort: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs
Students sort twelve words into four parts of speech, identify the part of speech of bold words in sentences, and turn adjectives into adverbs.