Grade 4, 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 lives. |
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| Resources:
Articulation Practice for R
Blends:
Students will complete these
activities to target correct "R" production.
Presentation
Resources:
Speaking Activities
Oral Presentations, A Printable Checklist:
This is a guide to help students in
their preparations.
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 or phrases.
E/B: Identify the emotion conveyed by the speaker and express
with simple spoken words, phrases or sentences.
D: Identify a newscast or article that has impacted opinion of a
familiar issue; E: Identify the role the media play in forming
audiences' opinions.
D: Recite simple poems; E: Recite brief poems and most
dramatic dialogues.
E/B: Prepare and deliver simple narratives that follow a model
provided by the teacher and express with simple spoken words, phrases,
or sentences with assistance; 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.
E/B: Identify the main idea conveyed by the speaker and express
with simple spoken sentences; D: Draw conclusions based on the
general content and delivery of an oral presentation; E: Draw
conclusions and some inferences based on an oral report from a speaker.
E/B: Prepare an oral presentation with a main idea. Use gestures,
pictures, tables, graphs, or charts, as well as simple spoken sentences,
in the presentation; D: Prepare and deliver and oral presentation
with a main idea and 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