High School – Speaking – Teaching English Language Arts

Invite Students to Connect Literature and Current Events

August 23, 2022August 24, 2022 by admin

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Most of us are required to teach both fiction and non-fiction reading and writing. One assignment that pulls the two kinds of reading and writing together is based on what could attract attention, reaction, and/or response from literary characters. The strength of this assignment is the student choice within the…

Reflecting and Projecting on Practice

May 10, 2022July 17, 2023 by admin

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End of the School Year? A Good Time to Reflect and Share with Colleagues Are you a new teacher? A veteran in the classroom? Or a student teacher just starting to plan for and work with students on your own? Wondering how to get off to a good start? Yes,…

Women’s History Month – Research and Poetry

February 28, 2021March 1, 2021 by admin

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In the United States, March is Women's History Month. 2021 National Women's History Month Theme and Honorees: "Valiant Women of the Vote: Refusing to Be Silenced" 2021 Honorees Here's a link https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/ Click the link for resources to plan lessons to complement those suggested below. What an opportune time to feature…

Sensitivity to Holidays

July 5, 2019April 29, 2020 by admin

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Writing About the Holidays The holiday season, for many, extends from November through February. Families will be celebrating Diwali, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and the New Year at various times during these months. Writing about holidays is a wonderful way to share cultures in words, pictures, and music. Yes, holidays also…

Advertisement Analysis Assignment

October 28, 2018April 29, 2020 by admin

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Persuasion - Advertisements One way to introduce students to the power of persuasion and to show them evidence of logical fallacies is to have them analyze advertisements in print and digital media. You can have students write and post their analysis or present their findings in a speech using visual…

Spring into Speeches and Meet CCSS in Content Areas

March 7, 2014February 25, 2014 by admin

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Speeches meet CCSS By Spring of the school year, your students likely are comfortable enough with you and their classmates to give oral presentations with more confidence and competence than they could in the opening semester. Now is a good time to assign a formal informative or persuasive speech that…

TED Talks for Speech Classes

October 14, 2013October 27, 2013 by admin

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TED Talks for Speech Classes Check out this thread of conversations on the English Companion Ning about video to incorporate into instruction about public speaking. "Video Recommendations for Teaching Speech" Note particularly these recommended by Amy Cody Videos- The Myth of Violence- http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence.html (look at speaker presentation, visual aids, use of…

Code Switching and Blending

September 29, 2013October 27, 2013 by admin

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Which English? Switch or Blend? Students sometimes ask why English Language Arts teachers spend so much time on grammar. Here are a few prompts to lay the ground work for such instruction. Once students understand why it may be to their advantage to be able to switch to Standard English,…

Why Teach Media Reading?

April 25, 2013April 26, 2013 by admin

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We sometimes wonder if taking the time to teach students to read the media is worth valuable classroom instructional time. Check out this video, then look at some of the lessons on this site tagged "media arts". If you have time, view the slides on Viewing to add to your…

Hands On – Creative Project – Media Photos

April 25, 2013December 17, 2013 by admin

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Viewing and Writing about Photos from Around the World Preliminary Activity: Direct students to a website similar to 24 Hours in Pictures . Let them explore the most recent photos, choose three of their favorites and write one sentence response/reaction to those three. They can copy and paste the…

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