Spring into Speeches and Meet CCSS in Content Areas
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…
TED Talks for Speech Classes
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…
Code Switching and Blending
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…
Why Teach Media Reading?
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…