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		A Fun ID-ea by Judith Rohlf: Instructions ^Votes:0 A Fun ID-ea! by Judith Rohlf (an original activity to get students speaking English) Description In this speaking activity, students receive an ID card with a new identity. They then circulate in the classroom asking and answering questions which allow them to complete an answer sheet on these new identities. Rules for the students to follow : Students must speak only English. They must not show their ID cards to anyone. They must answer the questions asked based solely on the information on their cards. (If someone asks them a question for which the information is not specifically stated, they should answer something like: I don't know. No. Not really. No way... ) Material required : One answer sheet per student At least one set of the ID cards (There are 15 in all.) Since most classes ha Read More Go to Site


		Clowning Around: How to Use This Game ^Votes:0 For this series of activities, you will need a copy of the gameboard (2 pages) for each student. (Please note that the gameboard has been sized to fit comfortably on one legal size sheet or snuggly on a single letter size sheet. Although it is presented in colour, the colours are not part of the game; photocopies work just fine!) Objective of the Game: To correctly identify the clown being described by eliminating all the others General Procedure: Allow the students a minute or two to have a look at the clowns. Exploit the gameboard with the students by asking oral questions like: Who?s clown #17? What number is Joey? What clown doesn?t have a name? Etc. Make a list of the distinguishing characteristics on the board and practice each one by asking questions like: How many clowns are so so? Read More Go to Site

		E. L. Easton - English - Speaking ^Votes:0 Speaking Speaking Activities Conversation Topics Listen to English Pronunciation Proust Questionnaire Business Speech Debating Job Interview Public Speaking Using the Telephone "When you want to convert someone to your view, you go over to where he is standing, take him by the hand (mentally speaking), and guide him. You don't stand across the room and shout at him; you don't call him a dummy; you don't order him to come over to where you are. You start where he is, and work from that position. That's the only way to get him to budge." Thomas Aquinas, the great persuader Teach Speaking MIT Open Courseware / Isaiah WonHo Yoo Teach Speaking Brenda Townsend-Hall Teach Speaking Gerard M. Blair Teach Speaking content-based materials / Greg Goodmacher Teach Speaking advanced lear Read More Go to Site

		Education Place Activity: A Storytelling Festival ^Votes:0 A Storytelling Festival Language Arts Activity This activity encourages students to explore the native cultures of the Americas, to learn some aspects of oral storytelling, and to share their knowledge with others. WHAT YOU NEED Examples of legends or folktales from the cultures of peoples native to the Americas WHAT TO DO Introduce students to legends and folktales of native American cultures by reading one to the class. If possible, choose a story that explains some aspect of the culture, such as the origin of a custom, or of the environment, like the existence of a mountain range. Explain that many of these stories were created by storytellers, who passed them on to others orally, not in writing. Only later were they written down. Tell students that they are going to become oral storyte Read More Go to Site

		Effective Speaking in a Debate - An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan ^Votes:0 Lesson Plan #: AELP-DEB0001 Effective Speaking in a Debate An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Author: Patsy Kretsch, Weiser High School, Weiser, Idaho Date: 1994 Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12 Subject(s): Language Arts/Debate OVERVIEW: Debate students need to understand that how they say something is just as important as what they say. Making effective persuasive arguments by dealing with stage fright will bring success to every debate team. PURPOSE: The purpose of this lesson is to improve debating skills by confronting stage fright, thereby, allowing the debater to effectively present winning arguments. OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to: 1. Understand the frustration of wanting to speak yet being afraid to speak. 2. Define stage fright. 3. Realize that the fear of speaking is nat Read More Go to Site

		Games for Teaching Storytelling ^Votes:0 Games for Teaching Storytelling The following is reprinted from the National Story League's Junior Story League Handbook , Richmond, VA 1977. [ You Finish the Story ] [ Can You Describe It? ] [ Name It Now or Never ] You Finish the Story Purpose - to stretch imagination and learn the pattern of a story. Players - Any number Equipment - None Directions - Two versions a. One Sentence - Object is to tell a story together. One player gives an opening sentence of a story (one day a boy with a dog came to a bridge over a creek...). Next player adds a sentence and so on around and around the group until a player ends the story. b. Stop and Go - Object is to tell a story. First player gives as many sentences as he wishes and stops and points to another player who gives as many sentences as he wish Read More Go to Site

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		Interviews ^Votes:0 General Reading Reading Fiction Reading Non-Fiction General Writing Assessment Writing Fiction Writing Non-Fiction Spelling Punct'n/Grammar Words Speaking / Listening Literacy Displays Share Your Ideas Interviews Subject: Literacy Age Range: 7 to 11 Interviews can take a variety of different formats, with children interviewing or being interviewed. Interviewers should prepare their questions beforehand, and may wish to record the interview in some way (written notes, audio recording or video recording), and the interview should take place in a suitable (preferably quiet) place. The whole class may take part, or the interviews could be conducted in small groups. Below are some ideas for the settings for interviews: Interviewing School Staff - Ask a few members of staff (e.g. headmasters, te Read More Go to Site

		PBS \| About This Site . Retired Site ^Votes:0 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 by topic... Arts & Drama History Home & Hobbies Life & Culture News & Views Science & Nature Retired Site The site you've requested (Great American Speeches) has been retired from pbs.org. To find related content, try a keyword search , visit a related topic area using the pulldown menu at the top of this page, or browse our Programs A-Z menu. Copyright Agent Feedback Plugins & Downloads Privacy Policy Terms of Use About PBS \| About this Site \| Support PBS \| Producing for PBS \| TV Schedules \| Station Finder Arts & Drama \| History \| Home & Hobbies \| Life & Culture \| News & Views \| Science & Nature Feedback \| Privacy Policy \| Terms of Use Copyright © 1995 - 2007 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). All rights reserved. Read More Go to Site

		PBS \| About This Site . Retired Site ^Votes:0 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 by topic... Arts & Drama History Home & Hobbies Life & Culture News & Views Science & Nature Retired Site The site you've requested (Great American Speeches) has been retired from pbs.org. To find related content, try a keyword search , visit a related topic area using the pulldown menu at the top of this page, or browse our Programs A-Z menu. Copyright Agent Feedback Plugins & Downloads Privacy Policy Terms of Use About PBS \| About this Site \| Support PBS \| Producing for PBS \| TV Schedules \| Station Finder Arts & Drama \| History \| Home & Hobbies \| Life & Culture \| News & Views \| Science & Nature Feedback \| Privacy Policy \| Terms of Use Copyright © 1995 - 2007 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). All rights reserved. Read More Go to Site

		PBS \| About This Site . Retired Site ^Votes:0 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 by topic... Arts & Drama History Home & Hobbies Life & Culture News & Views Science & Nature Retired Site The site you've requested (Great American Speeches) has been retired from pbs.org. To find related content, try a keyword search , visit a related topic area using the pulldown menu at the top of this page, or browse our Programs A-Z menu. Copyright Agent Feedback Plugins & Downloads Privacy Policy Terms of Use About PBS \| About this Site \| Support PBS \| Producing for PBS \| TV Schedules \| Station Finder Arts & Drama \| History \| Home & Hobbies \| Life & Culture \| News & Views \| Science & Nature Feedback \| Privacy Policy \| Terms of Use Copyright © 1995 - 2007 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). All rights reserved. Read More Go to Site

		PERSUASIVE ARGUMENT Language Arts Lesson Plan, Thematic Unit, Activity, Worksheet, or Reading or Writing Teaching Idea ^Votes:0 Join Newsletter Search This Site! PERSUASIVE ARGUMENT About \| Lesson Plans \| Forums \| Contribute \| Hotchalk's Classroom Tools \| Advertising Lesson Plans Math Language Arts Science Social Studies Art Computers & Internet Music P.E. & Health Other Multi-Disciplinary HotChalk Tools Inspired Teachers Science Projects Math Worksheets Teacher Discussions Lesson Plan Guide Search This Site Join Our Newsletter Contribute !!! Take Our Survey! Tell A Friend! Special Features Efficient Reading Fun Science Ideas Food & Fitness Master's in Education Science Competition Previous Articles Enroll with HotChalk Free Professional Development Tools for Schools What We Offer Take a Tour! About HotChalk HotChalk Sites EdScope, L.L.C. EduBanners.com Learn PC Hardware Vote For Us @ SitesForTeachers @ Teach-nolog Read More Go to Site

		PIGS Space: Listening and Speaking - I Am Unique ^Votes:0 Speaking and Listening: I AM UNIQUE Author: District 16 Cooperative Networking Team Subject: Language Arts Grade Level: 4-8 Objectives: To increase student awareness of the uniqueness of each individual within the class. Cooperative Methods: The class will work cooperatively to complete the Bingo card in a given amount of time. Students move freely about the room having classmates sign appropriate boxes. Procedures: Make a Bingo card with as many blocks as students in the room. Each block should contain a unique fact about each child. Examples of blocks: Mother's name is Louise Has a hyphen in his/her first name. Someone who went on the Zipper at the Exhibition. Sample Card: B I N G O Rides a Visited Speaks 2 or Plays a Had a conflict bicycle another more musical this week province languag Read More Go to Site

		PIGS Space: Listening and Speaking - Interviewing ^Votes:0 Speaking and Listening: GETTING TO KNOW YOU Author: District 16 Cooperative Networking Team, Miramichi, N.B. Subject: Language Arts Grade Level: 4 - 8 Objectives: Students interview classmates and then introduce their partner to the class. Discuss and note the differences between direct and indirect quotations. Discuss the characteristics that determine a good presentation of a speech. Students help their partners prepare speeches for the class by providing information, helping with the editing of the draft copy, and then providing encouragement for the speech preparation. Cooperative Methods: Students will work as pairs. They will then take turns interviewing each other, using the following questions as a guide. Encourage students to create more of their own questions and to dig for more Read More Go to Site

		PIGS Space: Listening and Speaking - Role Playing ^Votes:0 Speaking and Listening: WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Author: District 16 Cooperative Networking Team Subject: Language Arts Grade Level: 4-8 Objectives: To develop conflict-solving skills by having students figure out how to resolve confrontational situations without the use of force. ROLE-PLAYING: What Would You Do? 1. As you're climbing up the ladder on the slide the girl in front of you steps on your hand. You get so angry you feel like hitting her leg. 2. You're standing in line waiting for your turn to skip when somebody cuts in front of you, without even asking. You're so angry that you feel like pushing him/her out of the way. 3. You worry a lot about the environment and are especially aware of the pop cans, paper, and other assorted debris students have a habit of tossing on school grounds. Read More Go to Site

		speaking activities ^Votes:0 Speaking is one of the most important language skills, for it allows us to ask for clarification and or information that is important to our lives. As all skills, speaking develops with experience and practice. ELD2 classes start the year with short focused 30 to 60 second speeches by all students on topics such as their families, favorite foods, or their hometowns. At the end of the year, part of the final exam is a 3 - 5 minute oral report on an interview the student conducts. Students must: choose an individual person who is two or more generations older, develop a list of questions to interview with, analyze the information gathered at the interview, present the information in a very formal atmosphere, and then write a thank you letter to the interviewee. Click here to see a sample wor Read More Go to Site

		Speaking Nonsense ^Votes:0 General Reading Reading Fiction Reading Non-Fiction General Writing Assessment Writing Fiction Writing Non-Fiction Spelling Punct'n/Grammar Words Speaking / Listening Literacy Displays Share Your Ideas Speaking Nonsense Subject: Literacy (This idea was contributed by Kelsey) Age Range: 7 to 11 Public Speaking is a critical part of our children's education. So why not make it fun, and a little interesting, too! This game, called "Speaking Non-Sense," is a great way to get kids' bad speaking habits out of the way, and good ones in! Here is what you do: 1) Choose a student. 2) Give them a topic: It can be anything from Spam to the Holocaust. Things that you are learning about work great as topics. 3) They must talk for 2 minutes straight about their topic. They cannot say "Um&q Read More Go to Site

		Speech Making: Unit Plan [English Online] ^Votes:0 English Online > Classroom > English Units > Years 7-8 > Speech Making Speech Making Unit Plan TEACHER Elaine Herbert YEAR LEVEL DURATION 7 3-4 8 weeks Achievement Objective Being Assessed Learning Outcomes Interpersonal Speaking Students will present a speech that holds the interest of their audience using using appropriate pauses, gesture, props, and varying pitch and pace. The material presented will have clear meaning and continuity, and because the material will be carefully practised eye contact with audience will be maintained. Transactional Writing Students will write confidently, organising and linking ideas logically and making language choices appropriate to the audience according to the "Hamburger" format. Processes Listening and Speaking: Exploring Language Student Read More Go to Site

		Strategies to Succeed in Public Speaking - School for Champions ^Votes:0 Search site Strategies to Succeed in Public Speaking Speaking is an important method for communicating knowledge and expressing ideas. It is a primary medium for presenting and selling products and ideas. Being able to verbally communicate effectively to other individuals or to groups is essential in school, business, as well as your personal life. There is need for people who can effectively make presentations and speak to others. Your knowledge and skills in this area can help advance your career or improve your business. Also, if you are good or really enjoy public speaking, you may even choose speaking as a profession. The purpose of these free online lessons is to give you a start at improving your speaking skills, as well as to overcome the fear of speaking to a group. If you have an Read More Go to Site

		Teacher Travel Agency ^Votes:0 Secondary Language Arts Teacher Travel Agency The links used in this lesson were selected for their relevance to the lesson objectives. Neither the Omaha Public Schools nor its employees are responsible for their contents or their links to other locations. Curriculum page : Language Arts Curriculum : Language Arts Lesson Plans Title of Lesson: Teacher Travel Agency Appropriate for Grade: 7 Supporting Mastery of Outcome(s): 702, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710 Lesson Objectives: Students will... access and browse a web site for important information on a specific country. take notes with the idea of influencing clients to visit this country. process their notes to develop a sales brochure about the country -- utilizing both text and visual aids. outline a speech which will highlight significant inf Read More Go to Site

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		Write and Perform a Speech ^Votes:0 ? Mission: You're going to learn why its important to give a speaker your undivided attention and how to write an essay in a essay form. You will also get a chance to explore? famous writers who made differences through their writings. Also, while using this site, you're going to learn how to write a basic essay. I hope that you come out of this site knowing how to write speeches and perform them. Activities: Listening Skills Famous Speeches Write an Essay Final Activity Home Page Activity One Activity Two Activity Three Final Activity Read More Go to Site

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