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- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students confront stage fright and recognize their speaker strenghs and weaknesses. They develop ways to control and direct their fear of speaking. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the lives of notable individuals involved in the struggles for abolition and suffrage. The list sacrifices and that these individuals made to increase the effectiveness of their work and identify essential characteristics of effective public speaking. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - Higher Ed
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Students gain an understanding of why learning public speaking is important. They learn the causes of stage fright and how to deal with it appropriately. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students define stage fright, realize that fear of speaking is natural and even helpful, list common stage fright symptoms, recall experiences with stage fright, and recognize their speaker strengths and weaknesses. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine a list of tongue twisters and try to repeat them. Divided into two teams, they compete against each other by trying to say a tongue twister three times in a row to earn team points. Next, they compose their own tongue twisters. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students watch a video entitled "Do You Speak American?" and respond to discussion questions about the various dialects showcased throughout the video to identify the regional linguistic styles throughout America. As a culminating activity, students complete a journal, portfolio, or writing assignment. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students express themselves through poetry. They discover the connection between their music and the music of poetry and hear their work and how the sound of a poem or an analytical paper improves their written work. They develop public speaking skills. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th
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Students participate in the first part of a developmental lesson about public speaking. It examines the rhetorical devices in a strong speech and leads them to carefully examine another speech. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the various instances where impromptu public speeches are required in this Speech lesson for the High School Language class. Scoring rubric is included and speeches range from acceptance speeches, to farewell speeches, to commemorative addresses. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students divide into small groups, each one taking one of the sections of the letter from Secretary Riley, "Legal Guidelines on Religious Expression in Public Schools," the letter from Secretary Paige, and the document "Guidance on Constitutionality Protected Prayer in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools" to read and explain to the other class members. Full Review »

