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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Organization Appropriate to Purpose, Audience, and Context

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn how to adjust the organization of your essay to make it appropriate for different purposes, different audiences, and different contexts.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Organization Appropriate to Purpose, Audience, and Context

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson will teach you how to write and organize an essay so that it addresses different purposes, different audiences, and different contexts.
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Other

Essential Training: Public Speaking Tips

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
From a company that trains business and professional people to speak in public, here are thirty suggestions to help in overcoming speaking anxiety.
Handout
Leaf Group

E How: How to Write a Briefing Paper

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article by Jody Hanson explains how to write a briefing paper, a concise communication to keep people up to date on the status of a project and any changes.
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BBC

Bbc: Skillswise: Giving a Presentation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Skillswise site focuses on giving a presentation. Included are a video about why learning to give a presentation is important, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction, and quizzes on the information presented. The Skillswise...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Oral Presentation of Favorite Celebrity

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Using the Internet to research facts about a favorite celebrity, students gain the organizational and oral presentation skills needed to successfully deliver an effective speech and slideshow presentation.
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PBS

Pbs: A World of Stories: The Two Warriors

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Storyteller Dan Keding tells the tale of the last two warriors on the battlefield who make a connection through sharing their life stories that changes the course of their fighting.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Deliver a Presentation

For Students 9th Standards
A module to guide students through delivering presentations to express understanding of their research of chosen topics.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Deliver a Presentation

For Students 9th Standards
Students deliver presentations to express understanding of a chosen topic based on a culminating task rubric. This is the second part of a task.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Deliver a Presentation

For Students 9th Standards
In this module, students deliver their presentation. This is the second part of the culminating task.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Deliver a Presentation

For Students 9th Standards
Gather and organize a culminating task tool, presentation materials, and any technology needed to deliver a presentation.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Draft a Presentation

For Students 9th Standards
Students work through drafting a presentation.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Prepare for a Presentation

For Students 9th Standards
We will review expectations and then draft our presentation of our culminating task.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Prepare to Present

For Students 9th Standards
Prepare to present by analyzing the culminating task presentation for the application unit.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application: Students Deliver a Presentation

For Teachers 9th Standards
Students deliver their presentation to share their research and product and explain how their task connects to learning earlier in the course. They also reflect on their work, the work of their peers, and the course.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Outline the Culminating Task

For Students 9th Standards
Review the culminating task prompt and the evidence gathered. Complete the outlining section of the culminating task tool to organize the evidence for your work.
Article
Other

Ljl Seminars: Impromptu or Extemporaneous Speaking

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Tips to help when called on the speak. Suggestions include ideas about the message, delivery, transitions, eye contact and conclusions.
Article
Other

How to Gesture Effectively

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Six rules that apply to anyone seeking to become a dynamic and effective speaker.
Article
Other

Realty Times: Open Your Mouth and Say Success!

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site presents two unique approaches to planning a speech for its best impact. It also includes tips for outlining a speech.
Handout
Other

Writing the in Class Essay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Key elements to consider in writing an essay. The process, time saving strategies, revising and proofreading are outlined and discussed.
Handout
University of Washington

University of Washington: Audience Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A discussion of audience analysis that examines demographics, disposition, and level of knowledge.
Article
Other

Fripp & Associates: Preparing Your Talk

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
General principles and techiniques for delivering speeches. Target audience, materials, organization and writing and rehearsing speeches are discussed along with many more insights. SL.9-10.4 Presentation
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TES Global

Blendspace: Reasoning, Deduction, and Your Next Speech

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that includes eight links to pictures, websites, and activities for using reasoning and deduction in a speech.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Becoming an Effective Listener

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart focuses on the traits of an effective listener and the identification of popular logical fallacies and propaganda techniques. In addition, there is an Activote at the end to check student...