Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Raising Students Awareness of Intonation at Discourse Level

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop their listening strategies, by raising their awareness of intonation at discourse level, particularly pitch level.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fly, Fly Away

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use materials from their own environment to design a kite. For this kite design lesson, students research the history of kites and obtain a formal mathematical definition of a kite. Students sketch kite designs after discovering...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mass Manipulation

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students make a chart of the media's manipulation techniques and examples of them while watching and listening to a video tape of past news events.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Direct Object Pronouns

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers work together to identify parts of a sentence, and decide where the direct object pronoun should go and what it should replace.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Do You Say... Psa Part One

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the differences between advertisements and public service announcements. They monitor their own reactions to educational messages as they pertain to warning about specific dangers and apply this to target audiences.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Words in the News: Carol Thatcher Wins TV Show

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss what they know about reality television. In groups, they use new vocabulary words to match to its definition. They read an article and answer questions about reality television.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Election 2000

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review the 2000 presidential election. Students write an expository essay in response to the following: Should the election process in the United states be changed?
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Did He Say?

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students practice the use of Subjunctive I and II. They then analyze a text to find Indirect Discourse and practice writing sentences in Indirect discourse. For homework, students find an online article written this way in which they...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Major Issues Facing America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students continue to examine the issues of the 2004 presidential election. Using the internet, they discover where they stand on each issue and where each candidate stands on the issues as well. In groups, they participate in a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Language Arts: How Can Research Shape Ideas?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars are able to characterize arsenic and determine its potential health threats in writing. They are able to compare and contrast arsenic to other water pollutants using Venn diagrams. Students are able to demonstrate essay...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Communication - Vibration, Electronic Signals, and Electromagnetic Radiation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate how we use technology to communicate.
Handout
Other

Bowling Green State U: Informative Speech Topic Ideas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site offers a brief list of potential informative speech topics. Though the list is brief, use the suggestions as inspiration. Also includes helpful reminders and common topics to avoid.
Handout
Colorado State University

Colorado State University Writing Center: Informative Speaking

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Introduction to basic concepts necessary for delivering an informative speech. Eight different areas are developed from purpose to speech delivery. Look on the right side and select the specific topic you are looking for. SL.9-10.4...
Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Introduction to Informative Speaking

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson is an introduction to informational speeches including a definition, types of informative speeches, and topics.
Website
Other

Uil: Speech and Debate (Texas Only)

For Students 9th - 10th
Section of the University Interscholastic League's home page dedicated to Speech and Debate information. Included is a wealth of information about participating in speech and debate tournaments and contests. Topics include general...
Handout
Other

University of Tampere: General Notes on Speech Preparation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A general, but very informative website on all types of speeches. It runs the reader through the process of finding and choosing a topic to the delivery of the speech.
Lesson Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Expository Speeches

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson is a fun way to practice the elaboration tools needed to back up answers. Students will need to speak about a random topic for one minute without time to prepare. This lesson helps students practice their speaking skills,...
Website
NC State University

North Carolina State University: Ethics in Computing: Speech Issues

For Students 9th - 10th
Curated collection of links to articles, essays, and related topics on responsible use of the Internet and information technologies with respect to speech and online hate compiled and maintained by a university instructor.
Handout
Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Constitution: First Amendment Protections

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource contains an annotated look at the different topics covered within the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Click on any subtopic link for in-depth information about that part of the First Amendment.
Article
Leaf Group

E How: So You Wanna Deliver an Effective Speech?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An article which presents instruction and advice for every step of the speech writing process. Topic areas covered include: knowing your audience, organizing your speech, writing your speech, how to practice correctly, and handling...
Handout
English Club

English Club: Learn English: Vocabulary: Topic Vocabulary Reference

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Links to information and lists of English words and phrases by category. Includes information on the difference between a dictionary and thesaurus, synonyms and antonyms, confusing words, figures of speech, eponyms, euphemisms, sayings,...
Activity
Other

American Legion Oratorical Contest: History and Topics

For Students 9th - 10th
Information related to history of American Legion, purpose, prepared oration and assigned topics.
Website
Other

Ljl Seminars: Public Speaking Tips

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides numerous links to everything you need to know about public speaking. Some topics include Overcoming Speaking Anxiety, Hostile Audiences, Speech Preparation, Gathering Information, Elements of an Effective Speech, and...
Website
Other

Liberty

For Students 9th - 10th
Liberty is an organisation that was formed seventy-five years ago to champion liberty in all sorts of social contexts. The site has information about many of the current issues - ASBOs, asylum, street cameras and so on - with media links...