Rap music and hip-hop were the pop music of the nineties. Students of all ages liked to mimic the rappers they listened to on CD's, tapes, and the radio. This lesson builds on students' interest in rap music as well as their enjoyment of...

Students will learn ways and reasons to rehearse for a speech.

This site provides four links to information about the effective use of sensory enhancements such as audio visual to your speeches. These include the do's of using sensory enhancements, the don'ts of using sensory enhancements, design...

For this Boundless Communication presentation, students will learn about contexts to consider when preparing a speech including physical, the psychology of audience, audience opinion of you and topic, and audience knowledge of the topic.

Learners will create animated images in Blabberize.com to define, explain, and give examples of usage for an assigned part of speech. Teacher will then compile saved video clips into a photostory presentation explaining all eight parts...

Typical lesson on a biography research project. Students choose a famous person, read a biography and do research online, and create a graphic organizer to teach the class about the person's life.

A lesson plan that prompts students to write persuasive letters and lobby for issues they feel strongly about.

This lesson integrates reading, writing, listening, and speaking to boost students' comprehension skills. Students explore Laura Joffe Numeroff 's If You Give a Mouse a Cookie using a variety of techniques, beginning with a picture walk...