Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Rehearsing the Speech

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students will learn ways and reasons to rehearse for a speech.
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.
Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Contextual Factors to Consider

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In 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.
Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: The Importance of Audience Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The first question you should ask yourself, before you begin crafting your speech, is this: "Who is my audience?" As you begin to answer this question for yourself, here are some key elements to consider as you begin to outline and...
Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Preparing Sensory Enhancements

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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...
Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Types of Sensory Enhancements

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the types of sensory enhancements and how to effectively use them. SL.9-10.2 eval & integrate sources, SL.9-10.5 Audio Visuals
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Other

Georgia Perimeter College: Learning and Tutoring Center: Communications Handouts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This index provides links to educational resources on various English topics. Some topics included are related to punctuation, parts of speech, usage, different types of writing, and analytical questions for various genres of literature.
Handout
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Outlining

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This website focuses on students the importance of having of outlining; it offers links to the discussion of four outlining concepts: Reasons for outlining, the Preparation outline, the Speaking outline, and the Rough Draft outline.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: Virtual Victory?

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussion of the implications of the Supreme Court ruling against the constitutionality of the Communications Decency Act, including give and take on the meaning of the decision for children. Includes transcript of discussion, and link...
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature and Composition: Rationalism: Rhetoric

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on Rhetoric and the literary techniques used in American Revolutionary speeches and writings. Students are asked to determine the rhetorical devices used in quotes from "The Crisis No 1" by Thomas Paine and Patrick...
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature: Rhetorical Landscape: Rhetoric

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on rhetoric; it defines it, discusses rhetorical devices, and audience appeals. It includes a student assignment to read "Tear Down This Wall" a speech by Ronald Reagan and then use the comment feature in Microsoft...
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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.
Website
Other

Cpsr: Cyber Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
CPSR offers an informative discussion of current legal and policy topics hosted by group working for rights of assembly and speech for online communities.
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The Tongue Untied

The Tongue Untied: Subordinating Conjunctions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Maintained by the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communications, this site offers a standard definition and numerous examples of subordinating conjunctions, using journalistic (newspaper-like) examples. Provides list of...
Handout
University of Victoria (Canada)

Elc Study Zone: Basic Prepositions

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
This site explains the various uses for "in," "on," and "at" in phrases referring to transportation, time, and communications (TV, radio, etc.). Also links to a practice exercise.
Handout
The Tongue Untied

Tongue Untied Correlative Conjunctions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Maintained by the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communications, this site offers numerous examples of the rules of correlative conjunction usage. Also has hyperlinks to sections on subordinating conjunctions, coordinating...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: The Frontiers Decade: Medical Decade

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Explore the challenges of communicating without speaking or moving by creating a communications board from plastic alphabet letters. Explore speech synthesis files for people with communication disabilities.
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Other

Unisys

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all you need to know about Unisys at this site. You can get the latest news about the company, find out about career opportunities, learn about their services, software, and hardware available, and a lot more.