CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.3 - Delineate a speaker's argument and specific claims, evaluating the soundness of the reasoning and relevance and sufficiency of the evidence and identifying when irrelevant evidence is introduced.

 
Authors: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Council of Chief State School Officers

Title: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.3 Delineate A Speaker's Argument And Specific Claims, Evaluating... Speaking and Listening - 8th Grade English Language Arts Common Core State Standards

Publisher: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington D.C.

Copyright Date: 2010

(Page last edited 10/08/2017)

1. A Detailed Speech Outline - If you base your speech on this outline you should be able to make a successful speech, or if you use the outline to look at a speech someone else gave, you can critique more effectively
2. Asking Questions - The types of questions depend on the answer to that first important question: Why am I reading this? Once you establish a purpose for yourself, you can then ask which questions will help you achieve that goal. This page asks students to rank a set of questions on a scale of one to five.
3. Examples of Good Critiques - Article with questions to ask yourself while doing a critique.
4. Informative Speech Critique Form - Template for evaluating a speech
5. Persuasive Speech Critique Sheet - Template of things to think about when doing a critique [from the Internet Archive]
6. Questioning Toolkit - Seventeen types of questions from the educational journal, FNO
7. Sample Speaker Critique - Scroll past the ad and read how this person does a critique
8. Speech Analysis #1: How to Study and Critique a Speech - Series of articles examining different aspects of presentation analysis
9. Speech Critiques Examples - Great site with video of people speaking to critique, plus their critique on the speech.
10. Speech Self Critique Guide - Guidelines to be used in practice sessions to evaluate the speaker and speech and note possible areas of improvement.