CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6.2 - Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study.

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

Title: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6.2 Interpret Information Presented In Diverse Media And Formats... Speaking and Listening - 6th 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. Courageous Characters - In this six-week unit, students select a fictional story with a courageous character and pair it with related informational text from the same historical time period.
4. Examples of Good Critiques - Article with questions to ask yourself while doing a critique.
5. Informative Speech Critique Form - Template for evaluating a speech
6. Integrating Tech: Author's Viewpoint Book Creation - This lesson incoorporates the bookpress and Doodle Buddy app to recreate a familiar story from an author's point of view.
7. Persuasive Speech Critique Sheet - Template of things to think about when doing a critique [from the Internet Archive]
8. Press Conference for Bud, Not Buddy - This lesson can be used after the reading of Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis. The lesson encourages students to use higher level thinking skills and asks them to examine different character perspectives. Students demonstrate comprehension of the story by actively involving themselves in group and whole-class discussions.
9. Questioning Toolkit - Seventeen types of questions from the educational journal, FNO
10. Sample Speaker Critique - Scroll past the ad and read how this person does a critique
11. Speech Analysis #1: How to Study and Critique a Speech - Series of articles examining different aspects of presentation analysis
12. Speech Critiques Examples - Great site with video of people speaking to critique, plus their critique on the speech.
13. Speech Self Critique Guide - Guidelines to be used in practice sessions to evaluate the speaker and speech and note possible areas of improvement.