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Language Arts Listening and Speaking Standard 1 |
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LISTENING AND SPEAKING STRATEGIES
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1. Elements of Literature series, 3rd course a. Elements of Literature Annotated Teacher's Edition b. Elements of Literature Student Text c. Language and Writing Skills Worksheets (grammar handouts) d. Vocabulary Workshop (student worksheets) e. Teaching Resources for literature collections, A and B f. Integrated Performance Assessment g. Portfolio Management System h. Test Booklet i. Videodisc Program (teacher's manual with worksheets) j. Writer's Workshop (writing text) k. Writer's Workshop Teacher's Manual (worksheets for planning writing) l. Transparencies and Transparency Directory m. Integrated Performance Assessment n. Audiovisual Resources o. Laser discs p. Holt High School Handbook and Teacher's Guide 2. Writing Helps: Masters for the SPJUSD Teacher 3. Supplemental literature texts, specific to local site, to include: Hamlet, Jane Eyre, Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, Ivanhoe, Pride and Prejudice, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, A Christmas Carol, Frankenstein, The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Inferno, Pilgrim's Progress, The War of the Worlds |
1.1 Students discuss media strategies in Senior Issues classes. 1.2 Students discuss impact of media
on the political process in Government
1.3 Conduct classroom discussions on
filmmaking techniques used for movies shown in conjunction with literature
units: Macbeth, Hamlet,
1.4 Form debate teams to discuss whether
Hamlet was sane or insane.
1.5 Students prepare speeches, completing
the phrase: "What if I were..."
1.6 1. Define the various forms of argument: logical (inductive and deductive 1.7 reasoning, syllogisms, analogies,
cause and effect), ethical, emotional.
1.8-1.11 Students practice for senior project presentation, with classroom-wide critique. 1.12 Discuss impact of delivery, as class reads plays aloud: Macbeth, Hamlet. 1.13 See 1.4 above. 1.14 See 1.4 above. 1.15 1. Listen to Orson Welles's
radio broadcast, War of the Worlds.
1.) Have students watch and analyze a weekly situation comedy/ drama, inclusive of commercials, using a response questionnaire. Suggested format for the questionnaire: Date of Program: __________ Title of Program: __________ Time:_____________ Rank the Program on the Scale: Outstanding (5) Good (3) Poor (1) Reasons for Ranking: _______ Characterizations:
Plot/ Subplots: Each week there is a problem for the characters to solve. Watch the program; as you do, fill in the chart, noting the problems and suggested solutions. Character:____________ Problem:_____________ Solution:________ Advertising Analysis:____ Advertisers: ____________ Length of Commercials:______ Advertiser's Intended Audience:______________ Use of Stereotypes:_________ Persuasive Techniques:______ |
1. Elements of Literature Test Booklet 2. Lanugage and Writing Skills Worksheets 3. Vocabulary Workshop 4. Elements of Literature text questions and writing assignments 5. Teaching Resources A and B 6. Writing assignments in Writing Helps notebook 7. SPJUSD writing rubrics 8. English Workshop writing assignments
1.) Students might work in groups to gather information on the questionnaires. Different groups would watch and analyze different programs. Students could share information in a class discussion, and then work in a group to write an original episode (10 minutes) having at least two 30 second commercials. Suggested criteria for both the episode and the commercial might be:
Lastly, students would either perform or video tape their episode to share with the entire class. |