Grades 11 & 12
Language Arts
Listening and Speaking
Standard 2

SPEAKING APPLICATIONS.
(GENRES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS)


 
Resources
Lesson Plans
Assessments

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, PilgrimÕs Progress, The War of the Worlds



2.1  (See WRITING 2.1 lesson plan above.)

2.2  (Covered in grade 11 standards LISTENING/SPEAKING 2.2.)

2.3  While reading literature texts aloud, interject open-ended questioning on various literary concepts: theme, imagery, writing strategies, tone, use of language, etc.

2.4  Use multimedia applications during senior project presentation.






Previously Published Data

1.) After students read William Shakespeare's Macbeth, have them analyze a passage/ soliloquy in terms of its imagery, language, and references to universal themes. A suggested graphic organizer might be:

Title of Play:_______________

Author:____________________

Text of Passage:____________

Speaker:___________________

Situation:__________________

Poetic Devices:_____________

Explanation:_______________

Reference to Universal Themes: __________________



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


Previously Published Data

1.) Using Macbeth's speech as a model, have students write a soliloquy summarizing the way they see life. Students deliver a speech to the class, making sure their soliloquy utilizes at least two poetic devices and has a reference to a universal theme. The written manuscript for the speech may be graded for grammar and organization. Suggested criteria for the written manuscript:

  • Has a clear thesis (main point)
  • Includes appropriate details/ examples that support main point (thesis)
  • Maintains a consistent point of view
  • Has a clear focus
  • Shows unity, coherence, and progression through effective use of transitions 
  • Utilizes proper grammar and punctuation
  • Contains at least two poetic devices
  • Refers, directly or indirectly, to a universal theme
  • Is at least 12 lines in length
  • Shows originality and creativity

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    Suggested criteria for the soliloquy includes all of the criteria for the written manuscript, plus

  • Projection/ Clarity
  • Posture/ Appearance
  • Appropriate gestures
  • Appropriate vocal inflection (saying the lines with meaning)
  • Memorization (or use of notes if not memorized)
  • Pronunciation

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