Content Area: Language Arts Literacy

 

Index: 3.3C Grade 4 CPI 4

 

Standard: 3.3 Speaking

 

Strand: C - Word Choice

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 4 - The student will adapt language to persuade, explain, or seek information.

 

Grade: 4

 

Sample Activities:

 

·               Students deliver a one-minute radio ad in which they persuade classmates that their brand of toothpaste is best.

 

·               Students practice telephone etiquette. They role-play making phone calls to friends trying to convince them to help with some enterprise, such as dog walking, snow shoveling, or car washing.

 

·               After reading different library books, students are asked to prepare a 30-second radio or video commercial to advertise their book so their listeners are encouraged to read it. On presentation day, students periodically deliver “a word from our sponsor” to publicize their books.

 

·               Students work in pairs to develop a set of written directions for completing class jobs. Pairs trade directions and give feedback.

 

·               After the teacher conducts a mini-lesson on how to give clear directions to others, he divides the class into several groups. Each group becomes proficient at doing a particular craft (e.g., making sun prints). Each group then functions as a panel of experts that instructs the others to make the craft.

Vignettes (PDF Format):

 

·        From Research to Oral Production

·        Developing Critical Listening, Speaking, and Writing Skills through a Study of Endangered Animals