Content Area: Language Arts Literacy

 

Index: 3.4A Grade 12 CPI 2

 

Standard: 3.4 - Listening

 

Strand: A - Active Listening

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 2 - The student will listen skillfully to distinguish emotive and persuasive rhetoric.

 

Grade: 12

 

Sample Activities:

 

·       Students listen to three TV news reports about a significant event. They compare the focus represented in each of the three newscasts and then discuss reasons for the differences and the effects on the listener. They use this discussion as the basis for articles they write for the school newspaper.

 

·       After listening to and noting key ideas presented in an audiotaped speech by a noteworthy speaker, the students create collages that illustrate the speaker’s main points. The collages are displayed in the classroom and analyzed for their effectiveness.