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Handout
Other

Univ. Of Washington: How to Make an Outline [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Information on how to make an outline. Provides a sample.
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Handout
Other

University of Tampere: General Notes on Speech Preparation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A general, but very informative website on all types of speeches. It runs the reader through the process of finding and choosing a topic to the delivery of the speech.
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Lesson Plan
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Intervention for Reading: Paraphrasing

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Improve understanding of expository materials by getting the main ideas through paraphrasing. The paraphrasing strategy helps students recall the main ideas and specific facts of materials they read. There are three steps for teaching...
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Handout
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School

Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Writing the Body of a Research Paper

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An excellent tip sheet on how to write and create the bulk of a research paper: the body includes in-depth information, examples, as well as links to earlier steps in the process such as thesis statements, notecards, outline,...
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Research Questions: A Focus for Planning, Researching, and Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Sophia video lesson introduces how to develop good questions for a research paper. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.8; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.7 Conduct short research projects. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.7 standards are addressed in...
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Article
Leaf Group

E How: How to Write a Talking Points Paper

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
This article by Byron Walsh focuses on writing a talking points paper for a public speaker which consists of researched, accurate information provided in bulleted lists with follow up sentences on specific topics.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Note Taking Techniques

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A five-slide presentation explaining techniques writers can use to take effective notes while gathering information for a research project. SL.9-10.1a Prepared/Discuss
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Speaking and Listening Progress [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This two-page printable worksheet is designed for classroom use by the teacher for evaluating and tracking progress in speaking and listening skills and student engagement in discussions. SL.9-10.1a Prepared/Discuss, SL.9-10.6 Adapt to...
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Lesson Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Expository Speeches

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson is a fun way to practice the elaboration tools needed to back up answers. Students will need to speak about a random topic for one minute without time to prepare. This lesson helps students practice their speaking skills,...
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Handout
Brown University

Brown University: Debates

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Use this resource to learn how to engage in collaborative discourse and argumentation enhances student's conceptual understandings and refines their reasoning abilities. Be sure to click on the links to other resources.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Designing Effective Poster Presentations

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Contains plans for six or seven lessons that teach students to create and present effective poster presentations. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the...
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Handout
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School

Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Brainstorming Research Questions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An excellent tip sheet for using brainstorming techniques for writing research papers. It also gives great examples of factual and interpretive questions. It also provides links to very helpful tip sheets with examples and a worksheet...
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Activity
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School

Selecting a Research Topic

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A good resource which explains and outlines a student's choices when confronted with choosing a research topic. Includes links to an overview, focusing your topic, and more.
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PPT
Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Introducing Your Speech

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Follow these do's and don'ts of writing an effective introduction to a speech that will grab your audience's attention and state your central idea. Use the arrows to move through the information.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Writing Process: Generate Ideas and Questions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Learn strategies to help you generate questions and ideas about a topic.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Learning How to Speak Publicly

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides a variety of ways for people learn how to speak publicly and the best practices in preparing and presenting speeches. SL.9-10.4 Presentation
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Contextual Factors to Consider

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on contextual factors to consider when analyzing your audience including physical contexts, values, beliefs, attitudes, and needs, audience opinion of you and your topic, and audience knowledge of your topic.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Steps of Preparing a Speech

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan focuses on the steps for preparing a speech including choose a topic, analyze the audience, gather materials and evidence, develop a thesis, support ideas, organize and outline the speech, draft the speech, prepare to...
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Finding and Selecting a Topic

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This instructional activity focuses on selecting a speech topic including the importance of choosing a good topic by considering your areas of expertise and areas of interest, brainstorming, tips for choosing a topic, and narrowing the...
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Gathering Evidence: An Overview

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan focuses on the importance of gathering information that provides evidence for your topic that is credible, current, and relevant. It also discusses how to find and evaluate sources. SL.9-10.1a Prepared/Discuss
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Getting the Most Out of a Persuasive Speech

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on presenting a good persuasive speech. It discusses the selective exposure theory, kinds of appeals, and expectations.
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Handout
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Principles of Organization

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the importance of organizing your speech including critically thinking about the contents of the speech, the components of the speech, the patterns of organization to fit the different types of speeches, and...
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Handout
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Main Points

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on choosing the main points of your speech based on your audience and purpose. It also discusses ordering and highlighting your main points using visual and textual cues and using a variety of examples.
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Handout
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the introduction to your speech. It includes the role of the introduction, strategies for the opening, getting attention and interest, establishing credibility, self-presentation, and introducing the topic, thesis,...