Curated OER
Drawing Lesson Improves Communication Skills
Young scholars work in pairs to improve their communication skills through a drawing activity. They draw a figure on their papers and describe to each other what was drawn.
Curated OER
Dealing with Feelings
First graders investigate and describe various feelings so that they can communicate more effectively. They watch a video and participate in a simulation of how feelings should be expressed.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: The Bouba Kiki Effect
It may be possible for certain symbolic characteristics, like sharpness and roundedness, to cross language barriers. For this experiment you will investigate the Bouba-Kiki Effect to find out if abstract visual properties can be linked...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Core Conflict Problems and Negotiation
Site contains a wealth of information on conflict, negotiation, interpersonal relationships, communication, and more. Spends considerable time with "complicating factors" in communication.
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Communication Associations
This is an index of communication associations including links to the associations' websites
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Communication Journals
This is an index of communication journals and their publishers with links to the journals.
Other
Interactivity Foundation: Guidebook for Student Centered Classroom Discussions
This downloadable guide includes strategies and best practices for supporting student-centered classroom discussions.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Introducing Practical Speaking Skills
If you really speak WELL, people will love to listen! In this lesson, students will practice routines to help them speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly. Teaching this in the first weeks of school sets...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Helping Young Children Express Themselves
We know that communication is central to the learning process. Communication can be specifically linked to the expanding skills of listening and speaking, as children connect to the reading and writing behaviors that characterize early...
Other
San Diego County District Attorney: Communication
Teaching young people how to communicate effectively helps them maintain healthy relationships, resolve conflicts peacefully, excel in school, and eventually get and keep jobs. In these lessons, students practice different forms of...
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: My Sound Is the Best! [Pdf]
For this lesson, students will use music as an impetus for stating and supporting opinions. They will compose an opinion poster based on a narrative about a train using percussion instruments. This will involve group work which can lead...
Other
Grassroots Consulting: Avoiding the Dark Side of Email
This thoughtful essay argues the dangers of miscommunication in e-mail and how to properly convey your message.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Tale of Text Messages: A Character Study of a Tale of Two Cities
Students engage in a character study of the numerous figures created by Charles Dickens in A Tale of Two Cities. They compare and contrast several forms of communication: email, text message, and telephone; complete a character study...
Other
Center for Teaching Excellence: Activities to Engage Students [Pdf]
This resource gives numerous strategies to engage students in different types of collaborative discussion.
Other
Literature Circles Resource Center: Teaching Students How to Discuss
Teachers are given strategies and hands-on approaches to help students prepare for a discussion and participate as active members of it.
Other
Six Minutes: Speech Analysis #1: How to Study and Critique a Speech
Dlugen presents a detailed collection of tips to observe when critiquing others' speeches. This skill is critical in improving individual presentation abilities. SL.9-10.3 Eval Presentation. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.3, SL.9-10.3 Eval...
TES Global
Blendspace: Effective Communication
A learning module with links to texts, images, and videos on how to communicate effectively.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Iste Nets: Creating a Heroic Character (Lesson Plan)
This lesson sequence, provided by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), encourages students to develop a fully realized heroic character and then, through the use of multimedia software, communicate that hero's...
Other
Inter Link: Achieving Effectiveness Through Team Communication
Article discusses how to achieve better team communication. Lists the components of team communication along with barriers to effective communication. Also provides a section on feedback. SL.9-10.1d Possitive Communication Stratagies,...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Communications: Using Language Effectively
This lesson focuses on using language effectively in your speech including using clear words and phrases, defining key terms, writing descriptively, using vivid language, considering your style and tone, and determining and addressing...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Communications: Speaking in the Real World
This lesson focuses on providing practical tips for speaking in a non-academic setting such as a wedding, charity event, or interview.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Communications: Interaction in Public Speaking
This lesson focuses on interacting with your audience when delivering a presentation including direct questions and answers and body language.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Communications: Rehearsing the Speech
This lesson focuses on the importance of rehearsing a speech and the methods of rehearsing a speech including rehearsal through analysis and synthesis, simulated experience, mimic timing and context, practice with all the parts in place,...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Communications: Managing Q&a
This lesson focuses on answering questions after or during an informative speech including how to prepare for Q&A by anticipating questions and practicing with a friend or colleague and methods of receiving and answering the questions.