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Handout
Other

University of Missouri: Getting the Most From Your Interviews

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Steve Buttry, writing coach at the Omaha World-Herald, shares tips for effective interviews that really make the best stories. Practical suggestions to help you "Get the scoop." SL.11-12.6 Speaking tasks
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Activity
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian: Folklife and Oral History Interviewing Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The Smithsonian Folklife and Oral History Interviewing Guide by by Marjorie Hunt is an excellent resource for collecting family and community cultural information. It provides step-by-step information on how to plan and conduct...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Practicing Different Kinds of Speeches (English Iii Speaking)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will learn how to give a variety of speeches, such as informative, narrative, reflective, descriptive, and oral interpretation. SL.11-12.6 Speaking tasks
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Handout
University of California

Berkeley: Teaching Discussion Sections

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site focuses on group discussion-style teaching. It provides links to topics such as follows: Creating Discussion Guidelines, Classroom Activities, Group Work, Group Work: Techniques, Group Work: Design Guidelines, Encouraging...
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Professional Doc
Other

Tesol: Helping Students Understand That Written and Spoken English Are Different

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This in-depth article analyzes how teachers can effectively teach students that written language does not always correspond to spoken language. Sample lesson ideas are included. SL.9-10.6 Adapt to task/formal. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.1,...
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Article
College Grad

College Grad: Phone Interviewing Success

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a very extensive site that deals with the different types of phone interviews. It gives a good amount of advice on different aspects of the phone interviewing process. Click on the Blue Topic at the bottom of the page for more...
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Skillswise: Speaking and Listening: Formal and Informal Speaking

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Skillswise site focuses on formal and informal speaking. Included are a video about how to decide whether to use formal or informal speech, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction. The Skillswise sites from BBC are geared to...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Formal Language

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slideshow lesson focuses on formal language. It reviews the basics of formal language and the need to know your audience. It explains how to change various types of informal language into formal language and provides examples....
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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
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Types of Public Speeches

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the types of public speeches including informative, persuasive, and speeches for special occasions. It also discusses the difference between informative and persuasive speeches. SL.11-12.6 Speaking tasks
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Giving and Receiving Criticism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides three links on the topic of giving and receiving criticism. They are as follows: Cultural differences in approaching criticism; Be positive, specific, objective, and constructive; and techniques for accepting...
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Speaking in the Real World

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learners will learn practical tips for speaking in non-academic settings. SL.9-10.6 Adapt to task/formal. CSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.6
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Learning Skills for Interview and Group Discussion Communications

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the skills needed for interviews and group discussions including taking notes, exploring a topic, and staying on topic. It also provides a link to a model interview. SL.11-12.6 Speaking tasks
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Article
Other

The Job Interview Process Five Stages

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The company breaks the interview into five sections. Read what should happen in each one to make it a successful interview. SL.11-12.6 Speaking tasks