Counts toward meeting English graduation requirements. It covers the basic speaking techniques, such as use of the voice and body, speech writing, and research procedures. These techniques are used in the preparation of different types of speech projects throughout the year.
Students learn to write and deliver speeches to inform and to persuade.
Group speaking, including small group discussion and problem solving, is also taught. The third title is by teacher's choice, to be selected from either the traditional titles or the multicultural titles. In selecting the Core Literature multicultural titles, teachers are encouraged to consider the culture and ethnicity of their students and to teach selections from that culture. Defining and recognizing elements of the process of communication and how they interact. Given a specific thesis statement, subdividing the ideas within that statement into one of the standard patterns of speech arrangement.