8.2 The student will develop and deliver oral presentations in groups and individually. Choose topic and purpose appropriate to the audience. Choose vocabulary and tone appropriate to the audience, topic, and purpose. Use appropriate verbal and nonverbal presentation skills. Respond to audience questions and comments. Differentiate between standard English and informal language. Critique oral presentations. g) Assume shared responsibility for collaborative work. h) Use a variety of strategies to listen actively. UNDERSTANDING THE STANDARD (Teacher Notes) ESSENTIAL UNDERSTANDINGS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND PROCESSES The intent of this standard is that students will prepare and deliver oral presentations effectively. Students will deliver both group presentations and individual presentations to classmates and other audiences. All students should rehearse presentations. interact with poise with an audience. evaluate presentations. use grammatically correct language. To be successful with this standard, students are expected to articulate the purpose of the presentation. select and narrow the topic with attention to time limits and audience. prepare the presentation, using strategies including, but not limited to: note cards; outlines; formal written report; and questions and answers. select and use appropriate vocabulary for audience and purpose. define technical terms. include multimedia to clarify presentation information. rehearse both alone and with a coach. use a rubric or checklist to evaluate presentations. answer questions and respond to comments politely and succinctly with relevant evidence, observations, and ideas. work effectively with diverse groups. exercise flexibility and work as a constructive team member to accomplish a common goal or reach consensus.
words and appreciate an author’s choices of words and images. To be successful with this standard, students are expected to analyze relationships common to analogy construction, including: type or example – cinnamon: spice; characteristics – glass: breakable; association – bow: arrow; operator – car: driver; degree – pleased: ecstatic; mathematical – three: six; number – louse: lice; synonyms and antonyms – hot: cold; purpose – chair: sit; cause/effect – sun: burn; sequence – day: week; characteristic – snow: cold; product – tree: lumber; and degree – warm: hot. consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine/clarify meaning. recognize that synonyms may have connotations, e.g., elderly and mature; youthful and juvenile and describe the impact on text.
is the imprint of the writer — the capacity to elicit a response from the reader. Mood refers to the emotional atmosphere produced by an author’s use of language. Point of view is the way an author reveals events and ideas in a story. With an omniscient or “all knowing” point of view, a narrator sees all, hears all, and knows all. By contrast, a limited point of view depicts only what one character or narrator sees, hears, and feels. The point of view may be first person, narrated by someone outside the story or a character within the story. The point of view may also be third person, limited or omniscient, depending on what is known of the story. A symbol is anything that represents something else, often by indirect association or by the convention of an emblem, token, or word. In both prose and poetry, concrete objects used as analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot. analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events). analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision. understand that poetic devices are used in prose and poetry. theme recognize different plot patterns including subplots. understand and analyze elements of an author’s style, including: dialogue; sentence structure; language patterns; tone, including - serious - solemn - sarcastic - objective - enthusiastic - humorous - hostile - disapproving - personal - impersonal voice.