WR10 Curriculum Map
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August
Content and Essential Skills
- How to build responsibility as a speaker
- How to build confidence as a speaker
- What is responsible and effective communication?
Skills
- Ability to define communication.
- Ability to explain how to lay the proper foundation for communication and build the proper motivation for communication.
- Ability to define and identify stage fright and its symptoms.
- Learn how to build and show confidence while giving a speech.
Assessment
Test over chapters 1 and 2 in textbook
Speech of self introduction
Resources
Textbook - Speech: Communication Matters
The Complete Book of Speech Communication by Carol Marrs
Text-generated worksheets, tests, and quizzes
Teacher-constructed worksheets, tests, quizzes and speech assignments.
Video series
Optional
September
Content and Essential Skills
- Verbal and nonverbal communication
- Interpersonal and intra-personal communication
- Listening skills
- Interviewing techniques
- Research techniques
-What are the different types of communication and how are they used?
-What is effective listening?
-What are effective interviewing skills and techniques?
-What is effective speech research?
Skills
- Ability to define and explain verbal and nonverbal communication.
- Ability to define and explain interpersonal and intra-personal communication.
- Ability to correctly interpret nonverbal messages.
- Ability to define listening.
- Ability to identify effective listening skills and barriers to effective listening.
- Ability to identify effecting listening strategies.
- Ability to identify proper interviewing techniques and apply them to a personal interview.
- Ability to plan speech research and properly use and document sources.
Assessment
Tests over chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, & 8 of text.
Intra-personal inventory
Personality poem
Personal interview speech
Library work on research and bibliography
Resources
Textbook - Speech: Communication Matters
The Complete Book of Speech Communication by Carol Marrs
Text-generated worksheets, tests, and quizzes
Teacher-constructed worksheets, tests, quizzes and speech assignments.
Video series
Optional
October
Content and Essential Skills
- Proper speech organization
- Logic and reasoning
- Effective Language
- Effective Delivery
- How does a speaker properly and effectively organize a speech?
- What are sound methods of reasoning?
- What are logical fallacies?
- How do the spoken word and the written word differ?
- How are figures of speech and sound devices used in speeches?
- What are the different types of speech delivery?
- What are the effective ways of using voice, body, and face during a speech?
Skills
- Ability to properly organize a speech using a well constructed introduction, body, and conclusion.
- Ability to write an effective thesis statement.
- Ability to use effective transitions.
- Ability to recognize logical fallacies.
- Ability to make transition between written and spoken word.
- Ability to incorporate figures of speech and sound devices into speeches.
- Ability to identify and use different types of delivery.
Assessment
Tests over Chapters 9, 10, 11, and 12
Writing practice
Personal experience speech
Resources
Textbook - Speech: Communication Matters
The Complete Book of Speech Communication by Carol Marrs
Text-generated worksheets, tests, and quizzes
Teacher-constructed worksheets, tests, quizzes and speech assignments.
Video series
Optional
November
Content and Essential Skills
- Speeches to inform
- Speeches to persuade
- Extemporaneous speaking
- Impromptu Speaking
- Oral Interpretation
- What is an informative speech and how is one organized and delivered?
- What is persuasive speaking?
- What different organization methods can be used in a persuasive speech?
- What is the difference between an extemporaneous speech and an impromptu speech?
- What is oral interpretation? How does one choose, interpret, and present material for an oral interpretation?
Skills
- Ability to research, prepare, and deliver an informative speech on a wisely chosen topic.
- Ability to research, prepare, and deliver a persuasive speech using a proper organizational pattern and accurate supporting information.
- Ability to compose and deliver a speech from notecards or an outline.
- Ability to deliver an impromptu speech with little preparation time after choosing from 3 topics.
- Ability to select an appropriate piece for oral interpretation.
- Ability to deliver an oral interpretation and convey author's meaning and intent through vocal expression and body language.
Assessment
Informative speech delivered in class.
Informative essay presented to teacher.
Impromptu speeches
Persuasive speech delivered using notecards
Oral interpretation speech
Tests over Chapters 13, 14, 15, and 16
Resources
Textbook - Speech: Communication Matters
The Complete Book of Speech Communication by Carol Marrs
Text-generated worksheets, tests, and quizzes
Teacher-constructed worksheets, tests, quizzes and speech assignments.
Video series
Optional
December
Content and Essential Skills
- Speeches for special occasions
- Supporting views
- Debate
- Final examinations
- What types of special occasion speeches could you be asked to deliver in your future careers?
- How does a speaker support his or her views?
- What types of organized debate can be used to promote your views?
- What have you learned about public speaking?
Skills
- Ability to prepare and deliver a special occasion speech such as an award presentation. - Ability to find supporting material to support viewpoint. - Ability to identify different types of debate. - Ability to debate a topic with other students and provide support for viewpoints without demeaning the opponent's point of view. - Ability to successfully complete a comprehensive written final exam. - Ability to construct and prepare a final speech to showcase increase in ability and confidence in public speaking.
Assessment
Tests over Chapters 17, 18 and 19 Special occasion speech Debate Final exam - written Final exam - speech
Resources
Textbook - Speech: Communication Matters
The Complete Book of Speech Communication by Carol Marrs
Text-generated worksheets, tests, and quizzes
Teacher-constructed worksheets, tests, quizzes and speech assignments.
Video series
Optional
January
Content and Essential Skills
Skills
Assessment
Resources
Optional
February
Content and Essential Skills
Skills
Assessment
Resources
Optional
March
Content and Essential Skills
Skills
Assessment
Resources
Optional
April
Content and Essential Skills
Skills
Assessment
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May
Content and Essential Skills
Skills
Assessment
Resources
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