English 9 · Week 20 · Argument and Evidence
Listening to Speeches
Students evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
- Students will
- Students evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
- SEL skill
- Listen fully before evaluating a speaker
- What it looks like
- Students practice listening fully before evaluating.
- Content focus
- Evaluating a speaker's point of view and reasoning
- Format
- Partner exchange
Social awareness
Social awareness is seeing a situation through someone else's eyes, including people whose backgrounds differ from yours, and caring about what they experience. More social awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- SL.9-10.3: Speaking and Listening, Grades 9 to 10, Standard 3
- CA ELD standards: ELD.PI.9-10.5 Listening actively; ELD.PI.9-10.7 Evaluating language choices
- CA ELA/ELD Framework theme: Meaning Making
- Works with: Speaking and listening
Fits these textbook chapters
- StudySync Grade 9, Unit 3: Dreams and Aspirations
- HMH Collections Grade 9, Collection 2: The Struggle for Freedom
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More social awareness activities for English 9
- Reading Characters, Reading People Social awarenessStudents analyze how a complex character develops and what motivates their choices.
- Through Another's Eyes Social awarenessStudents analyze a point of view or cultural experience reflected in literature from outside the United States.
- The Other Side Social awarenessStudents develop claims and counterclaims fairly, pointing out strengths and limitations of both.
- Rights and Responsibilities Social awarenessStudents analyze seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance and how they address related themes.
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