9th Grade English

9th Grade ELA Targeted Standards
(SL) Speaking and Listening Strand
Cluster: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

ELA-09.SL.06 Adapt verbal and nonverbal communication to a variety of contexts, audiences, and tasks, demonstrating fluency and poise, and a command of formal English when indicated or appropriate

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

• I can determine whether or not an audience and occasion calls for a formal or informal tone and style.
• I can identify various reasons for speaking (e.g., informational, descriptive, formal, informal).

Reasoning Targets

• I can determine what style, syntax, diction, and tone matches given formal and informal situations.
• I can determine speaking tasks that will require a formal structure.

Skills (Performance) Targets

• I can adapt speech to variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating effective use of formal English when necessary.

Product Targets

• I can compose a formal speech that demonstrates a command of grades 9-10 language standards.

 Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas:

• SL9-10.4 Organize, develop, and present claims, information, findings , and supporting evidence, using communication technique appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.

• SL9-10.5 Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.

• SL9-10.6 Adapt verbal and nonverbal communication to a variety of contexts, audiences, and tasks, demonstrating fluency and poise, and a command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.

In addition to expectations of proficiency, student provides consistent evidence of in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was taught and expected.

• The student can

  • present information clearly, concisely, and logically.

  • delivers a presentation in which organization, development, substance and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.

  • strategically integrate appropriate digital media or visual aids to enhance interest and understanding.

  • employ effective verbal and nonverbal delivery techniques: eye contact, rate, volume, inflection, pronunciation, enunciation, gestures, poise, language, conversational tone.

There are no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes as the student:

• presents information in a logical and organized manner.

• delivers a presentation appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.

• integrates appropriate digital media or visual aids.

• employs some effective verbal and nonverbal delivery techniques: eye contact, rate, volume, inflection, pronunciation, enunciation, gestures, poise, language, conversational tone.

• recognizes or recalls specific terminology that relates to speaking and listening skills, such as:

  • Digital media, rate, volume, inflection, pronunciation, enunciation, gestures, poise, language, conversational tone.

However, the student exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes.