1. Why teach speaking? © Erik Palmer

2. erik_palmer@comcast.net www.pvlegs.com

3. Speaking and Listening: Flexible communication and collaboration Including but not limited to skills necessary for formal presentations, the Speaking and Listening standards require students to develop a range of broadly useful oral communication and interpersonal skills. Students must learn to work together, express and listen carefully to ideas, integrate information from oral, visual, quantitative, and media sources, evaluate what they hear, use media and visual displays strategically to help achieve communicative purposes, and adapt speech to context and task.

4. To build a foundation for college and career readiness, students must have ample opportunities to take part in a variety of rich, structured conversations—as part of a whole class, in small groups, and with a partner. Being productive members of these conversations requires that students contribute accurate, relevant information; respond to and develop what others have said; make comparisons and contrasts; and analyze and synthesize a multitude of ideas in various domains.

5. New technologies have broadened and expanded the role that speaking and listening play in acquiring and sharing knowledge and have tightened their link to other forms of communication. Digital texts confront students with the potential for continually updated content and dynamically changing combinations of words, graphics, images, hyperlinks, and embedded video and audio.

6. Generic language

7. Specific language (6 th grade)

10. Career readiness 5. Initiative 4. Analytical Skills 3. Teamwork Skills 2. Strong Work Ethic

11. 1.Verbal Communication NACE, Job Outlook 2011

12. New tools showcase speaking. Webinars Podcasts Video Skype Digital stories…

13. Students don’t speak well. Blame technology: they text, tweet, Facebook Blame us: we don’t specifically teach speaking

14. What are the pieces of effective speaking?

15. elocution articulation enunciation clearly slowly volume loudly pitch tone eye contact posture poise stand up straight hold head up body language body movement gestures expression projection presence enthusiasm inflection look at audience fluid expression rhythm intonation vocal modulation stance

16. Two distinct parts Building a speech Performing a speech

17. Audience Content Organization Visual aids Appearance © Erik Palmer

18. Who? What?

19. Important information Interesting information

20. Connectors Clarifiers No verbal viruses

21. Basic speech plan

22. Powerful opening Signposts Powerful closing

23. Relevant Accessible Important Designed, not decorated

24. Dress appropriately

25. Audience Content Organization Visual aids Appearance

26. Poise Voice Life Eye contact Gestures Speed © Erik Palmer

27. Calm and confident Nervous smile Shuffling, rocking, and fidgeting? That one thing you do

28. Every word heard Just right for the space No mumbling or blurring No odd vocal pattern

29. Dull and boring? Passion Emotion

31. Hands Body Face

32. Too fast? Fast & slow Pauses

33. Poise Voice Life Eye contact Gestures Speed

34. Lesson idea: Use mini speeches

35. Tell us about your favorite activity/school subject/vacation place/etc. Why is it your favorite? Poise/Voice/Eye contact

36. Dull and boring? Passion Emotion

37. I don ’ t think you ’ re dumb.

38. Tropical forests cover just 7% of the world ’ s surface, but these forests contain more than half of the world ’ s living species. A sad fact is that these forests are being destroyed. Each year, 40 million acres--about the size of the state of Washington--disappear, along with the plants and animals that live there.

40. They were huge--bigger than a car, even bigger than a house. Suddenly there were three more of them. My heart started beating so fast I thought it was going to burst. I looked around for a place to hide. Gestures

41. Life is too crazy. We are always busy. We rush to get up, wolf down breakfast, run to school, race to get kids to practice, hurry through meals, do our chores…we are always in a hurry. What if one day we just stopped? I mean stopped. Dead halt. Catch your breath. Relax. Take a break. It will improve your life. Speed