IX.+Communication+Oral+and+Visual+Standard

=IX. Communication: Oral and Visual Standard=

Students learn to communicate effectively through exposure to good models and opportunities for practice. By speaking, listening and providing and interpreting visual images, they learn to apply their communication skills in increasingly sophisticated ways. Students learn to deliver presentations that effectively convey information and persuade or entertain audiences. Proficient speakers control language and deliberately choose vocabulary to clarify their points and adjust their presentations according to audience and purpose.

**By the end of the K–2 program:** A. Use active listening strategies to identify the main idea and to gain information from oral presentations. B. Connect prior experiences, insights and ideas to those of a speaker. C. Follow multi-step directions. D. Speak clearly and at an appropriate pace and volume. E. Deliver a variety of presentations that include relevant information and a clear sense of purpose.

**By the end of the 3–4 program:** A. Demonstrate active listening strategies by asking clarifying questions and responding to questions with appropriate elaboration. B. Respond to presentations and media messages by stating the purpose and summarizing main ideas. C. Use clear and specific vocabulary to communicate ideas and to establish tone appropriate to the topic, audience and purpose. D. Identify examples of facts and opinions and explain their differences. E. Organize presentations to provide a beginning, middle and ending and include concrete details. F. Clarify information in presentations through the use of important details from a variety of sources, effective organization and a clear focus. G. Deliver a variety of presentations, using visual materials as appropriate.

**By the end of the 5–7 program:** A. Use effective listening strategies, summarize major ideas and draw logical inferences from presentations and visual media. B. Explain a speaker’s point of view and use of persuasive techniques in presentations and visual media. C. Vary language choice and use effective presentation techniques, including voice modulation and enunciation. D. Select an organizational structure appropriate to the topic, audience, setting and purpose. E. Present ideas in a logical sequence and use effective introductions and conclusions that guide and inform a listener’s understanding of key ideas. F. Give presentations using a variety of delivery methods, visual materials and technology.

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