English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.2a

Use oral language for different purposes: to inform, to entertain, to persuade, to clarify, and to respond.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

  • Oral language is used for different purposes.
  • Oral language can be used to inform about a topic, to provide an entertaining story, to persuade someone about a particular opinion, to further explain a topic, or to respond to someone else's ideas.

Skills

  • Use their listening and speaking skills to inform an audience about a topic.
  • Use their listening and speaking skills to entertain an audience.
  • Use their listening and speaking skills to further explain information or provide additional details.
  • Use their listening and speaking skills to respond to others' ideas or questions.
  • Use their listening and speaking skills to persuade an audience about a particular opinion.

Understanding

  • They can use their oral language skills for a variety of purposes, including informing others, entertaining others, persuading others, clarifying ideas, and responding to others.

Vocabulary

  • Oral language
  • Inform
  • Entertain
  • Persuade
  • Clarify
  • Respond
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