English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 9

ELA21.9.8

Through active listening, evaluate tone, organization, content, and non-verbal cues to determine the purpose and credibility of a speaker.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Active listening skills.
  • Strategies to evaluate the tone, organization, and content of spoken language.
  • Methods to identify nonverbal cues of a speaker.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Listen actively to a speaker to evaluate the tone, organization, and content of spoken language.
  • Evaluate a speaker's nonverbal cues.
  • Listen actively to determine the credibility of a speaker and the purpose of the presentation.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Spoken language can be analyzed similarly to the way one analyzes a text and an author.

Vocabulary

  • Active listening
  • Tone
  • Organization
  • Content
  • Nonverbal cues
  • Purpose
  • Credibility
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