ELA21.11.10

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 11

ELA21.11.10
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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