Listening and Speaking - Grade 8
State Standards
Language Arts
Grade Level: Eighth

Content Strand: Listening and Speaking
Substrand: 1.0 Listening and Speaking Strategies
Goal for Substrand:
Students deliver focused, coherent presentations that convey ideas clearly and relate to the background and interests of the audience. They evaluate the content of oral commu-nication.

Comprehension

    1.2 Paraphrase a speaker's purpose and point of view and ask relevant questions concerning the speaker's content, delivery, and purpose.

Organization and Delivery of Oral Communication

    1.3 Organize information to achieve particular purposes by matching the message, vocabulary, voice modulation, expression, and tone to the audience and purpose.

    1.7b Use audience feedback (e.g., verbal and nonverbal cues) that rearrange words and sentences to clarify the meaning.

Analysis and Evaluation of Oral and Media Communications

    1.8 Evaluate the credibility of a speaker (e.g., hidden agendas, slanted or biased material).

    1.9 Interpret and evaluate the various ways in which visual image makers (e.g., graphic artists, illustrators, news photographers) communicate information and affect impressions and opinions.