Handout
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Bowling Green State U: Informative Speech Topic Ideas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site offers a brief list of potential informative speech topics. Though the list is brief, use the suggestions as inspiration. Also includes helpful reminders and common topics to avoid.
Handout
University of Washington

University of Washington: Audience Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A discussion of audience analysis that examines demographics, disposition, and level of knowledge.
Article
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Fripp & Associates: Preparing Your Talk

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
General principles and techiniques for delivering speeches. Target audience, materials, organization and writing and rehearsing speeches are discussed along with many more insights. SL.9-10.4 Presentation
Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Parts of a Presentation Class

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A twenty-one-part learning module including links to texts, images, and websites on how to give a presentation in class.
Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Informative Speech

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A nine-part learning module with links to websites, videos, and images to use while learning how to write and deliver an informative speech.
Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Infographics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A six-part learning module with links to images, a text, a video, and websites about infographics and how to design effective infographics.
Article
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Nielsen Norman Group: Guidelines for Multimedia on the Web

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Guidelines on how to design presentations for web media. This is an old article and some of the information is outdated, but much is still relevant. SL.9-10.5 Audio Visuals, RI.11-12.7 Eval Different Media/format....
Activity
Free Management Library

Guidelines for Formatting Articles, Reports, and Papers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource presents rules and guidelines for formatting reports.
PPT
Other

Prezi: Explicit vs. Implicit

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Slideshow explains the difference between explicit and implicit meaning in texts and visuals. Includes good examples and practice questions.
Handout
Columbia University

Columbia: Tips for Effective Presentations Using Four Important Design Concepts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Excellent, clear guidelines to aid you in using visual aids in a presentation. Curser down to find the information. W.9-10.6 Techno, SL.11-12.5 Audio Visuals
PPT
McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill: Public Speaking in a Diverse Society

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Ten-slide PowerPoint presentation on special occasion speeches. Not much for depth, but you can download the presentation for a class project. Covers types of everyday speeches, especially special occasion speeches, giving definitions.
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Other

National University of Singapore: Preparing for Presentations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Some tips are presented on how to properly prepare the content of and structure a presentation. SL.9-10.1a Prepared/Discuss. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.4, SL.11-12.4 Presentation