Inspire scholars to listen intently and speak loud with a collection comprised of lesson plans and activities designed to meet the needs of sixth grade's Common Core English language arts: Speaking and Listening standards. Resources can be implemented at anytime of the year and lend themselves to a variety of curriculum topics. Take a look at the notes section in each resource to see which standards are addressed. 

Reinforce speaking and listening skills with a collection created for the fourth grade scholar in mind. Pupils take part in an assortment of lesson plans designed to meet Common Core's speaking and listening standards. Be sure to check out each resource, as most can be implemented at any time of the year, as well as the notes section  to discover which standards the resource addresses. 

Get the point across with a series of activities designed to enhance junior high students' communication skills. After working through peer discussion and reflective writing activities, learners engage in a research project about how larger organizations—governments and companies, to name a few—communicate with each other.

The resources in this collection will help prepare your classes for formal speeches and presentations, as well as help them develop the skills they need as 21st Century learners to prepare for and engage in collaborative discussions. Take a look at the attached notes for each resource to find the aligned Common Core Standards.

Prepare for class discussions and multimedia presentations with a collection focused on the eighth grade Common Core standards for speaking and listening. With projects designed to enhance the ways that learners communicate with each other and evaluate the arguments of others, the collection helps to build a community in your language arts classroom.

Seventh graders practice important discussion skills, adapt their language to suit the situation, and prepare well-structured presentations with multimedia elements. Use a collection of Common Core-designed lessons and activities to work on speaking and listening.