CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6.5
The Standard
Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, images, music, sound) and visual displays in presentations to clarify information.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Speaking and Listening Standards
What This Standard Means
Students need to add visuals, audio, or other media to a presentation for a clear purpose. The media should help the audience understand the point, not just decorate the slides. They need to choose the right image, chart, map, clip, or sound and explain how it supports the information.
Mastery looks like a presentation where each visual or media choice makes an idea easier to follow. Students often get stuck using too many effects, tiny text, random pictures, or music that distracts. They may also read from slides instead of using visuals as support.
Ways to Teach It
- Give pairs a short article and have them create one slide with a title, image, and caption that clarifies the main idea.
- Ask students to write: Which visual in your presentation helps the audience most, and what would be confusing without it?
- Show three sample slides and have students rank them for clarity, then explain one change they would make.
- Have students study a weather forecast graphic and identify how the map, icons, and colors help explain the spoken report.
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Related Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.5
Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.5
Add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.