Georgia 10.P.CP.2.c

ELA10th GradePresentation

The Standard

Vary tone, pace, and nonverbal gestures as appropriate to purpose and audience. (I/C)

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Practices (P) · Collaboration & Presentation

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students make deliberate choices about how their voice and body support a message. They adjust tone, speaking speed, facial expression, eye contact, posture, and gestures for different audiences and purposes.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can present the same message to two audiences and make clear, purposeful changes in delivery. The student can explain how each choice supports the message and audience.
Common Misconceptions: Students may confuse tone with volume, speak too quickly when nervous, or use gestures that distract from the message. Some use the same delivery for every audience or assume formal speaking should sound flat.
How to Assess It: Ask each student to deliver the same 20-second school announcement to classmates and then to parents. Listen for clear changes in tone, pace, and gestures.

Lesson moves

Record a 30-second announcement twice, once for friends and once for administrators, then compare tone, pace, eye contact, and gestures.
Discuss this prompt: How should a speaker deliver disappointing news differently to young children, classmates, and school leaders?
Draw an audience card and purpose card, then deliver one sentence while classmates guess both from your speaking choices.
Watch a local news clip and mark where the speaker changes pace, expression, posture, or gestures to guide viewers.

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