Georgia 8.P.CP.2.c
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 This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students adapt how they speak and move based on who is listening and why they are presenting. They make deliberate choices about expression, speed, eye contact, posture, and gestures.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students speak clearly, adjust their speed and expression, and use purposeful eye contact, posture, and gestures. Their delivery fits the audience and the reason for speaking.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think speaking louder always makes a presentation stronger. They may rush, use gestures that distract, or avoid eye contact. They may use the same delivery style for every audience.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Present, “Our class should get five extra minutes for lunch,” once to classmates and once to the principal. Name two changes you made and why.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Record a 30-second weather alert, replay it, and mark one vocal choice and one body-language choice to revise.
Write which delivery choices would fit a principal, a classmate, and a younger student, then compare answers with a partner.
Play Audience Switch: draw purpose and audience cards, deliver one line, then classmates identify the choices that fit.
Create a morning announcement for a real school event and present it as if speaking over the intercom.
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