South Dakota ELA 9-10.SL.5

ELAGrades 9–10Speaking & Listening

The Standard

Integrate digital media and visual displays in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students choose a chart, image, or short clip that helps explain a claim in a presentation. They point to a specific detail and explain how it supports their reasoning.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student uses a labeled graph to show a change in cafeteria waste over time. They explain what the numbers show, name the data source, and keep the slide easy to read.
Common Misconceptions: Students may add an eye-catching image that has no link to their claim. They may also show a graph without explaining its labels or read the slide word for word.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: Cafeteria trash fell from 40 pounds on Monday to 25 pounds on Friday. Sketch one slide, then write what you would say to connect it to a claim about waste.

Lesson moves

Give pairs waste figures of 40, 30, and 25 pounds; have them draw a bar graph and rehearse a 30-second explanation.
Show a lunch photo and a labeled waste chart; ask, "Which better supports a claim about reducing waste, and why?"
Play Slide Detective: show three sample slides and have teams flag missing labels, misleading scales, and images unrelated to the claim.
Have students chart school lunch survey results and pitch one menu change to the student council, pointing to the result that supports it.

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