4.1.C
The Standard
express an opinion supported by accurate information, employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, and the conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students state an opinion and support it with accurate facts or details. They present their ideas clearly using eye contact, suitable pace and volume, clear pronunciation, and correct language.
What Mastery Looks Like
- The student states a clear opinion, gives accurate supporting information, and explains how the information supports the opinion. The student uses steady eye contact, an understandable pace and volume, clear pronunciation, and complete sentences.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat a personal preference as proof or use an unrelated detail as evidence. They may speak too quickly, read without eye contact, mumble, or confuse loud speaking with clear speaking.
How to Assess It
- Give students a fact card about school recess. Ask them to present a 45-second opinion using one accurate fact, clear speech, and eye contact.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Students arrange opinion, evidence, and explanation cards, then use the sequence to give a short speech to a partner.
Ask, “Should students have homework every night?” Students write a claim and two facts, then present their response.
Play Speaker Coach: partners draw pace, volume, or eye contact cards and give feedback after each 30-second opinion speech.
Students use a class survey about recess choices to prepare a one-minute recommendation for the principal supported by survey results.
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