1. The way you say things matters,
especially if you want your
message to be heard.
Oral Communication
Part 2
Week 10
2. Agenda
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1. Housekeeping
2. PLC- Teaching Indigenous History through Authentic Stories
3. Oral Communication and Speaking Skills- Assessment & Evaluation
4. Listening to Respond - Debate and Debrief
5. Break
6. The Power of Storytelling - Indigenous History
7. Looking Ahead to Next Week...
8. Exit card
3. Housekeeping
Blog notes:
● Don’t trust grammarly to catch everything; it helps, but it’s not perfect.
● Instead, proofread your work, out loud, before submitting it
● If you link your sources throughout your blog, you needn’t include
references at the end.
● The most challenging thing about crafting my lesson plan, to date, has
been…
● Questions or concerns?
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4. 4
Teaching Indigenous Histories Through an Authentic Voice
Chimiamanda Ngozi Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story
Flipgrid - Personal Narratives
15 minutes on the clock
Professional Learning Conversations
5. Learning Goals for Today
1. I will continue to develop an understanding of the importance of
developing effective listening and speaking skills in the classroom
2. I will be able to identify (and incorporate into my teaching practice) several
effective strategies for developing students’ listening and speaking skills in
the classroom.
3. I will be able to analyse and evaluate information critically in order to
communicate my understanding of Indigenous history and the role Canada
has played in shaping it.
4. I will be able to recognize the role educators can play in moving our
society toward Truth and Reconciliation.
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10. Oral Communication- Assessment
Overall Expectations:
1. listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety
of situations for a variety of purposes;
2. use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate
with different audiences for a variety of purposes;
3. reflect on and identify their strengths as listeners and speakers,
areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in
oral communication situations
16. Debrief
•What curriculum skills were being practiced and developed
throughout that activity?
•O1.1, 1.2, 1.6, 1.8, 1.9
•O2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6
•O3.1, 3.2
•How could you take this introductory activity and build on it
to incorporate more higher-order thinking skills?
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19. Storytelling
“Many stories matter. Stories have been
used to dispossess and to malign. But
stories can also be used to empower, and
to humanize. Stories can break the dignity
of a people. But stories can also repair that
broken dignity.”
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author
500 Years in 2 Minutes
Justice for Aboriginal People
We are One - Truth and Reconciliation in
Canada
What should we know?
How can we help?
What role do teachers
play in our country’s
move toward
reconciliation?
20. Small group discussion:
With your table group, brainstorm an answer to this question:
What makes a good story powerful?
● ___________
● ___________
● ___________
● ___________
● ___________
● ___________
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22. “Water is alive. It needs to be
respected. We must recognize
her as a living entity.”
— Grandmother Josephine
Mandamin
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23. Lesson Plan - Peer Feedback
Choose a partner from a different table group, someone with whom you haven’t
worked before, and review one another’s lesson plans.
Look fors: Is the objective of the lesson clear?
Does the assessment tool measure what it’s supposed
to?
Do the success criteria line up with the learning goals?
Could you follow the lesson, if you had to teach it?
Please be sure any criticisms are constructive. ;)
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24. Looking Ahead to Next Week...
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Explore and critique the documents below displaying your understanding of the key themes or
individualized ideas from the documents in the form of a visual representation.
How to Use Online Video in the Classroom
Inventing Infographics: Visual Literacy Meets Written Content
The Kids Should See This Watch Now Learn
Infographics for Language
Learning Kathy Schrock Guide to Everything
Final blog is due next week critique at least three resources in light of oral
communication and the Ontario Curriculum. Present your blog in a creative way using a
multiliteracies and multimodalities approach.
25. Exit Card - Permission to Speak Freely
Anonymous feedback today: You’re invited to share a “Please” (something you’d
like to see) and a “Thank you” (something you’ve appreciated) for this course.
You will have an opportunity to provide a formal course evaluation during our last
class, but this is a chance for you to share any issues or concerns you may have
about the course (and me, as your instructor). We will use your feedback to help
guide our planning, going forward.
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