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1. Grade 7 – 10, English.

2. Iceland – A changing society.

3. Grade 9 Drama.

4. Grade 11, English, University Preparation.

5. Grade 11, English, College Preparation.

6. Grade 11, English, Workplace Preparation.

7. Presentation and Speaking Skills.

8. Making Presentations.

9. Grade 12, English, University Preparation.

10. Grade 12, English, College Preparation.

 

 

1. Grade 7 – 10, English

Critical listening skills.

Ask questions to clarify.

Identify non-verbal communication techniques.

Listen attentively.

Identify the characteristics of different types of speech.

Demonstrate the ability to concentrate by identifying main points and staying on topic.

 

Explain how oral communication skills can contribute to success in all curriculum areas and the world outside the school.

 

Analyze their own and other’s oral presentations to identify strengths and weaknesses.

 

Use listening techniques and oral communication skills to participate in group discussions.

Use techniques of effective listening and demonstrate an understanding of oral presentations.

By restating the main ideas presented and identifying the strengths and weaknesses of presentations.

 

2. Iceland – A changing society.

Compare living and working conditions, technological developments, and social roles near the beginning of the twentieth century with similar aspects of life in present-day Iceland.

Describe the factors contributing to change in Icelandic  society (e.g., immigration, technology, politics, globalization).

Analyze and describe the conflicts and changes involving the Danes from 1900 to 1944. 

 

3. Grade 9 Drama.

Demonstrate an understanding of the elements and principles of dramatic expression (e.g. voice, movement, production values).

Identify and describe a variety of dramatic forms (e.g. tableau, storytelling, improvisation).

Demonstrate an understanding of the control of volume, tone, pace, and intention an expressive speech.

 

Identify and apply principles of listening (e.g. eye contact, focus, non-verbal cues and responses, paraphrasing) both in and out of role.

Describe the various kinds of learning (e.g. social, personal, artistic, deepened understanding of content) made possible through drama.

Identify the characteristics of a receptive, discriminating audience (e.g. engagement, listening, focus).

Identify personal skills and qualities developed through engagement in the dramatic arts (e.g. negotiation, spontaneity, overcoming inhibition).

Demonstrate an understanding of how these skills may be applied in academic and personal life (e.g. career possibilities).

 

4. Grade 11, English, University Preparation.

Communicate orally in large and small groups for a variety of purposes, with a focus on listening for main ideas and significant supporting details; clarifying and extending the ideas of others; using appropriate academic and theoretical language.

 

Use critical listening skills to analyse the content of oral presentations (e.g. assess the validity and persuasiveness of explicit and implicit arguments and the truth of conclusions; make inferences and detect assumptions, omissions, and biases; write a synopsis or review using criteria such as coherence, relevance, and logic).

 

Analyse elements of oral presentations and assess how effectively they are used (e.g. transition  words and phrases, level of language, body language, handouts, visual aids and opportunities to clarify information or answer questions).

 

Compare their current oral communication knowledge and skills with those required in a variety of occupations and university programs and make an action plan to address identified needs

  

5. Grade 11, English,College Preparation.

Use critical listening skills to analyse the content of oral presentations (e.g. write accurate summaries of main ideas and supporting details; assess the relevance of evidence, the validity of arguments, and the truth of conclusions).

Compare their current oral communication knowledge and skills with those required in a variety of occupations and college programs and make an action plan to address identified needs.

 

6. Grade 11, English,, Workplace Preparation.

Use listening techniques and oral communication skills to participate in classroom discussions and more formal activities, with a focus on using specialized language appropriately in oral reports, role-playing, and other presentations.

Use critical listening skills to understand the content of oral communications (e.g. listen for main ideas and supporting details, follow oral instructions accurately, ask questions to confirm understanding, write accurate summaries and messages).

 

Presentation and Speaking Skills – Open.

 

7. Preparing Presentations.

Identify and analyse the characteristics of effective presentations.

Plan presentations for specific purposes and audiences.

Identify a range of presentation forms (e.g. oral reports, speeches, lectures, debates, public address announcements, panel discussions, book talks, storytelling, recitations, role-playing, seminars, sales presentations, interviews and multi-media presentations).

Analyse the use of rhetorical and stylistic devices in oral presentations (e.g. explain how the use of climactic order heightens the impact of a speech, explain why the use of repetition for emphasis is an effective strategy in a debate).

 

Explain the techniques effective speakers use to make presentations (e.g. explain the importance of volume, pace of speech, pitch, tone of voice, eye contact, facial expression, posture, dress, movement and gesture in effective presentations).

Select an appropriate oral presentation form for a specific purpose and audience (e.g. plan a storytelling session to entertain an elementary class).

Analyse the context and the needs of the audience when planning an oral presentation.

Select relevant and significant information from research to suit the purpose and audience.

 

8. Making Presentations.

Communicate orally for a variety of specific audiences, using the forms, language and techniques of effective oral presentations.

Make presentations in a variety of forms for various purposes and audiences.

Use appropriate and effective language in oral presentations.

Use appropriate techniques in oral presentations (e.g. vary volume, pitch and inflection for emphasis and to maintain audience interest in an oral report).

Monitor audience reactions during a presentation and adapt delivery accordingly (e.g. ask questions to check audience understanding and engagement, rephrase main ideas for clarification, speed up delivery to recapture the attention of a restless audience, add humour to reinforce and emphasize key points, respond quickly, confidently and appropriately to unexpected digressions, interruptions or questions during the presentation).

 

9. Grade 12, English, University Preparation.

Use critical listening skills to analyse and assess the content of oral presentations (e.g. assess the validity of the presenter’s sources, arguments, and conclusions, detect assumptions, and omissions and provide missing information).

Use effective strategies, such as researching information and ideas, organizing, rehearsing and revising, to plan and present seminars, debates, and independent study projects.

Use techniques for making effective oral presentations, with a focus on organizing material coherently, providing significant evidence, using imagery, analogy and parallel structures, and incorporating participatory activities, visual aids and technology.

 

10. Grade 12, English,College Preparation.

Communicate orally for a variety of purposes, with a focus on extending information and ideas; exploring possibilities; drawing conclusions.

Use critical listening skills to analyse and assess the content of oral presentations (e.g. detect assumptions, omissions, and perspectives; assess the validity of the arguments, evidence, and conclusions, ask questions to extend understanding).

Plan and deliver oral presentations and conduct interviews, with a focus on researching information and ideas, organizing, rehearsing and revising.

 

Workplace Preparation.

Use critical listening skills to understand the content of oral communications (e.g. note the order in which information and examples are presented, ask questions to extend understanding and explore alternatives).

 

Educational ideas and recourses.

US Ministry of Education - Curriculum Connections

The above are some of the connections between the subject matter and presentation style of the Historical walks and the  US provincial curriculum.

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