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Public Speaking

 

 Lower Dauphin School District

Curriculum Guide

Course Title: Public Speaking
Subject: English
Grade Level(s): 9-12

 

Synopsis of Curriculum

This course will provide high school students of all ability levels with an opportunity to develop an essential form of communication: public speaking. This course will stress the impact of oral communication on one’s role as a communicator. This course will aid students who are apprehensive about public speaking situations as well as further advance the skills of those students who excel in this arena.

Units of Study Titles

Speech Communication

Listening Skills

Speech Preparation and Audience Analysis

Writing Parts of a Speech

Delivery and Visual Aids

Speaking to Inform

Speaking to Persuade