Communication and Multimodal Literacies
Virginia SOL 11.C.2
Develop skills for speaking and presenting ideas effectively.
What students need to be able to do
- Report orally on a topic or text or present an opinion.
- Select modes and purposes for presentations and synthesize multiple streams of information.
- Choose diction and tone appropriate to the topic, audience, and purpose.
- Use rhetorical techniques such as ethos, pathos, and logos to deliver a message.
- Anticipate and address alternative or opposing perspectives using counterarguments and rebuttals.
- Evaluate the content and effectiveness of presentations.