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Topic

Public Speaking

Grades

3rd, 4th, 5th

Subject

English Language Arts

Duration

55 minutes

Regional Focus

Global

Format

Google Docs, Google Slides

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Metro Campaign Presentations (Green Transportation #6)

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Mar 27, 2024
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Synopsis
This lesson features the final advertisement presentations and provides students with the opportunity to think about how to use these projects to make an impact in real life. 

Step 1 - Inquire: Students reflect on the advertisement process and their role in small groups. 

Step 2 - Investigate: Student present their final advertisements to their peers. 

Step 3 - Inspire: Students brainstorm what to do with their ideas in order to increase metro/public transit ridership in their community. 
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Teaching Tips

Positives

  • Students explore real-world problems through project-based learning.
  • Students practice oral presentation skills.
  • Students practice giving constructive feedback to their peers.
  • This lesson empowers students to continue their projects after the allotted class time has ended.

Additional Prerequisites

  • This is lesson 6 of 6 in our 3rd-5th grade Green Transportation unit.
  • You can review a code of conduct or guidelines for oral presentations prior to this lesson. This can include an introduction for how to be a prepared speaker and active listener.

Differentiation

  • You may scaffold reflection questions with sentence frames.
  • You can decide on alternative ways to conduct student presentations based on students' needs.
  • Potential action projects for students are listed on slide 14 of the teacher slideshow.
Scientist Notes

The lesson gives students a chance to reflect on the power of advertisement and ways to engage the public to use the metro as a sustainable green transportation model. The materials used in the lesson have been verified and are accurate. Hence, this lesson is recommended for classroom use.

Standards

Primary Standards

  • Common Core English Language Arts Standards (CCSS.ELA)
    • Speaking & Listening (K-12)
      • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.4 Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
      • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.4 Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
      • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.4 Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
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