Link to Common Core State Standards

ELA 6-12 – College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening: 

• Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
• Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
• Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
• Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.