Oral Language Activities During My K-12 Experience

1. seventh grade: My reading teacher gave us a lot of independent reading. My English teacher had more active activites that required us to talk and present.

2. eight grade: We read Macbeth as a class. Each class we were asked to sign up for a role to read.

3. ninth grade: We had two speeches and one group presentation.

4. Tenth Grade: Three Speeches, charades to learn vocabulary, class discussions on the novel we were reading.

5. eleventh grade: four group presentations, two speeches, debates and class discussions

6. twelfth grade: 4 group presentations, two speeches, debates and class discussions, create a Jazz song

7. Kindergarten: Singing the ABC's, sing songs

8. First Grade: Share with the class what we think will happen next in the story

9. Second Grade: We worked in groups to find the main idea, climax, plot, setting, & new vocabulary.

10. Third Grade: Read plays in groups, then perform for the whole class.

11. Fourth Grade: Each week every group had a different short story to read. We focused on author's purpose and plot. We presented in class to share our ideas.

12. Fifth Grade: Read chapter groups aloud by popcorn reading.

13. Sixth Grade: A lot of our work was independent work.