Reporting & Recounting

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English›Speaking & Listening|Ages 8—11|ID: mt_ds2TOtP8I1

Report on a topic or recount an experience with organised facts and descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace

Mastery Evidence

Deliver a one-minute oral report on a chosen topic, including at least three organised facts
Recount a personal experience using descriptive details and a clear beginning, middle, and end
Self-assess a recorded presentation for pace, clarity, and inclusion of relevant details

Assessment Prompt

“Can [child] give a short talk about a topic they've researched — presenting the key facts in a logical order and speaking clearly enough for others to follow?”

Curriculum Standards2 alignments

SL.4.4Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects

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.

English Language Arts

SL.5.4Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects

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.

English Language Arts

Prerequisites2

Describing Aloud
hardAges 4—8
Reciting Poetry
softAges 6—10

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Describing Aloud hard
Oral reporting extends giving descriptions and explanations with detail
- Expressing & Justifying Opinions soft
  Oral expression skills support understanding formality in speech
- Group discussions soft
  Conversational skills support oral description
  - Listening and responding hard
    Listening and responding foundational to conversation
  - Exploring Ideas Through Talk soft
    Conversational skills provide foundation for evaluating viewpoints
    - Feeling of not understanding soft
      Using talk to explore ideas and speculate requires noticing what you don't yet understand — the comprehension-monitoring habit in a spoken register
      - Asking for Help hard
        Noticing confusion and acting on it requires already knowing that asking for help is a valid response to being stuck
Reciting Poetry soft
Oral reporting connects to recitation and spoken presentation skills
- Describing Aloud hard
  Reciting/presenting builds on Y1 oral description/expression
  - Expressing & Justifying Opinions soft
    Oral expression skills support understanding formality in speech
  - Group discussions soft
    Conversational skills support oral description
    - Listening and responding hard
      Listening and responding foundational to conversation
    - Exploring Ideas Through Talk soft
      Conversational skills provide foundation for evaluating viewpoints
      - Feeling of not understanding soft
        Using talk to explore ideas and speculate requires noticing what you don't yet understand — the comprehension-monitoring habit in a spoken register
        
        Asking for Help hard
        Noticing confusion and acting on it requires already knowing that asking for help is a valid response to being stuck
- Expressing & Justifying Opinions soft
  Articulating opinions supports presentation skills

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