Know Your Audience

Created by Carrie Ziolkowski, GALACTIC

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Grade 6This activity addresses the

following Missouri Standards:

• Apply established criteria to evaluate communications (MO 1.6; 4.1)

• Process and organize thinking about a topic using a variety of formats (MO 1.8; 1.10)

• Draw conclusions and form opinions (MO 1.6; 1.8)

Know Your Audience

General Directions

Day 2

Day 1

Day 3

Meet the Candidates

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Know Your Audience

Your class is in charge of finding two quality speakers to participate in your school’s “Career Day” next month. To find speakers, your class decided to put an ad in the local newspaper. Go on...

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What a response! Twenty people are interested in participating in “Career Day.”

Now, your class must decide which of the applicants will best fill the two available slots.

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Your class decides to ask each of the applicants to write a short paragraph describing their skills and talents. Four semi-finalists have been chosen by your teacher.

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Now your class must work as a group to read the four paragraphs and decide which two applicants should present at “Career Day.”

Go on….

1. On the chalkboard, brainstorm a list of qualities that good guest speakers should have. (For example, you might think that being interesting is very important.)

2. Vote as a class on the 2 most important qualities on your list. Jot these qualities in your journal.

End of Day 1

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Make a chart to evaluate each of the 4 applicants.

You can do this in your journal.

Sample Chart...

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Click Here To meet the Applicants

H o wIn teresting?

sounds coolmight be boring

Quality # 1 Quality # 2

Applicant # 1 Applicant # 3

Applicant # 2 Applicant # 4

Choose an applicant to meet…

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We’ve met everyone

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Applicant # 1I am interested in being

considered for your school’s “Career Day”. I am a fire fighter. In addition to fighting fires, I regularly visit schools and businesses to talk about the importance of using smoke detectors in homes and other buildings.

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Applicant # 2Hello. I think I might like to

speak at your school-if I have the time. I am a stock broker and could tell you a lot of exciting things about stocks and bonds. Hopefully, I would be able to fit this event into my extremely busy schedule.

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Applicant # 3Howdy! I would like to share

my work with you at your “Career Day”. I own a dairy farm and supply many local grocery stores with quality products including milk, cheese, and ice cream. I would be happy to share my many responsibilities with you and explain why my job is so very important.

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Applicant # 4Like, I might like to com to your school, but I’m relly not sure what I would talk about. I work in business and sell diffrent computers and stuff. Sorry if I made any mistakes, but my secratery is on vacation. And I not sur where the spell checker is on this masheen.

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Hold a class debate...

• Who do you think is most qualified to speak at “Career Day”? Why?

• Who do you feel is least qualified? Why?

•Use your chart to defend your opinions.

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Hold a class vote! Each person in your class should vote for the two candidates

who they think are the most qualified.

After the vote...

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In your journal, respond to these questions…

• Do you think your class made the best decision possible?

• Should your class have chosen different qualities to evaluate the candidates for Career Day?

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