HS.88 Using Key Messages
This LifeKnowledge high school lesson (HS.88, “Using Key Messages”) teaches students how to develop and use effective key messages to communicate a vision to a specific audience. Through role-plays, a karaoke activity, note-taking, and a communications-director activity, students learn that strong key messages are clear, concise, and powerful (CCP) and practice creating them for an invented national association.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Define the qualities of an effective key message.
- Describe strategies used in developing a key message.
- Develop key messages for a specific audience.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes.
- Grade level
- High School
- Materials
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- Writing surface
- Overhead projector and transparencies
- Copies of HS.88.AS.A—two per class
- Copies of HS.88.AS.B—two per class
- Copies of HS.88.AS.C—one per student
- Copies of HS.88.Assess—one per student
- HS.88.TM.A
- HS.88.TM.B
- Unit
- Stage Three of Development—DO
- Problem Area
- How Do I Effectively Communicate with Others to Accomplish the Vision.
- Precepts
- A2: Focus on results. A5: Communicate effectively with others.
- Key Terms
- Key message
- Resources
- National FFA Organization's Website: Key Messages. www.ffa.org/about_ffa/organization/html/ffa.html
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
Presentation
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K-12.5Communication Strategies – Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.