MS.42 Responding to Audience Feedback
This LifeKnowledge lesson (MS.42, “Responding to Audience Feedback”) teaches middle school students how to recognize, categorize, and respond to feedback from an audience. Through a concept map, a TV/video clip analysis, classification of positive versus negative feedback, a worksheet, and a role-playing skit, students learn to examine types of feedback, identify the communication needs of various audiences, and adapt their communication to elicit positive feedback.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Examine types of feedback.
- Identify communication needs of various audiences.
- Adapt to feedback.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes.
- Grade level
- Middle School
- Materials
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- Overhead projector
- MS.42.Assess—one per student
- MS.42.AS.A—one per student
- MS.42.TM.A
- MS.42.TM.B
- MS.42.TM.C
- TV with cable connection, or video clip to use in this lesson
- Unit
- Stage Two of Development—WE
- Problem Area
- How Do I Communicate My Thoughts and Ideas to Others.
- Precepts
- A5: Communicate effectively with others.
- Resources
- National FFA Organization's Essential Learnings, 2003.
- Key Terms
- Feedback; Negative feedback; Positive feedback
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
Presentation
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K12.12Applying Language Skills — Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes.