Overview

Speaking and listening unit builds Grade 9 ELA speaking skills in the Alberta framework with 8 targeted practice worksheets. Designed for a focused sequence, this Lesson Bundle helps students plan, deliver, and respond during structured discussions and presentations. Each worksheet supports gradual skill growth—from organizing ideas and using signposting language to refining delivery, practicing collaborative listening, and strengthening evidence-based responses. By the end of the unit, students are better prepared to communicate clearly for specific audiences and purposes, using feedback and targeted strategies rather than guesswork.

What's Included

• ✅ Signposting and Transitions Worksheet Grade 9 ELA Practice – Students practice clear signposts and transitions to guide listeners through a message.
• ✅ Presentation Organization Worksheet Pack | Grade 9 ELA Practice – Learners organize main ideas, details, and supporting points into an effective presentation structure.
• ✅ Feedback For Speaking Worksheet | Grade 9 ELA Practice – Students use simple criteria to give and receive feedback that improves speaking clarity and impact.
• ✅ Evidence Building Responses Worksheet Pack | Grade 9 ELA Activities – Learners craft responses that connect claims to relevant evidence and reasoning.
• ✅ Delivery Refinement Worksheet Pack | Grade 9 ELA Practice – Students refine delivery choices such as pace, volume, and emphasis for listener understanding.
• ✅ Collaborative Listening Worksheet Pack | Grade 9 ELA Practice – Teams develop habits for active listening, respectful turn-taking, and shared understanding.
• ✅ Clarifying Questions Worksheet Pack | Grade 9 ELA Practice – Students generate questions that clarify meaning, check assumptions, and deepen discussion.
• ✅ Audience Purpose Language Worksheet Pack | Grade 9 ELA Practice – Learners select language that matches audience needs and the purpose of communication.

Skills & Standards

Aligned to the Alberta ELA focus on communication through speaking, listening, and viewing, this unit emphasizes disciplinary core ideas related to purposeful communication and meaning-making. Students engage in modeling and analytical reasoning as they plan messages, evaluate delivery choices, and revise responses using feedback. Work in the bundle supports evidence-based explanations by requiring students to link ideas to supporting evidence and explain how that evidence strengthens their point. Crosscutting concepts are reinforced through attentive listening, cause-and-effect reasoning in explanations, and reflecting on how choices (language, structure, delivery) affect audience understanding. Throughout the unit, students practice structured discussion moves (collaboration, clarifying questions) and strategic language (signposting, audience-purpose wording) to communicate with intention.

Perfect For

• Teachers seeking structured instruction
• Sub plans
• Homework or review
• Intervention or centers
• Assessment preparation

How to Use

Plan for 1–3 weeks of instruction for this single unit, using worksheets as daily practice during guided discussion and short presentation cycles. Try a quick warm-up each day (for example, a signpost or transition choice) before students complete a speaking or listening task. Use guided practice with model responses, then have students apply the strategy from that day’s worksheet in a brief partner presentation. Incorporate exit tickets after collaborative listening and clarifying questions activities to check for evidence-based reasoning and appropriate audience-purpose language. Finish with an end-of-unit review where students revisit their delivery refinement notes and prepare a final response or mini-presentation.

Closing

With repeated practice in speaking and listening moves, students build confidence, clarity, and evidence-based communication for real classroom and community conversations.