The 53 teaching strategies accompanying the 10 performance objectives in this guide for grades kindergarten through 12 focus on specific kinds of oral language. Each of the objectives is designed so that after the completion of the program students will be able to (1) use appropriate levels of language for given situations; (2) present both personal narratives that follow a chronological order or a cause/effect relationship and descriptive accounts; (3) use informal modes of communication in order to share their ideas and feelings; (4) use formal modes of communication; (5) conduct themselves in social situations using social amenities; (6) speak or read aloud with understanding, phrasing, stress, clear enunciation, appropriate audibility, and dramatic quality; (7) serve as panel members for purposes of discussion and sharing of ideas related to a specified problem; (8) participate in a variety of oral language activities in a communication arts context; (9) demonstrate improved language competence or fluency; and (10) refine their accuracy and precision of language use.(HOD)