Speech-Communication Standards, Benchmarks and Indicators

Domain verbs for lesson plan objectives

Here are some excellent verbs one can use when creating the objectives for lesson plans so that each objective can begin with different verbs.

Cognitive and Psychomotor Domains

1. Perception

2. Physical Orientation

3. Guided Response

Observing, noting, behaviors involved in a task

Preparing to perform

Performing a task with

assistance or supervision

Notice	Stretch	Alert	Acquaint	Copy	Support
Detect	Stiffen	Admonish	Heed	Mimic	Follow
Discover	Encompass	Align	Reach out	Assist	Follow
React	Reach	Familiarize	Warn	Match	Combine
Perceive	Lengthen	Notice	Caution	Aid	Relieve
See	Extend	Apprehend	Flex	Help	Repeat

4. Physical Abilities		5. Mechanism		6. Complex Overt Response
Improving physical qualities for advanced psychomotor development		Acting without assistance of supervision		Performing multiple acts automatically as a series of complex behaviors,
Improve	Add	Separate	Split	Integrate	Renovate
Increase	Advance	Remove	Balance	Blend	Procure
Rectify	Modify	Partition	Reconnect	Merge	Secure
Amend	Develop	Combine	Apportion	Reproduce	Rebuild
Accrue	Elaborate	Disconnect	Detach	Unite	Acquire
Correct	Amass	Divide	Segment	Overhaul	Orchestrate

Affective Domain

1. Characterization	2. Organization	3. Valuing
Consistent behavior based on a belief that integrates into one philosophy and life.	Develop and acquire a new values system	Internalize preferences by sensing worth and value in beliefs

Insist	Attach	Reply	Judge	Attain	Listen to
Perceive	Join	Answer	Abolish	Assume	Internalize
Be alert to	Link	Follow	Scrutinize	Support	Reflect
Tolerate	Combine	Approve	Probe	Participate	Ponder
Rebuild	Integrate	Obey	Question	Continue	Consider
Couple	Merge	Search out	Investigate	Cogitate	Mull over
Connect	Practice	Reject	Inspect	Study	Think about
Include	Incorpoate	Access	Seek out	Muse	Examine

4. Responding		5. Receiving
Deliberately participate and experiment with new values, attitudes, and beliefs		Give attention and be willing to listen, tolerate
Organize	Retort	Listen to	Tolerate
Judge	Reply	Perceive	Permit
Decide	Respond	Be alert to	Oblige
Identify with	Admit	Consent to	Allow
Receive	Concede	Notice	Notice
Answer	Declare	Entertain	Heed
Confess	Acquiesce	Indulge	Hear
Grant	Yield	Accept	Recognize

Interpersonal Domain

1. Summarizing	2. Disagreeing	3. Shuttle Out/ Bring in
Abstract prior information and restate it to others	Provide conscious, direct difference of opinion, criticism	Include / Exclude other group members in a discussion

Reduce	Recap	Depart	Stray	Embrace	Support
Condense	Review	Oppose	Diverge	Accommodate	Follow
Abridge	Compact	Align	Reach out	Provide	Follow
Compress	Encapsulate	Conflict	Deviate	Create	Combine
Sum up	Recapitulate	Rescind	Digress	Include	Relieve
Repeat	Summarize	Nullify	Overturn	Take in	Repeat

4. Building / Supporting		5. Proposing		6. Seeing / Giving Info
Extend to, involve, enhance, others ideas, opinions, proposals, argument s		Present new concept, suggestion, or course of action to others		Asking for or offering facts, opinions, clarifications from or to another individual,
Build	Support	Propose	Offer	Ask for	Give
Extend	Involve	Suggest	Balance	Seek out	Offer
Enhance	Propose	Advise	Advocate	Merge	Bestow
Assert	Develop	Recommend	Submit	Search	Grant
Accrue	Elaborate	Put forth	Publish	Find	Award
Elaborate	Amass	Present	Give	Suggest	Convey

Standards, Benchmarks and Indicators

These standards, benchmarks and indicators are strictly for speech lesson plans.