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Poyen School |
| Oral and Visual Communications |
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Adjust oral language to audience
The learner will be able to create, present, and adjust oral language to audience and appropriately apply the rules of standard English.
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Prepare and participate in discussions
The learner will be able to prepare and participate in informal discussions and activities, such as presentations, group discussions/work teams, and debates that: 1. exhibit a logical structure appropriate to the audience, context, and purpose 2. maintain focus 3. include transitions 4. provide coherent conclusions 5. employ proper eye contact, speaking rate, and gestures 6. emphasize volume, enunciation, and inlection to communicate ideas effectively 7. build on the ideas of others by contributing relevant information in group discussions.
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Visual aids in presentations
The learner will be able to use appropriate visual aids in presentations.
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Participate in speaking activities
The learner will be able to participate in a variety of such speaking activities as scenes from a play, oral book reports, monologues, memorization of lines, character analysis, literary reviews, and excerpts from famous speeches.
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Interpret oral readings
The learner will be able to interpret oral readings from literary and informational texts.
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Barriers to listening
The learner will be able to identify barriers to listening and generate methods to overcome them.
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Critique presentations
The learner will be able to critique poral communications for false assumptions, errors, loaded terms, and sarcasm.
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Demonstrate listening skills
The learner will be able to demonstrate critical listening skills and productive participation in self-directed work teams for a particular purpose to include: 1. extracting essential information from others' input 2. contributing relevant information or ideas in group discussions 3. evaluating the range and quality of evidence used to support or oppose an argument.
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Features and techniques used by media
The learner will be able to identify features and techniques used by specific media (print and electronic) to inform, such as infographics, sequencing,headlining, and placement.
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Media techniques for special effects
The learner will be able to demonstrate an understanding of features and techniques used by media for specific effect.
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Identify and evaluate propaganda
The learner will be able to identify and evaluate propaganda, disinformation, and censorship within a given medium.
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| Writing |
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Apply prewriting strategies
The learner will be able to apply appropriate prewriting strategies to address purpose and audience with emphasis on description.
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Purpose of writing
The learner will be able to communicate clearly the purpose of the writing.
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Write clear and varied sentences
The learner will be able to write clear and varied sentences.
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Elaborate ideas clearly and accurately
The learner will be able to elaborate ideas clearly and accurately through word choice, vivid description, and selected information.
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Content voc. voice/tone
The learner will be able to adapt content vocabulary, voice and tone to audience, purpose, and situation.
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Arrange paragraphs/transitions
The learner will be able to arrange paragraphs into a logical progression with appropriate transition.
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Revise content of writing
The learner will be able to revise content of writing for central idea, elaboration, unity, and organization.
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Revise style of writing
The learner will be able to revise style of writing for selected vocabualry, selected information, sentence variety,tone, and voice.
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Revise sentence formation
The learner will be able to revise sentence formation in writing for completeness, coordination, subordination, standard word order and absence of fused sentences.
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Grammatical conventions to edit
The learner will be able to apply grammatical conventions to edit for standard inflections, agreement, word meaning, and conventions.
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Apply grammatical conventions
The learner will be able to apply grammatical conventions for capitalization, punctuation, formatting, and spelling.
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Refine selected pieces
The learner will be able to refine selected pieces frequently to publish for intended audiences and purposes.
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Maintain a writing portfolio
The learner will be able to maintain a writing portfolio that exhibits growth and reflection in the progress of meeting goals and expectations.
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Technology for the writing process
The learner will be able to use available technology for all aspects of the writing process.
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Levels of formality,style, and tone
The learner will be able to adjust levels of formality, style, and tone when composing for different audiences.
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Write short stories
The learner will be able to write short stories that; communicate the significance of the events, specify scenes and incidents in specific places; describe using sensory details , pace time and mood, maintain consistency in point of view.
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Write expository compositions
The learner will be able to write expository compositions, including analytical essays, and research reports that ; assemble and convey evidence in support of the thesis; make distinctions between the relative value and significance of data, facts, and ideas.
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Write using rhetorical strategies
The learner will be able to write using rhetorical stategies with special emphasis on exemplification, process/analysis,compare/contrast, and argumentation/persuasion that demonstrate logic.
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Write a variety of letters
The learner will be able to write a variety of work related documents such as memos, emails, and correspondence that: 1. follow a customary format, including proper salutation, closing, and signature and create predictable structures through the use of headings, white space, and graphics 2. address audience needs, stated purpose and context 3. provide clear, purposeful information that includes relevant information and excludes extraneous information 4. use appropriate vocabulary, tone, and style 5. use appropriate strategies, such as providing facts and details, describing and analyzing the subject, and explaining benefits or limitations.
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Write poems
The learner will be able to write poems using a range of poetic techniques, forms and figurative language, emphasizing lyric poetry.
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Write responses to literature
The learner will be able to write responses to literature that: 1. articulate the significant ideas of literary works 2. support important ideas and viewpoints 3. analyze the author's use of stylistic and literary devices 4. determine the impact of ambiguities, nuances, and complexities using evidence from the text 5. analyze conflicts (character dilemmas) as revealed by characters' motivations and behaviors.
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Write on demand
The learner will be able to write on demand to a specified prompt within a given time frame.
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Write across the curriculum
The learner will be able to write across the curriculum.
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Sentence conciseness and variety
The learner will be able to use verbals and verbal phrases to achieve sentence conciseness and variety.
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Usage rules in all formal writing
The learner will be able to apply usage rules appropriately in all formal writing ; Subject verb agreement, Pronoun agreement, Misplaced modifiers, Pronoun case, Objective complements.
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Active and passive voice
The learner will be able to demonstrate appropriate use of active and passive voice.
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Conventional spelling to all pieces
The learner will be able to apply conventional spelling to all pieces.
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