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Poyen School |
| Oral and Visual Communications |
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Use vocabulary from content
The learner will be able to use vocabulary from content area texts and reading/literature.
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English in classroom discussion
The learner will be able to use standard English in classroom discussion and presentations.
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Speak for & to various purposes/audi
The learner will be able to speak for and to various purposes and audiences.
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Demonstrate appropriate physical gesture
The learner will be able to demonstrate appropriate eye contact, posture, volume, and physical gestures.
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Communicate ideas and information
The learner will be able to use correct pronunciation and inflection/modulation to communicate ideas and information.
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Contribute to class discussion
The learner will be able to contribute appropriately to class discussion.
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Deliver oral presentations
The learner will be able to deliver oral presentations using available technology.
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Report results of interviews,research
The learner will be able to report results of interviews, research, etc.
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Participate in speaking activities
The learner will be able to participate in a variety of speaking activities taken from literature or research.
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Critique oral presentations
The learner will be able to critique oral presentations of self and peers based on preset criteria.
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Effective listening skills
The learner will be able to demonstrate effective listening skills by exhibiting appropriate body language.
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Establish purpose for listening
The learner will be able to establish purpose for listening.
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Listen attentively to summarize
The learner will be able to listen attentively to summarize.
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Attentive and effective listening skills
The learner will be able to demonstrate attentive and effective listening skills to respond to and interpret speaker's message.
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Evaluate presentations
The learner will be able to evaluate presentations using established criteria/rubrics (e.g.,purpose, content, organization, and delivery).
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View a variety of materials
The learner will be able to view a variety of visually presented materials for understanding of a specific topic.
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Evaluate a media source
The learner will be able to evaluate a media source for bias, propaganda, and censorship.
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Design presentations
The learner will be able to design presentations that incorporate media visuals.
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| Writing |
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Self-selected and apply prewriting
The learner will be able to self select and apply an appropriate prewriting stategy for a variety of writing strategy for a variety of writing purposes across the curriculum, with emphasis on interviewing, note-taking, and gathering data.
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Organize ideas using graphic organizers
The learner will be able to organize ideas by using such graphic organizers as charts/graphs, and formal outlining with main topics, sub-topics, and details.
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Organizational structure
The learner will be able to select a focus and an organizational structure based on purpose, audience, length, and required format for expository, narrative, descriptive, and persuasive writing.
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Use available technology
The learner will be able to use available technology to access information and to document interviews.
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Create a draft
The learner will be able to create a draft with emphasis on persuasive and expository organization.
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Create an effective lead
The learner will be able to create an effective lead paragraph by using quotes, description, or questions with the last sentence as a thesis statement.
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Revise Content
The learner will be able to revise content for ; central idea, organization, unity, elaboration, clarity.
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Revise Style
The learner will be able to revise style for; Sentence variety, tone (e.g., sense of audience, etc.), voice (e.g., specificity, vividness, rhythm of piece, writer's attitude and presence, etc.), selected vocabulary, selected information.
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Revising writing using various tools
The learner will be able to revising writing using various tools/methods, such as peer and/or teacher collaboration, a revision checklist rubric, and/or reference materials (e.g., dictionary, thesaurus, etc.).
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Edit for grade-level conventions
The learner will be able to edit individually or in groups for appropriate grade-level conventions, within the following features: Sentence formation, completeness, absence of fused sentences, expansion through standard coordination and modifiers-Embedding through standard subordination and modifiers, standard word order, Usage, standard inflections, agreement, word meaning, conventions, Mechanics , capitalization, punctuatuion, formatting, spelling.
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Use available technology
The learner will be able to use available technology to create a product and communicate knowledge.
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Maintain a writing portfolio
The learner will be able to maintain a writing portfolio that exhibits growth in meeting goals and expectations.
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Publish/share according to purpose
The learner will be able to publish/share according to purpose and audience.
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Develop multiple works
The learner will be able to develop multiple works in a variety of modes of discourse.
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Select form of writing
The learner will be able to select the form of writing that addresses the intended audience.
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Create different forms of writing
The learner will be able to create expositiory, narrative, descriptive, and persuasive writings.
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Write poems
The learner will be able to write poems using a variety of techniques/devices, with emphasis on free verse.
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Write research reports
The learner will be able to write research reports that include a thesis and use a variety of sources.
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Write to reflect ideas
The learner will be able to write to reflect ideas/interpretations of multicultural and universal themes and concepts.
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Write with and without prompts
The learner will be able to write with and without prompts for a sustained period of time.
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Write responses to literature
The learner will be able to write responses to literature that demonstrate understanding or interpretation.
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Write on demand
The learner will be able to write on demand with or without 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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Different kinds of sentences
The learner will be able to vary sentence structure by using simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences and different kinds of sentences-declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory.
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