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Poyen School |
| Oral and Visual Communications |
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Structured discussions
The learner will be able to prepare and participate in formal discussions, such as Socratic discussions and job interviews.
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Multi-media presentation
The learner will be able to present a formal multi-media presentation that supports judgments with sound evidence and well-chosen details.
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Perform speaking activities
The learner will be able to perform a variety of such speaking activities as scenes from a play, monologues, memorization of lines, character analysis, literary reviews, excerpts from famous speeches, and comparison of genre across eras.
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Listen to interpret , respond, evaluate
The learner will be able to demonstrate critical, empathetic, and reflective listening to interpret, respond to, and evaluate speakers' messages.
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Identify organizational patterns
The learner will be able to identify organizational patterns appropriate to diverse situations, such as interviews, debates, and conversations.
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Identify barriers/Generate methods
The learner will be able to identify barriers to listening and generate methods to overcome them.
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Critique delivery of presentation
The learner will be able to critique oral communications for clarity, faulty reasoning, relevance, organization of evidence, and effectiveness of delivery.
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Critical 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. maintaining independent judgment 2. defining individuals' roles and responsibilities and setting clear goals 3. acknowledging the ideas and contributions of individuals in the group 4. understanding the purpose of the team project and the ground rules for decision making 5. selecting leader/spokesperson when necessary.
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Cause and effect relationships
The learner will be able to describe the possible cause-effect relationships between mass media coverage and public opinion trends.
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Criteria to evaluate media
The learner will be able to use appropriate criteria to evaluate media with emphasis on prejudice, censorship, and disinformation.
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| Writing |
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Prewriting strategies
The learner will be able to apply appropriate prewriting stategies to address purpose and audience with emphasis on exposition.
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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
The learner will be able to elaborate ideas clearly and accurately through word choice, vivid description, and selected information.
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Adapt content vocabulary
The learner will be able to adapt content vocabulary, voice, and tone to audience, purpose, and situation.
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Paragraphs in logical progression
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 vocabulary, 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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Evaluate questions
The learner will be able to evaluate how well questions of purpose, audience, and genre have been addressed.
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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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Grammatical conventions capitalization
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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Use technology in writing process
The learner will be able to use available technology for all aspects of the writing process.
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Use effective rhetorical techniques
The learner will be able to use effective rhetorical techniques and demonstrate understanding of purpose, speaker, audience, and form when completing expressive, persuasive, or literary writing assignments.
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Expository compostions
The learner will be able to write expository compositions, including analytical essays and research reports that; assemble and convey evidence in support of the theisis, make distinctions between the relative value and significance of data, facts, and ideas, employ visual aids when appropriate.
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Rhetorical stategies
The learner will be able to write using rhetorical strategies with special emphasis on comparison/contrast, cause/effect, classification, and argumentation/persuasion that demonstrate logic.
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Persuasive compositions
The learner will be able to write persuasive compositions that use logic to: 1. structure ideas and arguments 2. clarify and defend positions with precise and relevant evidence 3. use specific rhetorical devices to support assertions 4. address readers' concerns, counterclaims, biases, and expectations.
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Write a variety of letters
The learner will be able to write a variety of work related documents such as proposals, project plans, and letters, including letters for employment and letters of request, 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, explaining benefits or limitations, comparing or contrasting, and providing a scenario to illustrate.
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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 free verse poetry.
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Write response to literature
The learner will be able to write response to literature that; articulate the significant ideas of literary works, support important ideas and viewpoints, analyze the author's use of stylistic and literary devices, determine the impact of ambiguities, nuances, and complexities using evidence from the text, 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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Variety of sentence structure
The learner will be able to use a variety of sentence structures, types, and lengths for effect in writing.
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Apply usage rules
The learner will be able to apply usage rules appropriately in all formal writing; subject verb agreement,Pronoun agreement, misplaced modifiers, active and passive voice, indicative and subjunctive mood.
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