Standards
Pennsylvania Content Standards for Communications: Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking-All students: 1. use effective research information management skills, including locating primary and secondary sources of information with traditional and emerging library technologies. 2. read and use a variety of methods to make sense of various kinds of complex texts. 3. respond orally and in writing to information and ideas gained by reading narrative and informational texts and use the information and ideas to make decisions and solve problems. 4. write for a variety of purposes, including narrate, inform, and persuade, in all subject areas. 5. analyze and make critical judgments about all forms of communication, separating fact from opinion, recognizing propaganda, stereotypes and statements of bias, recognizing inconsistencies and judging the validity of evidence. 6. exchange information orally, including understanding and giving spoken instructions, asking and answering questions appropriately, and promoting effective group communications. 7. listen to and understand complex oral messages and identify the purpose, structure and use. 8. compose and make oral presentations for each academic area of study that are designed to persuade, inform or describe. 9. communicate appropriately in business, work and other applied situations.
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