Appendix
Oral Language
11.1 The student will make informative and persuasive presentations.
- Gather and organize evidence to support a position.
- Present evidence clearly and convincingly.
- Support and defend ideas in public forums.
- Use grammatically correct language, including vocabulary appropriate to the topic, audience, and purpose.
11.2 The student will analyze and evaluate informative and persuasive presentations.
- Critique the accuracy, relevance, and organization of evidence.
- Critique the clarity and effectiveness of delivery.
Reading Analysis
11.3 The student will read and analyze relationships between literature, history, and culture.
- Compare and contrast the development of various literary movements in its historical context.
- Discuss literature as it reflects traditional and contemporary themes, motifs, universal characters, and genres.
- Describe how use of context and language structures conveys an author's intent and viewpoint in contemporary and historical essays, speeches, and critical reviews.
11.4 The student will read and analyze a variety of informational materials.
- Use information from texts to clarify or refine understanding of academic concepts.
- Apply concepts and use vocabulary in informational and technical materials to complete a task.
- Generalize ideas from selections to make predictions about other texts.
- Analyze information from a text to draw conclusions.
Holly K. Banning
January 21, 2011 at 9:00 pmUnit Cited
Dean, In writing a paper on the subject of 21st century literacies, I found your unit to be very useful. I cited it and highly recommended the adaptation of this versatile unit to upper elementary and middle school teachers in integrating technology into the writing process. I also acknowledged its value in connecting with the culturally and linguistically diverse student by using an engaging literacy practice (digital storytelling) meaningful to his or her life.
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