Communications/Language Arts
Students will use critical listening and viewing skills in various situations and for a variety of purposes.
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Indicator: 1 Students will use various reading cues/strategies to comprehend text, e.g. context, semantic, syntactic, and graphophonic cues.
Indicator: 2 Students will evaluate the patterns of organization, literary elements, and literary devices within various texts.
Indicator: 4 Students will access, synthesize, and evaluate information from a variety of sources.
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Use specific cues/strategies to make connections with predict meaning of, and comprehend information within text.
Determine when a specific cue or strategy can be used most effectively to read for comprehension.
Use prior knowledge and experience to interpret and construct meaning from various texts.
Explain literary elements and/or devices used in various texts, e.g., plot, setting, character, imagery, alliteration.
Select and use suitable information sources for a variety of purposes, e.g., Internet, CD-ROM, print and video materials, library.
Collect and summarize information to make reasonable and informed decisions.
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The student will use background knowledge and experience to comprehend text.
The student will explain character and plot development are used in a selection to support a central conflict or story line.
The student will identify and understand types of figurative language. (example: similes, personification, alliteration)
The student will draw conclusions and inferences based on explicit and implied information.
The student will use reference tools and manage information. (example: interactive software, CD ROM, video materials, Internet)
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