Language Art Standards:
1.B.4a Preview reading materials, clarify meaning, analyze overall themes
and coherence, and relate reading with information from other sources.
1.B.4b Analyze, interpret and compare a variety of texts for purpose,
structure, content, detail and effect.
1.B.4c Read age-appropriate material with fluency and accuracy.
1.C.4b Explain and justify an interpretation of a text.
1.C.4e Summarize and make generalizations from content and relate them to
the purpose of the material.
1.C.4f Interpret tables, graphs and maps in conjunction with related text.
3.A.4 Use standard English to edit documents for clarity, subject/verb
agreement, adverb and adjective agreement and verb tense; proofread for
spelling, capitalization and punctuation; and ensure that documents are
formatted in final form for submission and/or publication.
3.B.4a Produce documents that exhibit a range of writing techniques
appropriate to purpose and audience, with clarity of focus, logic of
organization, appropriate elaboration and support and overall coherence.
3.B4b Produce, edit, revise and format work for submission and/or
publication using contemporary technology.
3.C.4b Using available technology, produce compositions and multimedia works
for specified audiences.
4.A.4a Apply listening skills as individuals and members of a group in a
variety of settings.
4.B.4b Use group discussion skills to assume leadership and participant
roles within an assigned project or to reach a group goal.
4.B.4d Use verbal and nonverbal strategies to maintain communication and to
resolve individual and group conflict.
5.A.4a Demonstrate a knowledge of strategies needed to prepare a credible
research report.
5.B.4a Choose and evaluate primary and secondary sources for a variety of
purposes.
5.B.4b Use multiple sources and multiple formats; cite according to
standard style manuals.
