Arizona State Standards

Listening and Speaking Essentials: Students know and are able to do all of the above and the following:

• Prepare and deliver an organized speech and effectively convey the message through verbal and nonverbal communications with a specific audience
• Prepare and deliver an oral report in a content area and effectively convey the information through verbal and nonverbal communications with a specific audience
• Interpret and respond to questions and evaluate responses both as interviewer and interviewee
• Predict, clarify, analyze and critique a speaker's information and point of view

Viewing and Presenting Essentials: Students know and are able to do all of the above and the following:

• Analyze visual media for language, subject matter and visual techniques used to influence opinions, decision making and cultural perceptions
• Plan, develop and produce a visual presentation, using a variety of media such as videos, films, newspapers, magazines and computer images
• Compare, contrast and establish criteria to evaluate visual media for purpose and effectiveness

Reading-Essential Skill # 2: Using reading strategies such as making inferences and predictions, summarizing, paraphrasing, differentiating fact from opinion, drawing conclusions, and determining the author's purpose and perspective to comprehend written selections.

• PO 2 Distinguish fact from opinion
• PO 3 Summarize the text in own words

Reading -Essential Skill # 6: Compare and contrast the historical and cultural perspectives of literary selections

 

• Compare one author's perspective of a historical character, setting or event with another historical or contemporary literary selections (i.e.: essays, autobiographies, fiction, nonfiction)

Writing-Essential Skill #1: Use correct spelling, punctuation, capitalization grammar and usage, along with varied sentence structure and paragraph organization, to complete effectively a variety of writing tasks.

• PO 1 Spell Correctly
• PO 2 Punctuate correctly
• PO 3 Apply rules of capitalization
• PO 4 Apply standard grammar and usage
• PO 5 organize paragraphs with a variety of sentence structures

Writing-Essential Skill #2: Write a personal experience narrative or creative story that includes a plot and shows the reader what happens through well-developed characters, setting, dialog, and themes and uses figurative language, descriptive words and phrases.

• PO 1 Write a personal experience narrative: develop a story line in a sequence that is clear, use figurative language or descriptive words and phrases.

Technology Standard 1: Students develop the essential technology skills for using and understanding conventional and current tools, materials and processes.

• Use organizational features of electronic information (e.g., microfiche headings and numbering; headings for accessing nested information in hypertext media,electronic media, library, interlibrary catalog databases)
• Evaluate the quality and performance of a product, e.g., performance test a technology device
• Evaluate the operation of a technology device and correct any malfunctions (e.g.,adjust paper feed on printer, check electric power source/connection)
• Examine information from electronic media and determine its correctness and worth
• Identify copyright laws that pertain to technology and apply them appropriately
• Understand the "Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia" regarding using audio, video and electronic media

Technology Standard 2: Students know how to solve problems by using current technologies to conduct research, analyze solutions and present results.

• Compose and edit a multipage document with appropriate formatting (e.g., margins,tabs, spacing, columns, page orientation) at the keyboard, using word-processing skills, writing process steps, and principles of design
• Plan, produce, and present a multimedia presentation (using a wide range of visual media) that is tailored to an audience and clearly communicates its purpose
• Cite resources (e.g., bibliography, reference list) in written documents and presentations
• Use software features (e.g., spelling checker, grammar checker)

Workplace Skills Standard #3: Students apply critical and creative thinking skills to make decisions and solve workplace problems.

• Utilize information acquired from several sources and transfer information learned in one situation to another
• Devise and implementing a plan of action by specifying goals and constraints
• Generate alternatives, consider risks, evaluate and choose solutions
• Monitor progress and make adjustments to meet stated objectives
• Reflect on the action taken to determine what has been gained, lost or achieved
• Identify a need for data, obtain it and develop a validation instrument for determining its accuracy

Workplace Skills Standard # 4: Students work individually and collaboratively within team settings to accomplish objectives.

• Identify ways to build mutual trust and respect and develop an action plan for negotiating concerns
• Analyze the difference between individual and group decisions and accomplishments
• Exert a high level of effort and perseverance toward goal attainment, as a team member
• Assume leadership roles in team settings

 

Workplace Skills Standard # 7: Students demonstrate technological literacy for productivity in the workplace.

• Demonstrate basic computer operation skills in a variety of applications to organize information
• Use technology to organize information resources such as library and interlibrary catalog databases