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