Curriculum Framework: Communication/Critical Thinking

  LISTENING SPEAKING VIEWING READING WRITING REFERENCE
PK Respond to oral information. Express needs. Identify a book and a film/play. Connect meaning with environmental symbols. Connect ideas and symbols. Explorer ways of obtaining information.
K Focus attention and respond to oral information. Express thoughts and needs. Connect book and film/play as different formats for the same story. Connect meaning with environmental print and simple stories. Record thoughts that express meaning. Connect information with a variety of sources.
1st Question and comment appropriately. Present ideas and information. List similarities and differences for a book and film/play. Use strategies to decode and comprehend simple printed materials. Write about a familiar topic. Collect information from a variety of sources.
2nd Paraphrase orally presented information. Deliver a simple oral presentation. Compare and contrast, and evaluate book and film of same story. Apply strategies to decode and comprehend appropriate text. Write simple stories, reports, and letters. Collect and organize information from a variety of sources.
3rd Identify speaker's purpose and key points. Produce an understandable presentation. Compare, contrast, and evaluate a book and and film/play. Use appropriate reading strategies to strengthen comprehension of a variety of materials. Plan, draft, revise, and edit writing for clarity and purpose. Integrate information from a variety of credited sources.
4th Summarize information from oral sources. Organize and deliver a presentation effectively. Compare, contrast and evaluate a book and film/play. Use appropriate reading strategies to strengthen comprehension of a variety of materials. Plan, draft, revise, and edit writing for clarity and purpose. Integrate information from a variety of credited sources.
5th Draw conclusions from oral and visual sources. Present information relevant to a purpose and an audience. Identify the message of a film/play. Apply comprehension strategies to appropriate text. Plan, draft, revise, and edit a formal paragraph in each of the different styles of writing. Locate, collect, and summarize information.
6th Restate points and defend a point of view. Develop and deliver a formal group presentation. Identify the simple components of a film/play. Apply comprehension strategies to appropriate text. Write multi-paragraph compositions for a variety of purposes and in a variety of styles with a focus on the narrative style. Locate, select and synthesize information.
7th Gather and interpret various oral points of view for a specific purpose. Present a message with an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. Identify the relationship between story elements and film/play elements. Analyze literacy elements, techniques, and styles in a variety of materials. Write multi paragraph compositions for a variety of purposes: narrative, expository, persuasive, and descriptive. Organize materials using research strategies to create a research project.
8th Synthesize information to formulate a response. Present a meaningful and entertaining message. Compare and contrast a companion book and film/play. Synthesize literary elements, techniques, and styles in a variety of literature. Analyze and revise writing. Complete a research paper.
9th Evaluate the quality of presentations and discussions in a variety of situations. Conceive, develop, organize, and present information based upon a synthesis of outside sources in a persuasive or expository format. Identify the critical components that create a films message. Identify and analyze literary elements and techniques in a variety of literature. Create, plan and draft expository, descriptive and narrative writing samples. High school students refine and apply the research skills learned at the previous levels to write a variety of research papers across content area.
10th Interpret and assess the information provided in a variety of situations. Conceive, develop, organize, and present ideas effectively for the purpose of informing or persuading an audience. Examine the relationship of the critical components of film and their impact on the films message. Analyze literary elements and writing techniques and their relationship to the theme and quality of the work. Plan, draft, revise, rewrite, and edit narrative, expository, descriptive and persuasive writing samples.  
11th Evaluate a speaker's message and analyze the speaker's intent. Speak effectively and concisely in a variety of formats, including narrative, persuasive, expository, and descriptive. Analyze the interdependence of the critical components that create the films message. Read and analyze a variety of literature, examining and explaining the interdependency of literary elements, theme, tone, and technique. Write effectively and concisely in a variety of formats in including narrative, persuasive, expository, and descriptive.  

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