State Curriculum - Reading

 
Grade 8
Standard 6.0 Listening: Students will demonstrate effective listening to learn, process, and analyze information.
A. Listening
1. Apply and demonstrate listening skills appropriately in a variety of settings and for a variety of purposes
a. Respond to a speaker's cues appropriately
b. Identify regional and social language differences
c. Determine and apply criteria to evaluate oral presentations
2. Demonstrate comprehension and literary analysis strategies and skills for a variety of listening purposes and settings
a. Evaluate the effectiveness of the elements of the speech or performance or presentation
b. Interpret the speech or performance or presentation
c. Analyze a speaker's purpose and viewpoint
d. Identify and evaluate a speaker's stylistic devices such as clear organization, clear viewpoint, use of support, language appropriate to audience, topic appropriate to audience
e. Evaluate a speaker's credibility such as bias, hidden agendas, use of research/information from reliable sources
f. Explain and support a personal response to an oral presentation
 

Indicators/objectives that include assessment limits are assessed on MSA *New Standards identifies the need for students to process 1 million words per year to maintain academic progress.

 

MSDE has developed a toolkit for these standards which can be found online at: http://mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/reading/vsc_toolkit.html.

 

11/15/07