State Curriculum - Reading

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Grade 7 Grade 8
Standard 7.0 Speaking: Student will communicate effectively in a variety of situations with different audiences, purposes, and formats. Standard 7.0 Speaking: Student will communicate effectively in a variety of situations with different audiences, purposes, and formats.
A. Speaking A. Speaking
1. Demonstrate appropriate organizational strategies and delivery techniques to plan for a variety of oral presentation purposes
1. Demonstrate appropriate organizational strategies and delivery techniques to plan for a variety of oral presentation purposes
a. Select the purpose and format for an oral presentation
a. Refine a presentation using varied media
b. Evaluate the needs and perspectives of the audience
b. Uses a combination of organizational structures such as narrative, cause and effect, chronological/sequential order, description, main idea with supporting details, problem/solution, question/answer, comparison and contrast, making appropriate transitions within a presentation
c. Anticipate and effectively answer listener concerns and counter arguments through the inclusion and arrangement of details, reasons, examples, and other elements
c. Speak to persuade by including a well-defined thesis, differentiating fact from opinion, and support arguments with detailed evidence, examples, reasoning and persuasive language
d. Use a variety of organization structures, such as narrative, cause and effect, chronological order, description, main idea and detail, problem/solution, question/answer, comparison and contrast, and contrast that are appropriate to the purpose and topic
 
 

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