New York State Standards
Standard Area ELA: English Language Arts
Standard ELA1: Language for Information and Understanding
Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and
understanding.
Listening and Reading
Key Idea ELA1.LR1:
Listening and reading to acquire information and understanding involves
collecting data, facts, and ideas; discovering relationships, concepts, and
generalizations; and using knowledge from oral, written, and electronic
sources.
Performance Indicator ELA1.I.LR1A:
Students interpret and analyze information from textbooks and nonfiction
books for young adults, as well as reference materials, audio and media
presentations, oral interviews, graphs, charts, diagrams, and electronic
databases intended for a general audience.
Performance Indicator ELA1.I.LR1B:
Students compare and synthesize information from different sources.
Performance Indicator ELA1.I.LR1C:
Students use a wide variety of strategies for selecting, organizing, and
categorizing information.
Speaking and Writing
Key Idea ELA1.SW2:
Speaking and writing to acquire and transmit information requires asking
probing and clarifying questions, interpreting information in one's own
words, applying information from one context to another, and presenting the
information and interpretation clearly, concisely, and comprehensibly.
Performance Indicator ELA1.I.SW2A:
Students produce oral and written reports on topics related to all school
subjects.
Performance Indicator ELA1.I.SW2D:
Students develop information with appropriate supporting material, such as
facts, details, illustrative examples or anecdotes, and exclude extraneous
material.
Performance Indicator ELA1.I.SW2E:
Students use the process of pre-writing, drafting, revising, and proofreading
(the writing process) to produce well-constructed informational texts.
Performance Indicator ELA1.I.SW2F:
Students use standard English for formal presentation of information
selecting appropriate grammatical constructions and vocabulary, using a
variety of sentence structures, and observing the rules of punctuation,
capitalization, and spelling
Standard ELA3: Language for Critical Analysis and Evaluation
Students will read, write, listen, and speak for critical analysis and
evaluation.
Listening and Reading
Key Idea ELA3.LR1:
Listening and reading to analyze and evaluate experiences, ideas,
information, and issues requires using evaluative criteria from a variety of
perspectives and recognizing the differences in evaluations based on
different sets of criteria.
Performance Indicator ELA3.I.LR1A:
Students analyze, interpret, and evaluate information, ideas, organization,
and language from academic and nonacademic texts, such as textbooks, public
documents, book and movie reviews, and editorials.
Performance Indicator ELA3.I.LR1D:
Students evaluate their own and others work based on a variety of criteria
(e.g., logic, clarity, comprehensiveness, conciseness, originality,
conventionality) and recognize the varying effectiveness of different
approaches.
Speaking and Writing
Key Idea ELA3.SW2:
Speaking and writing for critical analysis and evaluation requires presenting
opinions and judgments on experiences, ideas, information, and issues
clearly, logically, and persuasively with reference to specific criteria on
which the opinion or judgment is based.
Performance Indicator ELA3.I.SW2A:
Students present (in essays, position papers, speeches, and debates) clear
analyses of issues, ideas, texts, and experiences, supporting their positions
with well-developed arguments.
Performance Indicator ELA3.I.SW2D:
Students use standard English, precise vocabulary, and presentational
strategies effectively to influence an audience.
Standard ELA4: Language for Social Interaction
Students will read, write, listen, and speak for social interaction.
Listening and Speaking
Key Idea ELA4.LS1:
Oral communication in formal and informal settings requires the ability to
talk with people of different ages, genders, and cultures, to adapt
presentations to different audiences, and to reflect on how talk varies in
different situations.
Performance Indicator ELA4.I.LS1A:
Students listen attentively to others and build on others' ideas in
conversations with peers and adults.
Performance Indicator ELA4.I.LS1B:
Students express ideas and concerns clearly and respectfully in conversations
and group discussions.
Performance Indicator ELA4.I.RW2B:
Reading and Writing
Key Idea ELA4.RW2:
Written communication for social interaction requires using written messages
to establish, maintain, and enhance personal relationships with others.
Performance Indicator ELA4.I.RW2B:
Students use appropriate language and style for the situation and the
audience and take into account the ideas and interests expressed by the
person receiving the message.
Standard Area MST: Math, Science & Technology
Standard MST2: Information Systems
Students will access, generate, process, and transfer information using
appropriate technologies.
Key Idea MST2.IS1:
Information technology is used to retrieve, process, and communicate
information and as a tool to enhance learning.
Performance Indicator MST2.I.IS1A:
Students use a range of equipment and software to integrate several forms of
information in order to create good quality audio, video, graphic, and text-
based presentations
Standard MST5: Technology
Students will apply technological knowledge and skills to design, construct,
use, and evaluate products and systems to satisfy human and environmental
needs.
Engineering Design
Key Idea MST5.ED1:
Engineering design is an iterative process involving modeling and
optimization used to develop technological solutions to problems within given
constraints.
Performance Indicator MST5.I.ED1B:
Students locate and utilize a range of printed, electronic, and human
information resources to obtain ideas.
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