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. To view a comprehensive list of the New York State Standards click here.