Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts 24. Utilize responsible and ethical research practices to write clear, coherent products with a command of language suitable for a particular target audience and purpose.
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Teacher Vocabulary:
24.
Responsible research practices
Ethical research practices
Command of language
Target audience
Purpose Knowledge:
24. Students know:
Responsible and ethical research practices.
Writing skills.
The conventions of standard, formal English.
Strategies to modify writing for a particular audience and purpose. Skills:
24. Students are able to:
Write clear, coherent documents using responsible and ethical research practices.
Incorporate conventions of formal, standard English into clear, coherent writing products.
Modify writing to be suitable for a particular audience and purpose. Understanding:
24. Students understand that:
Ethical and responsible research practices are necessary when writing academic and workplace documents.
The conventions of standard, formal English are necessary for effective academic and workplace communication.
Written language should be adapted, depending on the audience and purpose.
English Language Arts R4. Use digital and electronic tools appropriately, safely, and ethically.
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Teacher Vocabulary:
R4.
Digital tools
Electronic tools
Appropriately
Safely
Ethically Knowledge:
R4. Students know:
Digital and electronic tools must be used appropriately, safely, and ethically. Skills:
R4. Students are able to:
Engage in safe and ethical behavior when using digital and electronic tools. Understanding:
R4. Students understand that:
Safe behaviors, interactions that keep you out of harm's way, are necessary when using digital and electronic tools.
Ethical behavior, interactions that align to one's moral code, are necessary when using digital and electronic tools.
English Language Arts R5. Utilize a writing process which includes planning, revising, editing/peer-editing, and rewriting to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing for a specific purpose and audience.
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Teacher Vocabulary:
R5.
Writing process
Plan
Revise
Edit
Peer-edit
Rewrite
Focused
Organized
Coherent
Purpose
Audience Knowledge:
R5. Students know:
The writing process steps are to plan, revise, edit, and rewrite.
Editing can be completed by the writer or by a peer.
Peer-editing skills.
Completed writing projects should be focused, organized, and coherent, and written for a specific purpose and intended audience. Skills:
R5. Students are able to:
Plan, revise, edit, and rewrite to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing.
Compose a writing piece for a specific purpose and intended audience.
Engage in the peer-editing process. Understanding:
R5. Students understand that:
Writing is a process that requires multiple drafts, edits, and versions.
English Language Arts 24. Evaluate the credibility of sources in terms of authority, relevance, accuracy, and purpose.
a. Assess the usefulness of written information to answer a research question, solve a problem, or take a position.
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Teacher Vocabulary:
24.
Evaluate
Credibility
Authority
Relevance
Accuracy
Purpose
24a.
Assess
Written information Knowledge:
24. Students know:
Strategies to assess the credibility of research sources.
Features of authoritative, relevant, and accurate research sources.
24a.
Strategies to locate relevant and credible written information.
Credible information is accurate and reliable.
Criteria to determine the usefulness a research source.
Information learned through reading can be used to answer a research question, solve a problem, or take a position. Skills:
24. Students are able to:
Evaluate the credibility of research sources in terms of authority, relevance, accuracy, and purpose.
24a.
Locate useful written information in the research process.
Determine the usefulness of a research source.
Use research findings to answer a research question, solve a problem, or take a position. Understanding:
24. Students understand that:
Before using a source in their research projects, they should evaluate the credibility of the source in terms of its authority, relevance, accuracy, and purpose.
24a.
It is necessary to determine the usefulness of a source before using it as evidence to answer a research question, solve a problem, or take a position.
