LANGUAGE ARTS
Listening and Speaking
2.9.7 Produce legible work that shows accurate spelling and correct use of the conventions of punctuation and capitalization.
2.9.8 Use props, visual aids, graphs, and electronic media to enhance the appeal and accuracy of presentations.
Assess how language and delivery affect the mood and tone of the oral communication and make an impact on the audience. Evaluate the clarity, quality, effectiveness, and general coherence of a speaker's important points, arguments, evidence, organization of ideas, delivery, diction, and syntax.
Deliver expository presentations:
Convey information and ideas from primary and secondary sources accurately and coherently.
Include visual aids by employing appropriate technology to organize and display information on charts, maps, and graphs.
Anticipate and address the listener's potential misunderstandings.
Writing
2.9.4 Recognize and understand the significance of various literary devices, including figurative language, imagery, allegory, and symbolism, and explain their appeal.
Interpret and evaluate the impact of ambiguities, subtleties, contradictions, ironies, and incongruities in a text.
Analyze the way in which a work of literature is related to the themes and issues of its historical period.
