Standards
Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Frameworks
Language Strand
3.14: Give formal and informal talks to various audiences and for various purposes using appropriate level of formality and rhetorical devices.
4.25: Use general dictionaries, specialized dictionaries, thesauruses, or related references as needed to increase learning.
Reading and Literature Strand
11.5: Apply knowledge of the concept that theme or meaning of selection represents a view or comment on life, and provide support from the text for the identified themes.
Composition Strand
19.26: Write well-organized essays that have a clear focus, logical development, effective use of detail, and variety in sentence structure.
20.5: Write different levels of formality, style, and tone when composing for different audiences.
21.8: Revise writing by attending to topic/idea development, organization, level of detail, language/style, sentence structure, grammar and usage, and mechanics.
23.13: Organize ideas for a critical essay about literature or a research report with an original thesis statement in the introduction, well constructed paragraphs that build an effective argument, transition sentences to link paragraphs into a coherent whole, and a conclusion.
Media Strand
27.6: Create media presentations that effectively use graphics, images, and/or sound to present a distinctive point of view on a topic.