BPS District English Standards Book

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(C) Communication

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(C) Communications

Learners will organize and express ideas in a format appropriate for the audience and purpose, focusing on skills involved with collaboration, active listening, and oral presentation of information.

Clusters

Presentational Communication
Learners will organize and express information in a format appropriate to the audience and purpose.
Collaboration
Learners will engage in a range of discussions with various partners on relevant topics, texts, and issues.
Standard
C.01:
Presentations
                  
Standard
C.02:
Giving Oral
Presentations
Standard
C.03:
Use of Receptive
Vocabulary
Standard
C.04:
Academic Vocabulary
Acquired Through
Listening
Standard
C.05:
Preparation
for Discussions
Standard
C.06:
Group Discussion
and Debate
Standard
C.07:
Group
Collaboration
KGr ELA-00.C.01 ELA-00.C.02 ELA-00.C.03 ELA-00.C.04
ELA-00.C.06 ELA-00.C.07
1st ELA-01.C.01 ELA-01.C.02 ELA-01.C.03 ELA-01.C.04
ELA-01.C.06 ELA-01.C.07
2nd ELA-02.C.01 ELA-02.C.02 ELA-02.C.03 ELA-02.C.04
ELA-02.C.06 ELA-02.C.07
3rd ELA-03.C.01 ELA-03.C.02
ELA-03.C.04
ELA-03.C.06 ELA-03.C.07
4th ELA-04.C.01 ELA-04.C.02
ELA-04.C.04
ELA-04.C.06 ELA-04.C.07
5th ELA-05.C.01 ELA-05.C.02
ELA-05.C.04
ELA-05.C.06 ELA-05.C.07
6th ELA-06.C.01 ELA-06.C.02

ELA-06.C.05 ELA-06.C.06 ELA-06.C.07
7th ELA-07.C.01 ELA-07.C.02

ELA-07.C.05 ELA-07.C.06 ELA-07.C.07
8th ELA-08.C.01 ELA-08.C.02

ELA-08.C.05 ELA-08.C.06 ELA-08.C.07
9th ELA-09.C.01 ELA-09.C.02

ELA-09.C.05 ELA-09.C.06 ELA-09.C.07
10th ELA-10.C.01 ELA-10.C.02

ELA-10.C.05 ELA-10.C.06 ELA-10.C.07
11th ELA-11.C.01 ELA-11.C.02

ELA-11.C.05 ELA-11.C.06 ELA-11.C.07
12th ELA-12.C.01 ELA-12.C.02

ELA-12.C.05 ELA-12.C.06 ELA-12.C.07

(PC) Presentational Communication
Learners will organize and express information in a format appropriate to the audience and purpose.

Standard C.01: Presentations 
  • ELA-01.C.01   Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details expressing ideas orally to a targeted audience. 
  • ELA-02.C.01   Report on a topic or text, tell a story or recount an experience to a targeted audience with relevant facts and descriptive details. 
  • ELA-03.C.01   Report relevant facts and descriptive details of a topic, text, story, or experience for a targeted audience. 
  • ELA-04.C.01   Organize and present information as an individual and group for a formal and informal audience. 
  • ELA-05.C.01   Organize and present information as an individual and group for a formal and informal audience. 
  • ELA-06.C.01   Construct and deliver formal and informal presentations considering the provided audience and purpose, including multimedia components when appropriate. 
  • ELA-07.C.01   Construct and deliver formal and informal presentations considering the audience and purpose using multimedia components when appropriate. 
  • ELA-08.C.01   Construct and deliver formal and informal presentations considering the audience and purpose, including multimedia components when appropriate. 
  • ELA-09.C.01   Construct and deliver formal and informal presentations, incorporating multimedia components when appropriate for the audience and purpose. 
  • ELA-10.C.01   Construct and deliver formal and informal presentations, incorporating multimedia components when appropriate for the audience and purpose. 
  • ELA-11.C.01   Construct and deliver formal and informal presentations, incorporating multimedia components when appropriate for the audience and purpose. 
  • ELA-12.C.01   Construct and deliver formal and informal presentations, incorporating multimedia components when appropriate for the audience and purpose. 
Standard C.02: Giving Oral Presentations 
  • ELA-01.C.02   Speak audibly in complete sentences to express thoughts, feelings, and ideas. 
  • ELA-02.C.02   Speak audibly in complete sentences when proper to the task and situation to provide requested details or clarifications. 
  • ELA-03.C.02   Speak in complete sentences using proper eye contact and volume to express thoughts, feelings, and ideas. 
  • ELA-04.C.02   Present ideas using proper eye contact, body language, and volume in formal and informal situations. 
  • ELA-05.C.02   Present ideas using proper eye contact, body language, and volume in formal and informal situations. 
  • ELA-06.C.02   Present ideas using proper eye contact, body language, volume, and pronunciation in formal and informal presentations. 
  • ELA-07.C.02   Present ideas using proper eye contact, body language, volume, and pronunciation in formal and informal presentations. 
  • ELA-08.C.02   Present ideas using proper eye contact, body language, volume, and pronunciation in formal and informal presentations. 
  • ELA-09.C.02   Implement proper verbal and nonverbal communication for tasks and situations. 
  • ELA-10.C.02   Implement proper verbal and nonverbal communication for tasks and situations. 
  • ELA-11.C.02   Implement proper verbal and nonverbal communication for the task and situation. 
  • ELA-12.C.02   Implement proper verbal and nonverbal communication for the task and situation. 
Standard C.03: Use of Receptive Vocabulary 
  • ELA-00.C.03   Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading, being read to, and responding to texts. 
  • ELA-01.C.03   Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading, being read to, and responding to texts, including frequently occurring conjunctions to signal simple relationships. 
  • ELA-02.C.03   Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading, being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe. 
Standard C.04: Academic Vocabulary Acquired Through Listening 
  • ELA-00.C.04   Use grade-appropriate, conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases. 
  • ELA-01.C.04   Use grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases. 
  • ELA-02.C.04   Use grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases. 
  • ELA-03.C.04   Use grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases. 
  • ELA-04.C.04   Use grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases. 
  • ELA-05.C.04   Use grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases.

(C) Collaboration
Learners will engage in a range of discussions with various partners on relevant topics, texts, and issues.

Standard C.05: Preparation for Discussions 
  • ELA-06.C.05   Prepare for discussions by finding relevant connections to the topic or text. 
  • ELA-07.C.05   Prepare for discussions by finding relevant and specific connections to the topic or text. 
  • ELA-08.C.05   Prepare for discussions by finding relevant and specific connections to the topic or text. 
  • ELA-09.C.05   Prepare for discussions by reading and researching ideas to be discussed. 
  • ELA-10.C.05   Prepare for discussions by reading and researching ideas to be discussed. 
  • ELA-11.C.05   Prepare for discussions by reading and researching ideas. 
  • ELA-12.C.05   Prepare for discussions by reading and researching ideas. 
Standard C.06: Group Discussion and Debate 
  • ELA-01.C.06   Participate in conversations by listening to others and taking turns speaking about topics, continuing through multiple exchanges. 
  • ELA-02.C.06   Participate in conversations by linking comments to the remarks of others and asking questions. 
  • ELA-03.C.06   Engage in conversations by asking and answering questions using active listening skills. 
  • ELA-04.C.06   Engage in a range of discussions by using active listening skills, posing, and responding to specific questions. 
  • ELA-05.C.06   Engage in a range of discussions using active listening skills, posing and responding to specific questions to clarify information. 
  • ELA-06.C.06   Engage in a range of discussions and/or debates using active listening skills to be focused and present. 
  • ELA-07.C.06   Engage in a range of discussions and/or debates. 
  • ELA-08.C.06   Engage in a range of discussions and/or debates. 
  • ELA-09.C.06   Engage in respectful discussions or debates. 
  • ELA-10.C.06   Engage in respectful discussions or debates. 
  • ELA-11.C.06   Engage in respectful discussions or debates. 
  • ELA-12.C.06   Engage in respectful discussions or debates. 
Standard C.07: Group Collaboration
  • ELA-00.C.07 Work collaboratively by following agreed-upon rules and simple one- and two-step oral directions.*
  • ELA-01.C.07   Work collaboratively by following agreed-upon rules and simple two- and three-step oral directions and offering one- and two-step verbal directions. 
  • ELA-02.C.07   Work collaboratively by following agreed-upon rules and following/offering multi-step oral directions. 
  • ELA-03.C.07   Engage collaboratively by following agreed-upon rules. 
  • ELA-04.C.07   Engage collaboratively to accomplish a common goal or purpose. 
  • ELA-05.C.07   Engage collaboratively to accomplish a common goal or purpose. 
  • ELA-06.C.07   Collaborate cooperatively with peers to accomplish a common goal or purpose. 
  • ELA-07.C.07   Collaborate cooperatively with peers to accomplish a common goal or purpose. 
  • ELA-08.C.07   Collaborate cooperatively with peers to accomplish a common goal or purpose. 
  • ELA-09.C.07   Collaborate on a specific task or purpose in a productive climate by following norms, processes, and roles. 
  • ELA-10.C.07   Collaborate on a specific task or purpose in a productive climate by following norms, processes, and roles. 
  • ELA-11.C.07   Collaborate on a specific task or purpose in a productive climate by establishing and following norms, processes, and roles. 
  • ELA-12.C.07   Collaborate on a specific task or purpose in a productive climate by establishing and following norms, processes, and roles.