1. Assume responsibility for specific group tasks.
2. Participate in the preparation of an outline or summary of the group activity.
3. Include all group members in oral presentation.
4. Use grammatically correct language, including vocabulary appropriate to the topic, audience, and purpose. 

1. Evaluate one's own role in preparation and delivery of oral reports.
2. Evaluate effectiveness of group process in preparation and delivery of oral reports.

1. Identify text organization and structure.
2. Identify main and supporting ideas.
3. Make predictions, draw inferences, and connect prior knowledge to support reading comprehension.
4. Explain similarities and differences of techniques and literary forms represented in the literature of different cultures and eras.
5. Identify universal themes prevalent in the literature of different cultures.
6. Examine a literary selection from several critical perspectives. 

1. Analyze and apply the information contained in warranties, contracts, job descriptions, technical descriptions, and other informational sources, including labels, warnings, manuals, directions, applications, and forms to complete specific tasks.
2. Skim manuals or informational sources to locate information.
3. Compare and contrast product information contained in advertisements with instruction manuals and warranties. 

1. Compare and contrast the use of rhyme, rhythm, and sound to convey a message.
2. Compare and contrast the ways in which poets use techniques to evoke emotion in the reader.
3. Interpret and paraphrase the meaning of selected poems.

1. Explain the use of asides, soliloquies, and monologues in the development of a single character.
2. Compare and contrast character development in a play to characterization in other literary forms. 

1. Generate, gather, plan, and organize ideas for writing.
2. Elaborate ideas clearly through word choice and vivid description.
3. Write clear, varied sentences.
4. Organize ideas into a logical sequence.
5. Revise writing for clarity and content of presentation.
6. Proofread and prepare final product for intended audience and purpose.

1. Use a style manual, including Modern Language Association (MLA) or American Psychological Association (APA), to apply rules for punctuation and formatting of direct quotations.
2. Apply rules governing use of colon.
3. Distinguish between active and passive voice. 

1. Analyze the writing of others.
2. Describe how the author accomplishes the intended purpose of a writing.
3. Suggest how writing might be improved.

The student will use writing to interpret, analyze, and evaluate ideas.

1. Explain concepts contained in literature and other disciplines.
2. Translate concepts into simpler or more easily understood terms.

The student will collect, evaluate, organize, and present information.

1. Organize information from a variety of sources.
2. Develop the central idea or focus.
3. Verify the accuracy and usefulness of information.
4. Credit sources for both quoted and paraphrased ideas.
5. Present information in an appropriate format, such as oral presentations, written reports, or visual products.
6. Use technology to access information, organize ideas, and develop writing.