GRADE 8Listen and Interpret

ABOVE STANDARD
Students are working to solidify the following skills: / Educator-recommended next steps and Digital Library resources
  • Evaluatingaspeaker’s motive for including multiple sources of information to substantiate a conclusion.
  • Evaluating and delineating the speaker's craft
    (i.e., motive, tone, word choice, connotation, denotation)
    to determine speaker’s point of view.
  • Evaluating the relevancy of statements to justify a speaker’s claim.
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  • Evaluateaspeaker’s motive for including multiple sources of information to substantiate a conclusion in a complex presentation.
  • Evaluate and delineate the speaker’s craft (i.e., motive, tone, word choice, connotation, denotation, point of view) in increasingly complex presentations. Digital Library examples:iPod Inspired Argumentative Essay; Close Reading:“Give Me Liberty...”
  • Evaluate the relevancy of multiple statements to justify a speaker’s claim. Example:Audio Clips: Building Background Knowledge

AT/NEAR STANDARD
Students are working to solidify the following skills: / Educator-recommended next steps and Digital Library resources
  • Organizing information from a presentation based on given categories.
  • Delineating a speaker’s purpose by analyzing speaker’s craft (motive, word choice, tone, structure, etc.) and key details in a presentation.
  • Analyzing text relationships (i.e., cause and effect and word relationships) to evaluate the relevancy of details in support of a speaker’s claim.
  • Analyzing and evaluating details to determine whetheraspeaker’s claim is sound, relevant, and sufficient.
  • Analyzingnew and relevant information to determine its support for a speaker’s claim.
  • Evaluating a viewpoint (claim, conclusion) by citing evidence that supports the analysis of a presentation.
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  • Organize information from a presentation into a variety of given categories.
  • Delineate a speaker’s purpose by analyzing the speaker’s craft (motive, word choice, tone, structure, etc.) and key details in a variety of presentation formats. Digital Library examples:Tell-Tale Heart Activity (Direct Listening); Repetition and the Reader
  • Analyze text relationships in a variety of formats (i.e., cause and effect and word relationships) to evaluate the relevancy of details in support of a speaker’s claim. Example: A Graphic Organizer for Reading Complex Texts
  • Analyze details to evaluate whether aspeaker’s claim is sound, relevant, and sufficient in a variety of presentation formats. Example: Impromptu Speeches
  • Synthesize new and relevant information to justify a speaker’s claim in a variety of presentation formats.
  • Evaluate multiple viewpoints (claim, conclusion) by citing evidence to support the analysis in a variety of presentation formats.

BELOW STANDARD
Students are working to solidify the following skills: / Educator-recommended next steps and Digital Library resources
  • Drawing a conclusion based on inferences in a presentation.
  • Using knowledge of language and its conventions to understand aspeaker’s purpose.
  • Distinguishing main idea from key details in a presentation.
  • Understanding technical meanings and word relationships to support an inference.
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  • Use inferences to support a conclusion.
  • Apply knowledge of speaker’s craft (language and its conventions) to understand speaker’s purpose. Digital Library example:Listen Up!
  • Draw a conclusion by distinguishing main idea from key details in a presentation. Example:Theme: Old-Time Storytime
  • Analyze technical meanings and word relationships to support an inference.

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