This is a standards map for the concept of using media to enhance understanding. It is specific to Standard 5 of the Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas Anchor in the Writing standards of the CCSS ELA standards.
Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.
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Descriptions
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3 - Add (Drawings)
3 - Add (Visual displays)
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3 - I can add drawings and visual displays to descriptions to add detail.
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A. Visuals can provide or support details to aid audience in forming a picture in their minds.
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A.1 Why do speakers use visuals in presentations?
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Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
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Visual displays
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3 - Add (Drawings)
3 - Add (Visual displays)
4 - Clarify (Ideas, thoughts, and feelings)
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3 - I can add drawings to provide description
3 - I can add visual displays to provide description.
4 - I can clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
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A. Visuals can clarify descriptions.
B. Effective visuals clarify or expand an idea and paint an image in the audience's mind.
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A.1 How can visuals add to presentations?
B.1 How do I know if the visuals are effective?
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Create audio recordings of stories or poems; add drawings or other visual displays to stories or recounts of experiences when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
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Visual Displays
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3 - Create (Audio recordings)
3 - Add (Drawings)
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3 - I can create audio recordings to stories or recounts of experiences to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
3 - I can add drawings to visual displays related to stories or recounts of experiences to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings..
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A. While creating audiovisuals, learners present their real-life perspectives on literature.
B. By researching topics and collecting audiovisual content, the learner builds confidence in the topic and is better able to recognize thoughts, ideas and feelings.
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A.1 How can one use audiovisuals to clarify ideas?
B.1 How can one use audiovisuals to clarify thoughts and feelings?
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Create engaging audio recordings of stories or poems that demonstrate fluid reading at an understandable pace; add visual displays when appropriate to emphasize or enhance certain facts or details.
| Content | Skills | Learning Targets | Big Ideas | Essential Questions |
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Audio recordings
Visual displays
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6 - Create (Audio recordings)
1 - Read (Understandable pace)
6 - Create (Visual displays)
2 - Emphasize/Enhance (Facts)
2 - Emphasize/Enhance (Details)
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6 - I can create audio recordings, drawings, and visual displays that demonstrate that I can read at an understandable pace.
2 - I can emphasize and enhance facts and details.
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A. Visual displays and engaging readings add emphasis or reinforcement to facts or details.
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A.1 Why do speakers add recordings and visual displays to presentations?
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Add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.
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Presentation additions
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3 - Add (Audio recordings)
3 - Add (Visual displays)
6 - Develop (Main ideas)
6 - Develop (Themes)
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3 - I can add audio recordings to presentations.
3 - I can add visual displays to presentations.
6 - I can develop main ideas.
6 - I can develop themes.
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A. Themes and main ideas enhanced by audiovisuals such as video clips catch listener attention.
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A.1 How can speakers enhance main ideas?
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Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.
| Content | Skills | Learning Targets | Big Ideas | Essential Questions |
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Presentations
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3 - Add (Multimedia components, Graphics, Sound)
3 - Add (Visual displays)
6 - Enhance (Main ideas, Themes)
6 - Develop (Main ideas, Themes)
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3 - I can add multimedia components to presentations enhancing development of main idea or them.
3 - I can add visual displays to presentations enhancing development of a main idea or theme.
3 - I can enhance the development of main ideas or themes.
6 - I can develop main ideas and themes for a presentation.
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A. Multimedia components enhance development of themes; listeners remember what they see and hear.
B. Carefully selected visuals draw the audience into the presentation and place emphasis on theme.
C. Drawings, photos and other graphics create moods, set a tone or simply give audiences a clearer focus.
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A.1 Why do speakers use multimedia in presentations?
B.1 How do visuals enhance a presentation?
C.1 How is theme development enhanced by use of multimedia?
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Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, images, music, sound) and visual displays in presentations to clarify information.
| Content | Skills | Learning Targets | Big Ideas | Essential Questions |
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Presentations
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3 - Add (Drawings)
3 - Add (Visual displays)
3 - Add (Multimedia components)
3 - Add (Graphics and sound)
2 - Clarify (Information)
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3 - I can add drawings, visual displays, multimedia components, graphics, and sound to (clarify information.)
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A. Multimedia components enhance development of themes; listeners remember what they see and hear.
B. Carefully selected visuals draw the audience into the presentation and place emphasis on information.
C. Drawings, photos and other graphics create a mood, set a tone or simply give audiences a clearer focus.
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A.1 Why do speakers use multimedia displays?
B.1 How do visuals enhance a presentation?
C.1 How is information clarified by use of multimedia?
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Include multimedia components and visual displays in presentations to clarify claims and findings and emphasize salient points.
| Content | Skills | Learning Targets | Big Ideas | Essential Questions |
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3 - Include (multimedia components and visual displays)
2 - Clarify (claims)
2 - Clarify (findings)
2 - Emphasize (salient points)
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3 - I can include multimedia components and visual displays in presentations.
2 - I can clarify claims.
2 - I can clarify findings.
2 - I can emphasize salient points.
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A. Adding multimedia puts a spotlight on pertinent points, claims and findings.
B. Visuals speak louder than words for some, whereas audio components clarify prominent points for other listeners.
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A.1 How can a speaker enhance salient points?
B.1 Why might visuals and audio presentations appeal to a broader audience?
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Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest.
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Integration
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4 - Integrate (Multimedia and visual displays)
2 - Clarify (Information)
5 - Strengthen (Claims)
5 - Strengthen (Evidence)
2 - Add (Interest)
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4 - I can integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations.
2 - I can clarify information.
5 - I can strengthen claims.
5 - I can strengthen evidence.
2 - I can add interest.
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A. Evidence and claims are strengthened, information is clarified and interest added by multimedia.
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A.1 What is strengthened by multimedia?
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Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.
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Presentations
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6 - Make (Digital media)
2 - Enhance (Understanding)
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6 - I can make strategic use of digital media in presentations.
2 - I can enhance understandings of findings, reasoning, and evidence and add interest.
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A. Digital media enhances understanding of key points by allowing visualization and by spurring reasoning.
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A.1 How does digital media enhance a presentation?
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Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.
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Presentations
Digital Media Elements e.g.
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6 - Make (Digital media)
2 - Enhance (Understanding)
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6 - I can make strategic use of digital media in presentations.
2 - I can enhance understandings of findings, reasoning, and evidence and add interest.
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A. Digital media add interest and strengthen reasoning.
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A.1 How can speakers increase audience reasoning during presentations?
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