Unit 1: Integrating Technology—Using the Internet

Unit 1: Integrating Technology—Using the Internet

Unit Focus

Reading Process

• use new vocabulary that is introduced and taught directly
• listen to, read, and discuss familiar and conceptually challenging text

Literary Analysis

• organize the information to show understanding or relationships among facts, ideas, and events (e.g., representing key points within text through charting, mapping, paraphrasing, summarizing, comparing, contrasting, or outlining)

Writing Process

• spelling, using spelling rules, orthographic patterns, generalizations, knowledge of root words, prefixes, suffixes, knowledge of Greek, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon root words, and knowledge of foreign words commonly used in English (laissez-faire, croissant)
• capitalization, including names of academic courses and proper adjectives
• punctuation, including commas, colons, semicolons, apostrophes, dashes, quotation marks, and underlining or italics
• possessives, subject/verb agreement, comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and noun/pronoun agreement
• sentence formation, including absolutes and absolute phrases, infinitives and infinitive phrases, and use of fragments for effect
• prepare writing using technology in a format appropriate to the purpose (e.g., for display, multimedia)

Information and Media Literacy

• analyze the structure and format (e.g., diagrams, graphics, fonts) of  functional workplace, consumer, or technical documents
• use the knowledge to create workplace, consumer, or technical document
• organize, synthesize, analyze, and evaluate the validity and reliability of information from multiple sources (including primary and secondary sources) to conclude using a variety of techniques and correctly use standardized citations
• understand the importance of legal and ethical practices, including laws regarding libel, slander, copyright, and plagiarism in the use of mass media and digital sources, know the associated consequences, and comply with the law
• ethically use mass media and digital technology in assignments and presentations, citing sources according to standardized citation styles
• demonstrate the ability to select print and nonprint media appropriate for the purpose, occasion, and audience to develop into a formal presentation