Standard 7: Multimodal Literacy

Students will acquire, refine, and share knowledge through a variety of written, oral, visual, digital, non-verbal, and interactive texts.

12.7.W.1 Students will create multimodal content to communicate knowledge and defend arguments.

Student Actions 

Teacher Actions 

• Students will create non-print texts for multiple purposes.
• Students will create non-print texts specifically to communicate what they know.
• Students will create non-print texts specifically to defend their arguments. 

• Teachers remind students of guidelines over content and purpose of presentation.
• Teachers provide opportunities for students to draft various types of texts.
• Teachers provide opportunities for students to receive feedback on presentation.

• Teachers provide guidelines for students increating multimodal content.
• Teachers provide opportunities for students to receive feedback on content.

• Teachers provide guidelines for students increating multimodal arguments.
• Teachers provide opportunities for students to receive feedback over argument.

Supporting Resources 

Teacher Insights 

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• A multimodal text combines two or more variations of communication through either linguistic, visual, audio, gestural, or spatial means.

• Examples of multimodal texts include picture books, web pages with audio or video, or live performances.

• In the twelfth grade, the product should effectively defend an argument.

• In non-print texts, the thesis won’t be directly stated but should be evident to the reader.

• Students should be able to articulate how their product defends the argument.

• Students’ multimodal content will go beyond a simple summary and include content analysis.

• Defending arguments will require students to provide explicit evidence to support their claims.

Due to recursive nature of the standards, it is essential that teachers are aware of how all objectives within and between strands work together for optimal instruction.