Standard 7: Multimodal Literacy

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

Reading

Students will evaluate written, oral, visual, and digital texts in order to draw conclusions and analyze arguments.

Writing

Students will create multimodal texts to communicate knowledge and develop arguments.

Student Actions 

Teacher Actions 

9.7.R.1 Students will analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of techniques used in a variety of written, oral, visual, digital, non-verbal, and interactive texts with a focus on persuasion and argument to generate and answer literal, interpretive, and applied questions to create new understandings.

• Students will interact with multimodal texts that contain a combination of words, images, sound, color, animation, video, and styles of print.

• Teachers provide opportunities for students to interact with a variety of media.

• Students will identify arguments within these multimodal texts.

• Teachers provide opportunities for students to access appropriate multimodal texts with easily identifiable examples of argumentation.
• Teachers model how to identify arguments within a variety of texts.
• Teachers provide opportunities for students to identify arguments within a variety of texts.
• Teachers provide opportunities for students to receive feedback on the accuracy of their identification.

• Students will determine the effectiveness of the arguments presented by analyzing the contributions of each element.

• Teachers provide opportunities for students to examine elements in multimodal texts.
• Teachers model how to evaluate the elements used in multimodal texts.
• Teachers provide opportunities for students to receive feedback on their analysis.

• Students will generate insightful questions about the argument/s presented in multimodal texts.

• Teachers model types of tiered questions (literal, interpretive, and applied ) to use when creating interpretations of the multimodal texts.
• Teachers provide opportunities for students to create tiered questions over argument presented in a text.
• Teachers provide opportunities for students to receive feedback on the accuracy of their identification.

• Students will be able to answer questions about the multimodal texts.

• Teachers provide opportunities for students to answer the questions for the multimodal texts
• Teachers provide opportunities to receive feedback on the accuracy of their answers.

9.7.R.2 Students will analyze the impact of selected media and formats on meaning.

• Students will determine how the media and format affect the author’s message.

• Teachers provide examples of various media formats
• Teachers show how the formats change the meanings or why certain formats are chosen over others.
• Teachers provide opportunities for students to receive feedback on their ideas.

Student Actions 

Teacher Actions 

9.7.W.1 Students will create a variety of multimodal content to engage specific audiences.

• Students will design multimodal content that will engage the intended audience.

• Teachers provide exemplars of various media formats.
• Teachers provide opportunities for students to choose their own media and format.
• Teachers provide opportunities for students to receive feedback about their multimodal content.

9.7.W.2 Students will create engaging visual and/or multimedia presentations, using a variety of media forms to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence for diverse audiences.

• Students will construct multimedia presentations that contain important content for multiple audiences.

• Teachers provide guidelines for students to follow as they create their presentations.
• Teachers provide opportunities for students to design multiple types of presentations.
• Teachers provide opportunities for students to receive feedback about their multimodal content.