Standard 7: Multimodal Literacy

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

11.7.R.1 Students will analyze and evaluate the various techniques used to construct arguments in written, oral, visual, digital, non-verbal, and interactive texts, to generate and answer applied questions, and to create new understandings.

Student Actions 

Teacher Actions 

• Students will examine the techniques used by creators on non-print or print texts to construct arguments.
• Students will generate new understanding from all varieties of texts.
• Students will ask insightful questions regarding non-print or print texts.
• Students will apply an understanding of non-print or print texts to answer complex questions regarding these texts.

• Teachers provide opportunities for discussion over arguments.
• Teachers show students various techniques creators use.
• Teachers provide opportunities for students to annotate or take notes over various media formats.
• Teachers provide opportunities for discussion over texts.
• Teachers provide opportunities for students to ask questions in discussion settings.
• Teachers provide opportunities for students to answer questions.

Supporting Resources 

Teacher Insights 

• 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 a live performance of a play.

• Print and non-print texts can take many forms. Students will benefit from having access to as many different types of text as possible.

• It is important to present texts to students in an unedited manner. This will keep the author’s original purpose intact.

• Open discussion will facilitate the free exchange of ideas about a text’s purpose.

• Applied questions are predominantly opinion questions usually connected to the real world. These questions can be difficult to assess since there is not a right or wrong answer, but the students need to have textual support for their opinion.

• Examples: What impact does this text have in your life? How would this text be different if an audio component were added?

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.