ENEWS Standards:

Good morning all:
It has dawned on me that we haven't specifically discussed the standards in a while, so I just wanted to post the ones we've been working on to help you become more familiar with them... know them, so you can know how you are doing on them:

These are the general ones:

Language for Information and Understanding - Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.
Language for Literary Response and Expression Students will read, write, listen, and speak for literary response and expression
Language for Social Interaction Students will read, write, listen, and speak for social interaction.

Demonstrate fundamental skills in the use of the writing process for varied journalistic media.
Demonstrate awareness of the history and evolution of journalism and the responsible and ethical use of information (e.g., First Amendment, copyright, intellectual freedom).
Demonstrate awareness of ethical issues (e.g., manipulation, misrepresentation, fraud) when addressing social, cultural, and political issues through print and nonprint photojournalism.

These are more specific:

· Locate, gather, analyze, and evaluate written information for a variety of purposes, including research projects, real-world tasks, and self-improvement.
· select and use appropriate study and research skills and tools according to the type of information being gathered or organized, including almanacs, government publications, microfiche, news sources, and information services.
· analyze the validity and reliability of primary source information and use the information appropriatelyselect and use appropriate prewriting strategies, such as brainstorming, graphic organizers, and outlining

Language for Critical Analysis and Evaluation Students will read, write, listen, and speak for critical analysis and evaluation
Language for Social Interaction Students will read, write, listen, and speak for social interaction.

Demonstrate fundamental use of production skills (e.g., layout design, ad design, storyboarding) for varied mass communication documents or electronic media.

Language for Information and Understanding - Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.
Language for Literary Response and Expression Students will read, write, listen, and speak for literary response and expression
Language for Critical Analysis and Evaluation Students will read, write, listen, and speak for critical analysis and evaluation
Language for Social Interaction Students will read, write, listen, and speak for social interaction.

Demonstrate fundamental use of organization and management techniques related to production of journalistic media (e.g., team building, leadership, business skills, time management, task organization).
Demonstrate fundamental use of technology for research, production, and dissemination of journalistic media.
Analyze varied journalistic documents or electronic mediaDemonstrate awareness of varied careers in journalism.