Journalism Ethics and Media Responsibility

by Ruben Rabinsky, Ph.D.

Benchmarks

Miami-Dade County Competency-Based Curriculum Standards

Language Arts
English III (Grade 11)
Component: Composition
Objectives:
1. Understands and practices the reading/writing connection
3. Writes a precise thesis statement that is declarative, controlling, and defensible, and supports it with fully developed paragraphs
5. Writes multi-paragraph compositions to include essays of five paragraphs or more reflecting sound organization, logical development (including comparison/contrast, cause/effect, classification, order of importance, and spatial relationships), and accepted rules of written standard American English
Component: Listening/Speaking/Viewing
Objectives:
2. Applies appropriate listening, speaking, and viewing skills in a variety of settings.
3. Designs, delivers, and evaluates classroom oral presentations.
4. Analyzes and critiques a variety of audiovisual presentations.
Component: Informational Reading/Information Literacy/Study and Test-Taking
Objective:
1. Uses effective reading strategies in a variety of informational contexts:
-previews and identifies organizational patterns, analyzes and evaluates information
-determines the main idea and supporting details in a variety of written material
-evaluates the accuracy of information in a variety of selections based on the author's
purpose and/or bias, audience, and sources
-evaluates conflicting information to determine which is more valid
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CORRELATION TO LANGUAGE ART BENCHMARKS (SUNSHINE STATE STANDARDS)

Updated and additional benchmarks are available at Florida Standards and Access Points