English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 12

ELA21.12.16

Analyze elements of audible communications and evaluate their effectiveness in terms of subject, occasion, audience, purpose, tone, and credibility of digital sources.

COS Examples

Examples: words, music, sound effects

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Active listening skills.
  • Digital audible communications have various subjects, appropriate occasions, intended audiences, purposes, and tones.
  • Digital audible communications can include effects like words, music, and sound effects that impact the source's effectiveness.
  • A credible source is free from bias and supported with relevant evidence.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Listen and analyze elements of a digital audible communication source, including its subject, occasion, audience, purpose, tone, and overall credibility.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of elements included in a digital audible communication source.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Actively listening can help analyze and evaluate important aspects of a digital audible communication source including its credibility, intended audience, and overall subject, occasion, purpose, and tone.

Vocabulary

  • Analyze
  • Audible communications
  • Evaluate
  • Effectiveness
  • Subject
  • Occasion
  • Audience
  • Purpose
  • Tone
  • Credibility
  • Digital sources
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