Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- The conventions of standard English grammar, mechanics, and usage.
- Strategies to modify language to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Incorporate conventions of standard English grammar, mechanics, and usage into academic and personal writings, texts, and presentations.
- Adapt the formality of their language to communicate effectively with an intended audience.
- Utilize the conventions of language to communicate effectively with a target audience.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Using the language conventions of standard English are necessary for effective academic and workplace communication.
- Language can be adapted to communicate effectively with a target audience.
Vocabulary
- Conventions
- Standard English grammar
- Standard English mechanics
- Standard English usage
- Formal language
- Target audience
