Common Core State Standards:

College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening:

• Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
• Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.

College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Language:

• Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
• Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.

College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading:

• Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.