Common Core State Standards

ELA 6-12 - College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening:

• Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
• Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
• Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.

Link to Common Core State Standards - ELA 6-12 - College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading (as it relates to emailing, online social networking, texting):

• Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
• Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
• Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.

Link to Common Core State Standards - College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing (as it relates to emailing, online social networking, texting):

• Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
• Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.