Common Core State Standards

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

• Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
• 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.

Link to Common Core State Standards - College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing:

• Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
• Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
• Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.

Link to Common Core State Standards - College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Language:

• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.