English Language Arts Performance Standards E Media & Technology Grade 4

By the end of grade four, students will:

E.4.1 Use computers to acquire, organize, analyze, and communicate information.

• Operate common computer hardware and software
• Use basic word-processing, graphics, and drawing programs
• Create, store, and retrieve electronic files
• Access information using electronic reference resources, such as library catalog, encyclopedias, almanacs, and indexes
• Generate, send, and retrieve electronic messages

E.4.2 Make informed judgments about media and products.

• Identify the intent or appeal behind products and messages promoted via media
• Recognize basic propaganda techniques
• Identify images and symbols central to particular messages

E.4.3 Create products appropriate to audience and purpose.

• Write news articles appropriate for familiar media
• Create simple advertising messages and graphics appropriate for familiar media
• Prepare, perform, and tape simple radio and television scripts
• Prepare and perform school announcements and program scripts

E.4.4 Demonstrate a working knowledge of media production and distribution.

• Make distinctions between messages presented on radio, television, and in print
• Recognize how messages are adjusted for different audiences
• Identify sales approaches and techniques aimed at children

E.4.5 Analyze and edit media work as appropriate to audience and purpose.

• Generate and edit media work as appropriate to audience and purpose, sequencing the presentation effectively and adding or deleting information as necessary to achieve desired effects
• Provide feedback to (and receive it from) peers about the content, organization, and overall effect of media work

Content Standard E

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Last updated on 10/1/2009 11:06:32 AM