Language Arts and Literacy Standards and Progress Indicators

New Jersey  

Standard 3.5:
All Students Will View, Understand, And Use Nontextual Visual Information

Descriptive Statement: In the language arts literacy classroom, students learn how to view in order to be able to respond thoughtfully and critically to the visual messages of both print and non-print. Effective viewing is essential to comprehend and respond to personal interactions, live performances, visual arts that involve oral and/or written language, and both print media (graphs, charts, diagrams, illustrations, photographs, and graphic design in books, magazines, and newspapers) and electronic media (television, computers, film). Students should recognize that what they speak, hear, write, and read contributes to the content and quality of their viewing.

1.        Use speaking, listening, writing, and reading to assist with viewing.

2.        Demonstrate the ability to gain information from a variety of media.

3.        Respond to and evaluate the use of illustrations to support text.

4.        Recognize and use pictorial information that supplements text.

5.        Use symbols, drawings, and illustrations to represent information that supports and/or enhances their writing.

Use Technology, Information and Other Tools

6.5.4 Use technology to enhance language acquisition, and to acquire current cultural information, in order to develop more accurate impressions of the culture studied.