stand up for standards (blogpost 6)

My content area is English, grades 9-12. The standard I choose to use this month is the following:

Producing Texts
Content Standard 2: Students will produce written, oral and visual texts to express, develop and substantiate ideas and experiences.
	a. select from the complete variety of text structures (essay, short story, poetry, academic essay, report, research paper, response to literature, documentary, etc.) the appropriate organizational pattern for addressing audience, purpose and point of view
	b. identify and use effectively the salient features of all appropriate oral, visual and written discourse
	c. determine which primary and secondary sources are appropriate to the task (research paper, fiction, school newspaper, video) and integrate and elaborate upon information effectively in the final product
	d. identify and use the most effective process for them to create and present a written, oral or visual piece
	e. maintain a multimedia portfolio which, along with providing a means for collecting their work, provides opportunities for student reflection and teacher/student dialogue regarding the students’ creative processes

This standard links to visual media with b. d. and e.. Students can use both digital manipulation and inspiration to help them (b.) identify and use visual discourse effectively, (d.) create and present a visual piece or project, and (e.) help them maintain a multimedia portfolio to allow for reflection and dialogue.