Lesson: What the Crowd Knows

Strand A: Literacy Connections and Applications

A2. Digital Media Literacy

A2.1 Digital Citizenship

evaluate and explain their rights and responsibilities when interacting online with appropriate permission, and make decisions that contribute positively to the development of their digital identity and those of their communities

A2.3 Research and Information Literacy

conduct research, considering accuracy, credibility, and perspectives, with a focus on misinformation, disinformation, and curated information, to construct knowledge, create texts, and demonstrate learning, while respecting legal and ethical considerations

A2.6 Innovation and Design

select and use appropriate digital and media tools to support the design process and address authentic, relevant, real-world problems by developing and proposing innovative solutions

A3. Applications, Connections and Contributions

A3.1 Cross-Curricular and Integrated Learning

analyze and explain how the knowledge and skills developed in this course support learning in various subject areas and in everyday life, and describe how they enhance understanding and communication

Strand C: Comprehension (Understanding and Responding to Texts)

C1. Knowledge About Texts

C1.1 Using Foundational Knowledge and Skills to Comprehend Texts

read and comprehend various complex texts, using knowledge of words, grammar, cohesive ties, sentence structures, and background knowledge

C1.2 Text Forms and Genres

Grade 7: analyze a variety of text forms and genres, including cultural text forms, and explain how their characteristics help communicate meaning

Grade 8: analyze and compare the characteristics of various text forms and genres, including cultural text forms, and provide evidence to explain how they help communicate meaning

C1.3 Text Patterns and Features

Grade 7: analyze text patterns, such as cause and effect in an expository text, and text features, such as a bibliography and accessible fonts, associated with various text forms, including cultural texts, and explain how they help readers, listeners, and viewers understand the meaning

Grade 8: compare the text patterns, such as problem-solution in a letter to the editor, and text features, such as a glossary and infographics, associated with different text forms, including cultural texts, and evaluate their importance in helping readers, listeners, and viewers

C2 Comprehension Strategies

C2.1 Prereading: Activating Prior Knowledge

Grade 7: identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences and learning in other subject areas, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts

Grade 8: identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences and learning in other subject areas, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts

C2.2 Prereading: Identifying the Purpose for Reading, Listening, and Viewing

Grade 7: identify a variety of purposes for engaging with texts, select texts from diverse creators that are suitable for the purposes, and explain why the selections are appropriate

Grade 8: identify a variety of purposes for engaging with texts, select texts from diverse creators that are suitable for the purposes, and explain why the selections are appropriate

C2.6 Summarizing: Identifying Relevant information and Drawing Conclusions

Grade 7: summarize and record the main idea and supporting details in various texts, and draw well-supported conclusions

Grade 8: summarize and synthesize the important ideas and supporting details in complex texts, and draw effective conclusions

C3 Critical Thinking in Literacy

C3.2 Making Inferences

Grade 7: make local and global inferences, using explicit and implicit evidence, to develop interpretations about various texts and to extend their understanding

Grade 8: make local and global inferences, using explicit and implicit evidence, to explain and support their interpretations about various complex texts

C3.4 Analyzing Texts

analyze complex texts, including literary and informational texts, by evaluating, synthesizing, and sequencing relevant information and formulating conclusions

C3.8 Reflecting on Learning

Grade 7: compare the critical thinking skills they used when analyzing and evaluating various texts, identify the skills that best supported their understanding, and explain why they were effective

Grade 8: assess the effectiveness of the critical thinking skills they used when analyzing and evaluating various texts, and set goals to improve their use

Strand D: Composition (Expressing Ideas and Creating Texts)

D1 Developing Ideas and Organizing Content

D1.2 Developing Ideas

generate and develop ideas and details about challenging topics, such as topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to other subject areas, using a variety of strategies, and drawing on various resources, including their own lived experiences

D1.3 Research

D1.4 Organizing Content

classify and sequence ideas and collected information, using appropriate strategies and tools, and identify and organize relevant content, taking into account the chosen text form, genre, and medium

D1.5 Reflecting on Learning

Grade 7: explain and compare how the strategies and tools used helped them develop ideas and organize content for texts of the chosen forms, genres, and media, and how they helped them improve as a text creator

Grade 8: evaluate the strategies and tools used to develop ideas and organize content for texts of the chosen forms, genres, and media, explain which were most helpful, and suggest steps for future improvement as a text creator

D2 Creating Texts

D2.1 Producing Drafts

Grade 7: draft complex texts of various forms and genres, including narrative, expository, and informational texts, using a variety of media, tools, and strategies

Grade 8: draft complex texts of various forms and genres, including narrative, persuasive, expository, and informational texts, citing sources, and use a variety of appropriate media, tools, and strategies to transform information and communicate ideas

D2.4 Point of View and Perspective

Grade 7:identify the point of view, perspectives, and bias conveyed in their texts, and explain how their messages might be interpreted by audiences with different perspectives

Grade 8: explain the explicit and implicit points of view, perspectives, and bias conveyed in their texts, evaluate how various audiences might respond, and suggest ways to acknowledge other

D2.5 Revision

make revisions to the content, elements of style, patterns, and features of draft texts, and add, delete and re-sequence sentences to improve clarity, focus, and coherence, using various strategies and seeking and selectively using feedback

D3 Publishing, Presenting and Reflecting

D3.1 Producing Final Texts

produce final texts using appropriate techniques and tools, including digital design and production tools, to achieve the intended effect

D3.2 Publishing and Presenting Texts

publish and present texts they have created, using various media and tools, and evaluate how their choices helped them communicate their intended message