CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7.5
The Standard
Include multimedia components and visual displays in presentations to clarify claims and findings and emphasize salient points.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Speaking and Listening Standards
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students choose visuals or media that help an audience understand their claims and evidence. They use each item to draw attention to the presentation's main points.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students select a chart, image, audio clip, or video that directly supports a key idea. They explain the media during the presentation and keep it clear, readable, and focused.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may add pictures that look interesting but do not support the message. They may crowd slides with text, use unreadable charts, or play media without explaining its purpose.
How to Assess It
- Give students a claim and three possible visuals. Ask them to choose one and write two sentences explaining what it shows and why it helps.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a claim, data table, and image set, then have them build one slide that makes the strongest evidence easy to understand.
Show two versions of a slide and ask students to write which one communicates the point better and why.
Play Visual Match: teams pair claims with charts, images, or clips, then earn points by defending each match.
Create a 60-second school improvement pitch using one chart or photo to support a proposed change.
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Related Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.5.5
Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.5
Add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.
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