NY Next Generation ELA 8SL5
The Standard
Integrate digital media and/or visual displays in presentations to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and add elements of interest to engage the audience.
New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students integrate digital media or visual displays to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and engage the audience. Media work as part of the reasoning.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Each element makes data, relationships, or evidence easier to understand and reinforces a claim. Design and spoken explanation hold attention without distracting.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may add entertainment unrelated to the argument. They may use visuals that duplicate spoken text or distort data for impact.
How to Assess It
- Ask students to integrate one chart, image, or short clip into a claim presentation and explain how it clarifies information and strengthens evidence.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Redesign a slide so one visual strengthens a claim and accurately represents evidence.
Ask students when audience interest supports understanding and when it distracts.
Play Media Evidence Match with claims, data, and display choices.
Create a short multimedia segment for a community briefing.
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