Content standards were designed to encourage the highest achievement of every student, by defining the knowledge, concepts, and skills that students should acquire at each grade level.
| R 2.1 | Analyze the structure and format of functional workplace documents, including the graphics and headers, and explain how authors use the feature to achieve their purposes. |
| R 2.1 | Analyze the structure and format of functional workplace documents, including the graphics and headers, and explain how authors use the feature to achieve their purposes. | R 2.3 | Generate relevant questions about readings on issues that can be researched. |
| R 2.6 | Demonstrate use of sophisticated learning tools by following technical directions (e.g., those found with graphic calculators and specialized software programs and in access guides to World Wide Web sites on the internet). |
| W 1.2 | Use precise language, action verbs, sensory details, appropriate modifiers, and the active rather than the passive voice. |
| W 1.8 | Design and publish documents by using advanced publishing software and graphic programs. |
| W 2.3 D | Write expository compositions, including analytical essays and research reports: Include visual aids by employing appropriate technology to organize and record information on charts, maps, and graphs. |
| W 2.5 D | Write business letters: Follow a conventional style with page formats, fonts, and spacing that contribute to the document's readability and impact. |
| W & O 1.4 | Produce legible work that shows accurate spelling and correct use of the conventions of punctuation and capitalization. |
| W & O 1.5 | Reflect appropriate manuscript requirements, including title page presentation, pagination, spacing and margins, and integration of source and support material with appropriate citations. |
| L & S 1.7 | Use props, visual aids, graphs and electronic media to enhance the appeal and accuracy of presentations. |