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Technical Literacy Skills
Source: Vocational Technical Literacy Skills, Massachusetts Department of Education, copyright 2004. "This document may be copied for educational purposes."
Reading:
Determine the meaning of words and phrases in written material
- Recognize the meaning of commonly used words
- Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words with multiple meanings
in the contexts in which they appear
- Recognize the correct use of commonly misused words (e.g., their/there/they're)
- Identify appropriate synonyms or antonyms for words
Recognize the main idea and supporting details in written materials
- Identify the main idea of written material
- Identify information, facts, and details that support, illustrate,
or elaborate on the main idea
- Identify an accurate summary, outline, or graphic representation of
information presented in written material
Identify a writer's purpose, audience, point of view, and intended meaning
- Recognize a writer's purpose for writing (e.g., to persuade, to describe)
- Recognize the audience that the written material addresses
- Determine a writer's opinion, intended meaning, or point of view by using
the content, word choice, and phrasing of written material
Use critical reasoning skills to evaluate written material
- Determine the relevance of specific facts or examples to a writer's argument
- Recognize qualifying language
- Distinguish between fact and opinion in written material
- Assess the credibility, objectivity, or bias of a writer
- Evaluate a writer's reasoning
Analyze information presented in graphs, table, and charts
- Interpret information from tables, line graphs, bar graphs, and pie charts
- Recognize appropriate representations of written information in graphic or tabular form
- Draw conclusions based on information presented in a graph, table, or chart
Writing:
Recognize examples of unified and focused writing
- Identify the specific audience or purpose in a writing sample
- Cite an example of appropriate word choice in a writing sample
- Identify effective organization in a writing sample
- dentify unnecessary shifts of point of view in a writing sample
- Identify distracting details or material irrelevant to the main idea in a writing sample
- Identify effective topic sentences in writing samples
Apply knowledge of the use of verbs and nouns in standard American English
- Create a piece of written material employing the standard use of verbs,
including subject-verb agreement, verb tense, and consistency of tense
- Create a piece of written material employing the standard use of
nouns, including the plural and possessive forms
Apply knowledge of use of pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, and prepositional phrases in standard American English
- Create a piece of written material employing the standard use of pronouns, including pronoun-antecedent agreement, pronoun cases, possessive pronouns, relative and demonstrative pronouns
- Create a piece of written material employing the standard use of adverbs,
adjectives, and prepositional phrases
Apply knowledge of the use of sentence structure and punctuation in standard American English
- Identify and correct sentence fragments and run-on sentences
- Identify and correct instances in which incorrect or extraneous punctuation
has been used or necessary punctuation has been omitted.
Apply knowledge of the use of capitalization and spelling in standard American English
- Identify the use of standard initial capitalization and standard capitalization with proper words and titles
- Recognize standard spelling of commonly encountered words presented in context
Prepare a written response in an appropriate form on a given topic
- Determine audience, purpose, and occasion
- Prepare an outline or summary of the main ideas and essential points of a composition
- Create a well-organized and well-developed composition, using appropriate and accurate vocabulary, mechanics, and grammar, according the conventions of standard American English
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