22. Use self-monitoring and feedback from peers and teachers to evaluate reading, writing, listening, viewing, studying, and research skills. Examples: portfolios, journals, rubrics, student checklists

12. Select and indicate preference for sources of information. Examples: magazines, Internet, novels, videotaped dramas, biographies, documentaries, how-to books and videos

7. Value recognized written, spoken, and visual works of literature representative of various cultures and eras.

11. Demonstrate active listening and speaking behaviors related to effective oral communication in a number of situations for various purposes.

17. Use available computer technology to enhance reading and writing skills. Examples: editing programs, Internet

1. Apply appropriate strategies to materials across the curriculum to construct meaning through interpretation and evaluation. Examples: using monitoring strategies, correcting or confirming author's message, distinguishing fact from opinion, confirming author's credentials, confirming intention and validity of message, using context clues, drawing conclusions, determining cause and effect, determining sequence of events, identifying main idea and supporting details

14. Conduct individual research utilizing all aspects of the research process.