Prepare and deliver visual and multimedia presentations that:

• exhibit logical structures appropriate to audience, purpose, and context
• have a central foci and strong messages
• organize ideas in logical and appropriate sequences
• include smooth transitions
• use a variety of forms and technologies such as sound, photographs, and models
• provide logical and convincing conclusions.

Select, use, and evaluate purposefully a variety of before (page 28), during (page 29), and after (page 30) strategies to construct and communicate meaning when using other forms of representing.

Understand and apply the language cues and conventions to construct and communicate meaning when using various forms of representing.

• Pragmatic cues and conventions: selecting and using language register appropriate for the subject, context, audience, and purpose; using conventional "standard" English when required.
• Textual cues and conventions: selecting and using text form appropriate for subject, purpose, and audience.
• Syntactic cues and conventions: selecting and using formal spoken and written sentences that are meaningful, clear, correctly punctuated, and devoid of ambiguous expressions; demonstrating control over such elements as subject-verb agreement, pronoun-antecedent agreement, verb forms, and parallelism.
• Semantic/Lexical/Morphological cues and conventions: using words precisely, accurately, and for effect (e.g., to create imagery, to communicate figuratively, to communicate symbolically, as an allusion).
• Graphophonic cues and conventions: using the sounds of letters and syllables and the placement of accents to determine the pronunciation and spelling of words.
• Other cues and conventions: using communication elements such as handwriting, consistent font, neatness, underlining, indentations, spacing, and margins to enhance the clarity and the legibility of communication; using appropriate visual and multimedia aids to enhance presentation; choosing appropriate font size and style when word processing.

Prepare, rehearse, and confidently deliver a visual or multimedia presentation, explaining key ideas and events (actual or based on text studied) using appropriate combination of charts, diagrams, pictures, sounds, models, drama, and print with:

• An effective introduction that sets the direction for presentation by getting attention of audience, introducing the topic, presenting the central idea or purpose, identifying the main point, and making audience eager to see and hear the rest of the presentation.
• A body that organizes information logically so audience can follow.
• A conclusion that helps audience understand what is important in the presentation.

Present information using print and non-print aids to engage and inform a familiar audience.

Use props, visual aids, graphics, and electronic media to enhance the appeal and accuracy of presentations.

Use a variety of technological functions (including computer software) to publish original work.

Use and adapt production techniques and technologies to communicate information, ideas, narrative, or other messages, integrating verbal, visual, and dramatic features to achieve a range of effects.

Analyze, organize, and convert information into different forms (e.g., charts, graphs, drawings).

Experiment with a variety of text forms (e.g., advertisement, tableau, drama) and techniques (e.g., graphics).