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Wyoming Standards:
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Writing: Students write for a variety of purposes
and audiences with sophistication and complexity appropriate to the grade
level.
Speaking: Students speak for a variety of purposes
and audiences with sophistication and complexity appropriate to the grade
level.
Reading: Students read a variety of grade level
materials, applying strategies appropriate to various situations.
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Performance Task:
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You are a technical writer for a power tool
manufacturing company. It is your
job to make a safety and operations manual for a power hand tool. You will need to research texts and
current manuals for the information needed for your specific tool. You will write a manual that includes
the following:
a) Name of tool,
brief description, photo/diagram on the cover, model number for your
specific tool.
b) Safety
regulations for the intended consumer.
c)
Operations procedures.
d)
Photo/diagram depicting and labeling the necessary parts of the
tool.
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Knowledge / Skills:
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Apply in writing the rules and conventions of
grammar, usage, punctuation, paragraphing and spelling. (ela1)
Gather information from a variety of sources,
including electronic sources, and summarize, analyze, and evaluate its use
for a report. (ela3)
Understand and use graphs, charts, and visuals
to enhance informational writing and oral presentations. (ela29)
Understand the nature and purpose of and be able
to word process a variety of formats including essays, business letters,
memos, instructions, policy statements, technical proposals, user manuals,
lab reports, etc. (ela30)
Synthesize and evaluate ideas from several
selections on similar topics.
(ela38)
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