Use representing, speaking, and writing to respond to experiences or texts (e.g., a staged dramatic scene, a television episode, a significant personal event).

Create spoken, written, and other representations that include:

• a clear thesis and logical points to support messages and arguments
• appropriate details to support thesis
• a style and voice appropriate to audience and purpose
• coherence, logical progression, and support for ideas
• clear patterns of organization
• convincing conclusion.

Develop and present a project-based inquiry related to a theme or topic of the course:

• collaborate to determine group knowledge base and to define inquiry or research purpose and parameters
• formulate questions to focus and guide inquiry or research
• develop and use an inquiry or research plan to identify and access relevant ideas and information from a variety of sources
• determine the credibility, accuracy, completeness, and usefulness of a variety of information sources for a particular inquiry or research plan
• access information using a variety of tools (e.g., electronic networks, libraries, taped oral histories)
• organize information using appropriate forms (e.g., charts, diagrams, outlines, electronic databases)
• analyze and understand implications and consequences of plagiarism (i.e., ethical, legal, professional)
• draw logical conclusion from information and consider how to best present to identified audience
• document sources accurately using standard format (such as Modern Language Association [MLA], and American Psychological Association [APA])
• cite reference for all sources of information including summarized and paraphrased ideas from other authors.