Standards

While my topic may not be covered by most middle school to high school English classes, the way in which I did my research and the way I combined my ideas into a project would be easily achieved by many young learners.
A teacher could easily meet the standards required for teaching language arts through this type of research. My research focused heavily on interviews and discussion: This is a standard found in the seventh grade standard: ask questions to elicit information from speakers, including evidence to support the speakers claims.

Another standard found in the higher level that could be acheived through my form of inquiry would be the eighth grade standard: plan and conduct multiple step searches by using cocmputer based databases. This was acheived in my project by finding that a simple search for roofing materials leads to a deeper search on which are the longer lasting materials, which are the most wind resistant, and which have the most durability.

The ninth grade standard: synthesize the content form several sources was achieved by my locating different questions through different resources that will aid me in buying a good roof. I used infomation from interviews and from online research, and then crreating a powerpoint from that information.

An upper level (10-12th grade) standard would be an easy one: the standard to use technology to integrate databases, visuals, graphics and other resources was evident in the final outcome of my project. The brief PowerPoint I prepared used everything form hyperlinks, to graphics, to charts. Each was necessary to provide my with my final product.

Each of the above standards are listed by Callison in the Blue Book, pages 94-95. These are all standards for language arts.