PASS PROFICIENCIES
& INDICATORS
A. Understand and analyze the ways in which language constructs, influences,
and communicates meaning in various contexts, time periods, and cultures.
1. Analyze how patterns of language, structures, and purposes affect
communication in various forms of discourse and in one's own writing/speaking.
2. Recognize differences and evolution in the use of language across various
contexts, cultures, and historical periods.
3. Adapt one's own use of language appropriately to communicate in different
contexts and content areas; consider and utilize a range of linguistic choices
when writing and speaking.
4. Identify and critically evaluate language which reflects biases,
stereotypes, persuasive techniques and propaganda from various sources,
including mass media and one's own writing.
5. Use words, diction, grammar, syntax, and punctuation correctly and
appropriately in a variety of communication contexts.
6. Analyze and evaluate the relationships among purpose, audience, form,
organization, voice, diction, style, and use of conventions in various forms of
discourse and in one's own writing/speaking.
B. Read and analyze texts of varying length and complexity including, but not
limited to a broad selection of classical, contemporary, and multicultural
literature. Read poetry, novels, short stories, essays, and drama, understanding
the characteristics of each literary genre.
1. Read and respond to works of recognized literary merit from classical,
contemporary, and multicultural domains.
2. Read poetry, novels, short stories, essays, and drama, interpreting and
responding in ways appropriate for the particular genre and work.
3. Use evidence from texts to support interpretations, evaluations, and
comparative analyses.
4. Recognize distinguishing characteristics of literary genres and explain
the appropriateness of the genres to their subjects.
5. Write about texts in order to discover ideas, to clarify understanding,
and to convey responses and insights.
C. Recognize and analyze the use of literary forms, elements, and devices in
literature and in one's own writing.
1. Understand and discuss how elements of literature (e.g., form, plot,
characterization, setting, conflict, theme, style, point of view) unify and
contribute to the effectiveness of literary texts.
2. Analyze and evaluate the use of rhetorical devices (e.g., diction,
figurative language, voice, dialect, sound) and patterns (e.g., imagery,
symbolism, ambiguity, irony, allusion) in literary texts.
3. Understand, use, develop, and write critical analyses of literature and
the arts which focus upon elements of form, style, and language.
4. Employ literary concepts and terminology appropriately and correctly in
the reading, interpretation, and analysis of literature.
5. Create works using literary genres, forms, elements, and devices.
D. Understand how historical, social, and literary contexts, biolgraphical
background, and thematic intentions influence literary expression.
1. Analyze the ways in which an author's/artist's life experiences and
historical context contribute to a work and its themes.
2. Discuss/represent the ways in which literature and the arts reflect
social/historical conditions and issues.
3. Recognize the influence of literary movements and other authors on the
author's work.
4. Explore the treatment of particular themes in a variety of genres,
cultures, and historical periods.
E. Recognize and analyze how literature reflects, shapes, and comments upon
the assumptions, traditions, structures, and changes in societies and cultures.
1. Identify values, beliefs, and traditions reflected in literature and works
of art created by people of various cultural backgrounds.
2. Interpret various treatments of social, cultural, political, and
historical issues in literature and works of art.
3. Analyze how literature and the arts have affected and been affected by
various cultures.
4. Compare and contrast works by artists, authors, historians, musicians,
filmmakers, and photographers of diverse backgrounds.
5. Identify and analyze references to class and social status in literature
and the arts.
6. Examine and analyze how authors and artists use literature/the arts to
promote social change and ideas.
7. Examine ways in which gender, culture, and other social perspectives
influence one's reaction to texts, performances, and works of art, and how
various works may reflect the influence of such perspectives and points of view.
F. Analyze, interpret, and critique texts, performances, and media, through
both personal and critical responses.
1. Use varied and appropriate critical approaches, historical/cultural
understandings, and personal experience in reading, analyzing, interpreting, and
critiquing literary works.
2. Discuss how the organization, development, and expression of texts,
performances, and media presentations contribute to their meaning.
3. Determine how writers' and artists' views and intentions shape and
influence their work.
4. Use specific and defensible criteria to analyze, interpret, and evaluate
texts, performances, and media; distinguish between personal and critical
responses.
5. Use textual evidence to discover, develop, and support (or argue against)
critical interpretations of literary works.
6. Create a project or performance using expressive technologies (e.g.,
drama, film, video, choral performance, publication, animation, cartoon,
computer graphics) to present literature in a new or enhanced way; identify how
this work is intended to affect an audience.
G. Understand and analyze literature's significance in one's own life.
1. Using specific works, explain how literature and the arts help individuals
to understand themselves and the world.
2. Explain how personal views, experiences, opinions, and emotions influence
one's response to literature and the arts.
H. Understand and use the relationship between literature and other
disciplines.
1. Apply knowledge gained from other disciplines to the interpretation of
literature and the arts.
2. Explain how the study of literature influences one's understanding of
other disciplines.
3. Illustrate how literature and the arts depict technology and industry in
different times and places.
4. Describe and compare how literature, the arts, and history have depicted a
scientific discovery, significant event, or cultural trend.
See also PASS
"Process" [i.e. Skills] Proficiencies
for Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking Skills,
Analytic Thinking,
Integrative Thinking, Problem Solving, Technology as a Learning Tool,
Teamwork, and Quality Work:
http://www.cocc.edu/humanities/standards/PASSprocess.htm
SOURCES
PASS:
The Oregon University System (OUS) has adopted new
admissions requirements for students to be admitted to Oregon's public
universities, to be phased in beginning in Fall 2001. This new admissions
system is known as PASS: Proficiency-based Admission Standards System.
PASS: Proficiency-based Admission Standards
System:
http://www.ous.edu/pass/
Introduction to PASS:
http://www.ous.edu/pass/about/intro/index.html
PASS English Assessment Guidelines for
2000-2001:
http://www.ous.edu/pass/about/intro/s1_english_assessment.html
ONE (Oregon
Network for Education):
http://www.ous.edu/one/index.htm
PREP:
Oregon Community Colleges System has adopted PREP (PRoficiencies for
Entry into Programs) to align OUS's PASS with the Oregon Board of
Education's CIM (Certificate of Initial Mastery) and CAM (Certificate of
Advanced Mastery) standards, and define "what it takes to succeed in
[Oregon] community college programs.
PREP:
PRoficiencies for Entry into Programs:
http://www.odccwd.state.or.us/comcol/prep/PREP.html
Oregon Community Colleges:
http://www.odccwd.state.or.us/comcol/ComCol.htm
ONE (Oregon
Network for Education):
http://www.ous.edu/one/index.htm
Oregon
State Standards Index Page
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