Paris Independent School District

The gifted/talented students will:

• select topics
• define topics/research questions
• identify audiences
• determine possible products
• gather information
• organize information
• present original products

The gifted/talented students will:

• analyze
  • fact/opinion
  • relevant/irrelevant information
  • reliable/unreliable sources
• question
• infer
  • meaning of statements
  • cause/effect relationships
  • generalizations
  • predictions
  • assumptions
  • point of view
• reason
  • inductive logic
  • deductive logic
• evaluate
  • judge
  • make/defend decision(s)

The gifted/talented students will exhibit:

• fluency: quantity
• flexibility: variety
• originality: uniqueness
• elaboration: expansion/embellishment
• complexity: interrelatedness
• curiosity: inquiry
• imagination: visualization
• risk taking: courage

The gifted/talented students will:

• determine purposes for a variety of settings and occasions
• listen critically to analyze, interpret, and evaluate
• appreciate spoken language
• evaluate visual images, messages, and meanings
• prepare, organize, and present a variety of informative visual images, messages, and meanings that communicate effectivel
• interpret messages, purposes, and perspectives
• utilize standard grammar and spoken language to communicate clearly

The gifted/talented students will:

• respect authority
• respect learning
• respect others and their rights
• display and respond to humor appropriately
• use appropriate manners
• interact effectively in group situations
• tolerate imperfection in self/others
• accept praise, punishment, and criticism
• argue with logic, not emotion
• demonstrate independent action
• exhibit self-direction
• model trustworthiness
• accept consequences for action
• accept giftedness in relation to self/others