English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 9
| R2. Read and comprehend a variety of literary texts to develop a literal and figurative understanding as appropriate to the type of text, purpose, and situation.
Examples: short and long prose texts, poetry, dramas |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 9
| R3. Utilize active listening skills in formal and informal conversations, following predetermined norms. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 9
| R4. Use digital and electronic tools appropriately, safely, and ethically. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 9
| R5. Utilize a writing process which includes planning, revising, editing/peer-editing, and rewriting to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing for a specific purpose and audience. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 9
| 4. Analyze how authors use characterization, connotation, denotation, figurative language, literary elements, and point of view to create and convey meaning in a variety of texts. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 9
| 6. Compare and/or contrast the perspectives in a variety of fiction, nonfiction, informational, digital, and multimodal texts produced from diverse historical, cultural, and global points of view, not limited to the grade-level literary focus. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 9
| 8. Through active listening, evaluate tone, organization, content, and non-verbal cues to determine the purpose and credibility of a speaker. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 9
| 9. Compose both short and extended narrative, informative/explanatory, and argumentative writings that are clear and coherent, use an appropriate command of language, and demonstrate development, organization, style, and tone that are relevant to task, purpose, and audience.
Examples: paragraphs, constructed responses, essays
a. Write a memoir, narrative essay, or personal or fictional narrative to convey a series of events, establishing a clear purpose and using narrative techniques.
Examples: dialogue, pacing, description, reflection
b. Write explanations and expositions that incorporate evidence, using transitions and techniques that objectively introduce and develop topics.
Examples: relevant and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations
c. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning, relevant and sufficient evidence, transitions, and a concluding statement or section that follows from the information presented. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 9
| 18. Analyze a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices in order to determine point of view and purpose. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 10
| R2. Read and comprehend a variety of literary texts to develop a literal and figurative understanding as appropriate to the type of text, purpose, and situation.
Examples: short and long prose texts, poetry, dramas |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 10
| R3. Utilize active listening skills in formal and informal conversations, following predetermined norms. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 10
| R4. Use digital and electronic tools appropriately, safely, and ethically. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 10
| R5. Utilize a writing process which includes planning, revising, editing/peer-editing, and rewriting to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing for a specific purpose and audience. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 10
| 3. Analyze how an author's cultural perspective influences style, language, and themes. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 10
| 4. Interpret an author's use of characterization, connotation, denotation, figurative language, literary elements, and point of view to create and convey meaning in a variety of texts. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 10
| 6. Compare and/or contrast the perspectives in a variety of fiction, nonfiction, informational, digital, and multimodal texts produced from diverse historical, cultural, and global viewpoints, not limited to the grade-level literary focus. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 10
| 8. Through active listening, evaluate tone, organization, content, and non-verbal cues to determine the purpose and credibility of a speaker. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 10
| 9. Compose both short and extended narrative, informative/explanatory, and argumentative writings that are clear and coherent, use an appropriate command of language, and demonstrate development, organization, style, and tone that are relevant to task, purpose, and audience.
Examples: paragraphs, constructed responses, essays
a. Write a memoir, narrative essay, or personal or fictional narrative to convey a series of events, establishing a clear purpose, using narrative techniques, and sequencing events coherently.
Examples: dialogue, pacing, description, reflection; chronological order, reverse chronological order, flashbacks
b. Write explanations and expositions that incorporate relevant evidence, using effective transitions that objectively introduce and develop topics.
Examples: specific facts, examples, details, statistics/data, examples appropriate to the audience's knowledge of the topic
c. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning, relevant and sufficient evidence, appropriate transitions, and a concluding section that follows from and supports the information presented. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 10
| 13. Interpret a digital audio source to determine subject, occasion, audience, purpose, tone, and credibility. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 10
| 18. Analyze a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices in order to determine point of view and purpose.
Examples: Analyze Mahatma Gandhi's "Quit India" speech.
Analyze "The Appeal of 18 June" by Charles de Gaulle. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 11
| R2. Read and comprehend a variety of literary texts to develop a literal and figurative understanding as appropriate to the type of text, purpose, and situation.
Examples: short and long prose texts, poetry, dramas |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 11
| R3. Utilize active listening skills in formal and informal conversations, following predetermined norms. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 11
| R4. Use digital and electronic tools appropriately, safely, and ethically. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 11
| R5. Utilize a writing process which includes planning, revising, editing/peer-editing, and rewriting to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing for a specific purpose and audience. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 11
| 1. Read, analyze, and evaluate complex literary and informational texts written from various points of view and cultural perspectives, with an emphasis on works of American literature. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 11
| 3. Analyze how an author explicitly exhibits his/her cultural perspective in developing style and meaning. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 11
| 6. Analyze a text's explicit and implicit meanings to make inferences about its theme and determine the author's purpose. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 11
| 7. Compare and/or contrast the perspectives in a variety of fiction, nonfiction, informational, digital, and multimodal texts produced from diverse historical, cultural, and global viewpoints, not limited to the grade level literary focus. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 11
| 10. Through active listening, evaluate tone, organization, content, and non-verbal cues to determine the purpose and credibility of a speaker. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 11
| 11. Compose and edit both short and extended products in which the development and organization are relevant and suitable to task, purpose, and audience, using an appropriate command of language.
Examples: paragraphs, constructed responses, essays
a. Incorporate narrative techniques in other modes of writing as appropriate.
Examples: flashback, anecdote, foreshadowing, story-telling, sensory details, character development
b. Write explanations and expositions that examine and convey complex ideas or processes effectively, develop the topic utilizing and citing credible sources of information or data when relevant, use intentional transitions, choose precise vocabulary, and maintain an organized structure.
c. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning supported by relevant and sufficient evidence, making rhetorical choices that convey a specific tone or style, including intentional transitions, and providing a logical conclusion that captures the larger implications of the topic or text. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 11
| 21. Analyze a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices in order to determine point of view, purpose, and effectiveness. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 12
| R2. Read and comprehend a variety of literary texts to develop a literal and figurative understanding as appropriate to the type of text, purpose, and situation.
Examples: short and long prose texts, poetry, dramas |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 12
| R3. Utilize active listening skills in formal and informal conversations, following predetermined norms. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 12
| R4. Use digital and electronic tools appropriately, safely, and ethically. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 12
| R5. Utilize a writing process which includes planning, revising, editing/peer-editing, and rewriting to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing for a specific purpose and audience. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 12
| 3. Evaluate how an author explicitly exhibits his/her cultural perspective in developing style and meaning. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 12
| 4. Evaluate an author's use of characterization, figurative language, literary elements, and point of view to create and convey meaning. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 12
| 6. Analyze a text's explicit and implicit meanings to make inferences about its theme and determine the author's purpose. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 12
| 7. Compare and/or contrast the perspectives in a variety of fiction, nonfiction, informational, digital, and multimodal texts produced from diverse historical, cultural, and global viewpoints, not limited to the grade level literary focus. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 12
| 11. Compose, edit, and revise both short and extended products in which the development, organization, and style are relevant and suitable to task, purpose, and audience, using an appropriate command of language.
a. Incorporate narrative techniques into other modes of writing as appropriate.
Examples: flashback, anecdote, foreshadowing, story-telling, sensory details, character development
b. Write explanations and expositions that examine and convey complex ideas or processes effectively, develop the topic utilizing and citing credible sources of information or data when relevant, use intentional transitions, choose precise vocabulary, and maintain an organized structure and style.
c. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence, making intentional rhetorical choices to convey a specific tone or style, including intentional transitions, and providing a logical conclusion that captures the larger implications of the topic or text. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 12
| 16. Analyze elements of audible communications and evaluate their effectiveness in terms of subject, occasion, audience, purpose, tone, and credibility of digital sources.
Examples: words, music, sound effects |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 12
| 21. Analyze a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices in order to determine point of view, purpose, and effectiveness. |