12th Grade English

12th Grade ELA Targeted Standards
[SL] Speaking and Listening Strand
Cluster: Comprehension and Collaboration

ELA-12.SL.03 Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, evidence, and rhetorical strategies, assessing the stance, premises, links among ideas, word choice, points of emphasis, and tone used.

• SL11-12.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 11-12 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing own ideas clearly and persuasively. (a-d)

• SL11-12.2 Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media and formats in order to make informed decisions and solve problems, evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source and noting any discrepancies.

• SL11-12.3 Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, evidence and rhetorical strategies, assessing the stance, premises, links among ideas, word choice, points of emphasis, and tone used.

In addition to expectations of proficiency, student provides consistent evidence of in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was taught and expected.

• Relates discussion topics to global issues, other content areas, and/or parallel text(s)

The student:

• prepares materials needed for discussion and readily refers to textual evidence to stimulate exchange of ideas.

• initiates and participates in a range of collaborative discussions and/or tasks by working with peers in a civil manner.

• propels conversations by posing and responding to questions.

• responds thoughtfully to diverse perspectives based on topics, texts, and/or issues.

• resolves contradictions when possible and determines what additional information is required to complete the task.

• evaluates credibility of and integrates multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media.

• evaluates a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.  

There are no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes as the student:

• participates in a range of collaborative discussions by working with peers.

• prepares limited materials needed for discussion.

• responds to conversations.  

• responds to diverse perspectives based on topics, texts, and/or issues.

• integrates multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media.

• recognizes or recalls specific terminology that relates to speaking and listening skills: rhetoric and rhetorical devices, point of view, evidence, credibility, collaboration, synthesize, integrate, civil, probe, divergent, claim, media, stance, premise, tone.

However, the student exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes.