12th Grade English

12th Grade ELA Targeted Standards
[RL] Reading Literature Strand
Cluster: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

ELA-12.RL.09 Analyze and evaluate how two or more texts within and/or across time periods treat similar themes or topics.

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

• I can define the concepts of social, cultural, and historical context.

Reasoning Targets

• I can explain how a piece of literature is shaped by the period in which it was written.
• I can independently read and connect background information to literature.
• I can analyze foundational U.S. documents for their themes, purposes, and rhetorical features.

Skills (Performance) Targets

• I can explore the social, cultural, and historical influence on theme.
• I can demonstrate knowledge of foundational works of British Literature.
• I can compare and contrast how two texts from the same century treat similar themes.

Product Targets

• I can develop a product that demonstrates an understanding of the connection between British literature and the context in which it was written.

Measurement

of Progress

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

RL 11-12.7 Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem (e.g., recorded or live production of a play or recorded novel or poetry), evaluating how each version interprets the material.

RL 11-12.9 Analyze and evaluate how two or more texts within and/or across time periods treat similar themes or topics.

The student demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.

The student can

• analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem, evaluating how each author addresses various components of the text (theme, character, setting, plot).

• analyze how an author draws from cultural and historical background to shape a text.

• demonstrate knowledge of foundational works* of American or British literature from various time periods.

• compare two or more texts from the same time period addressing similar themes or topics.

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

• recognizes surface-level similarities and differences within multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem.

• identifies cultural or historical influences within literature.

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