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Grade 12 Reading

Grade 12 Writing

Standard 1: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.

• Locate and use school, public, academic, and special library resources for information and research


     - use primary and secondary sources, such as dictionaries and abstracts

     - set purpose for reading by asking questions about what they need to know for their research

• Check consistency of hypothesis with given information and assumption

• Analyze and synthesize information from different sources by making connections and showing relationships to other texts, ideas, subjects, and the world at large

     - employ a range of post-reading practices to think about new learning and to plan future learning
 Standard 2:  Students will read, write, listen, and speak for literary response and expression.

• Recognize and analyze the relevance of literature to contemporary and/or personal events and situations from short stories, novels, plays, film and video productions, poems, and essays

     - read and discuss literary criticism 

     - engage in a variety of collaborative conversations, such as peer-led discussions, paired reading and responding, and cooperative group discussions, to make applications of the ideas in the text to other situations, extending the ideas to broaden perspectives

• Read, view, and respond independently to literary works that represent a range of social, historical, and cultural perspectives

• Compare a film, video, or stage version of a literary work with the written version

• Read literary texts aloud to convey an interpretation of the work

• Read and interpret literary texts from a range of authors, genres, and subjects, including literary criticism

• Interpret multiple levels of meaning and subtleties in text

Standard 3:  Students will read, write, listen, and speak for critical analysis and evaluation.

• Analyze and evaluate nonfiction texts, including professional journals, technical manuals, and position

papers, to determine the writer’s perspectives, purposes, and intended audience

     - identify text structure, using supports such as graphic organizers

     - preview a text (e.g., in order to build a schema), noticing structural markers, such as headings and subheadings

     -focus on key word/phrases that signal that the text is heading in a particular direction

     - identify the particular kinds of language used in particular texts

• Analyze and evaluate poetry in order to recognize the use and effect of

     - sensory imagery

     -figurative language

     - verse form

• Engage in oral reading activities, such as choral readings, and a variety of written responses, such as double entry journals, to identify and distinguish examples of verse form

• Form opinions and make judgments about literary works by analyzing and evaluating texts from more than one critical perspective, such as a social perspective

• Select, reject, and reconcile ideas and information in light of beliefs

• Make judgments about the quality of literary texts and performances by applying personal and academic criteria, such as that found in literary criticism

• Analyze and evaluate the intellectual and/or emotional impact of specific texts on the reader


Standard 4: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for social interaction.

• Share reading experiences with a peer or adult; for example, read together silently or aloud, and discuss reactions to texts

• Consider the age, gender, social position, and cultural traditions of the writer

• Understand and anticipate the author’s use of tone, diction, and language appropriate to social

communication, in a variety of texts and conventions

• Recognize the types of language (e.g., informal vocabulary, culture-specific terminology, jargon, colloquialisms, and email conventions) that are appropriate to social communication


Standard 1:  Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.

• Use and integrate a wide range of organizational strategies to present information

• Define the meaning of and understand the consequences of plagiarism; investigate college and university policies

• Maintain a portfolio that includes informational writing

Standard 2: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for literary response and expression.

• Write interpretive and responsive essays of approximately five pages to

     - express judgments and support them through references to the text, using direct quotations and paraphrase

     - explain how the author’s use of literary devices, such as allegory, stream of consciousness, and irony, affects meaning

     - engage in a variety of prewriting experiences, such as using a variety of visual representations, to express interpretations, feelings, and new insights

• Use resources such as personal experience, knowledge from other content areas, and independent reading to create literary, interpretive, and responsive text

• Maintain a portfolio that includes literary, interpretive, and responsive writing

Standard 3:  Students will read, write, listen, and speak for critical analysis and evaluation.

• Develop critiques from more than one perspective, such as historical, cultural, social, and psychological

• Use telecommunication to participate in Listserv discussion groups

• Maintain a writing portfolio that includes writing for critical analysis and evaluation

Standard 4:  Students will read, write, listen, and speak for social interaction.

• Share the process of writing with peers and adults; for example, write a condolence note, get-well card, or thank-you letter with writing partner(s)

• Respect the age, gender, and cultural traditions of the recipient

Grade 12 Listening

Grade 12 Speaking

Standard 1: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.

• Interpret and analyze information from media presentations, such as documentary films, news broadcasts, taped interviews, and debates

• Recognize the speaker’s use of voice, tone, diction, and syntax in school and public forums, debates, and panel discussions

Standard 2: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for literary response and expression.

• Interpret and respond to texts from a variety of genres, authors, and subjects

• Respond to authors’ reading and discussing their works

• Identify how format and language are used in presentations to communicate the author’s message and evoke a response

• Recognize how presentation styles affect the emotional responses of listeners


Standard 3: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for critical analysis and evaluation.

• Determine points of view to clarify positions, make judgments, and form opinions

• Evaluate content and organization of the presentations, applying criteria such as the validity of the speaker’s conclusion

• Evaluate the expertise and possible bias of the speaker in order to judge the validity of the content

• Recognize the use of protocols and traditional practices in debating, public speaking, interviewing, reviewing literary works, and other forms of speaking

• Evaluate the impact of the medium on the message

Standard 4: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for social interaction.

• Participate as a listener in social conversation with one or more people who are friends, acquaintances, or strangers

• Respect the age, gender, social position, and cultural traditions of the speaker

• Listen for multiple levels of meaning, articulated and unspoken

• Encourage the speaker with appropriate facial expressions and gestures

• Withhold judgment

• Appreciate the speaker’s uniqueness

Standard 1:  Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.

• Prepare and give presentations to a variety of audiences on a range of informational topics, using a variety of techniques, such as multimedia, group presentations, and dramatic approaches


• Give directions and explain complex processes

Standard 2: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for literary response and expression.

• Present interpretations and responses to literary texts and performances in presentations to school and public audiences

Standard 3:  Students will read, write, listen, and speak for critical analysis and evaluation.

• Express opinions and make judgments about ideas, information, experiences, and issues in literary, scientific, and historical articles, in public documents, and in advertisements

• Present reasons, examples, and details from sources such as films to defend opinions or judgments

• Respond to constructive criticism

• Use visuals and technology to enhance presentation


Standard 4:  Students will read, write, listen, and speak for social interaction.

• Speak informally with familiar and unfamiliar people, individually and in group settings

• Respect the age, gender, social position, and cultural traditions of the listener

• Use social communication in workplace settings to foster trust and build goodwill

• Respond respectfully

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