Below are the standards we will be focusing on in this class, as well as the learning target for the class which corresponds to each standard. You will know you have mastered the standard when the statement(s) to the right of the standard are true for you.

CCS Standards: Reading - Literature / Learning Targets
RL.11-12.1/ RI.11-12.1:Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain. / #1: I can cite text-based evidence that provides strong and thorough support for an analysis of literary text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
RL.11-12.2/ RI.11-12.2:Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text. / #2: I can analyze the development of the theme or central idea over the course of the text (how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account).
RI.11-12.3.Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of the text. / #3: I can explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop in a text with a complex sequence of events or set of ideas.
RL.11-12.4/ RI.11-12.4:Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. / #4: I can analyze the overall impact of word choices on meaning and tone (including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful).
RL.11-12.5 / RI.11-12.5:Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text … contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact…. including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging. / #5: I can analyze how an author’s choices about how to structure specific parts of a text contribute to the overall structure, meaning and aesthetic impact.
RL.11-12.6.Analyze a case in which grasping a point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant (e.g., satire, sarcasm, irony, or understatement). / #6: I can determine point of view whether it is expressed literally or figuratively.
RI.11-12.6.Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text. / #7: I can determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text.
RI.11-12.7.Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a question or solve a problem. / #8: I can integrate multiple sources of information presented in different media and formats to address a question or solve a problem.
W.11-12.1.Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. / #9: I can write an analysis of substantive topics or text using valid reasoning and sufficient evidence.
W.11-12.2.Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. / #10: I can write informative/explanatory texts that convey complex ideas and concepts clearly and accurately, using content that is carefully selected, organized, and analyzed.
W.11-12.4.Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.) / #11: I can produce clear and coherent writing appropriate to task, purpose and audience.
W.11-12.7.Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. / #12: I can conduct research projects to answer a question or solve a problem and I can synthesize multiple sources on a subject.
W.11-12.8.Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and overreliance on any one source and following a standard format for citation. / #13: I can gather relevant information from a variety of authoritative sources, use advanced searches effectively, selectively integrate information into text, maintaining the flow of the piece, and follow a standard format for citation.
SL.11-12.1.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 their own clearly and persuasively. / #14: I can initiate effective discussions with diverse partners, express my own ideas clearly and persuasively, and build on other’s ideas.
SL.11-12.4.Present information, findings, and supporting evidence, conveying a clear and distinct perspective, such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning, alternative or opposing perspectives are addressed, and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and a range of formal and informal tasks. / #15: I can present information appropriate to purpose, audience and task (conveying a clear and distinct perspective, such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning, alternative or opposing perspectives are addressed, and the organization, development, substance, and style).