Students will be working toward mastering each of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards for English Language Arts grades 11-12 by the end of this school year.

Here is a website where you can read each of the standards in detail: http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/2016/ela/g1112.pdf

Below is a simplified, more succinct version of the standards:

Simplified Standards (grades 11-12):

Reading Literature (fiction):

RL.1 - Cite text evidence

RL.2 - Determine & analyze themes

RL.3 - Analyze author’s choices about story development

RL.4 - Determine meaning of words/phrases, including figurative language

RL.5 - Analyze author’s choices about text structure

RL.6 - Analyze unique points of view (satire, sarcasm, irony)

RL.7 - Analyze/evaluate multiple interpretations of the same text

RL.9 - Knowledge of texts from 18th, 19th, and early 20th century works

RL.10 - Read/comprehend complex fiction works

Reading Informational Text (nonfiction):

RI.1 - Cite text evidence

RI.2 - Determine & analyze themes

RI.3 - Analyze how ideas/events develop through texts

RI.4 - Determine meaning of words/phrases, including figurative language

RI.5 - Analyze author’s choices about text structure

RI.6 - Analyze unique points of view (satire, sarcasm, irony)

RI.7 - Evaluate information presented in different media/formats

RI.8 - Evaluate important U.S. texts & their application

RI.9 - Analyze 17th/18th/19th foundational U.S. documents for themes/purposes

RI.10 - Read/comprehend complex nonfiction works

Writing:

W.1 - Write analytical arguments to support claims, using evidence

W.2 - Write analytical informative/explanatory texts

W.3 - Write narratives (stories)

W.4 - Write clearly, with organization/style appropriate to audience/purpose

W.5 - Strengthen writing with the writing process (plan/edit/revise)

W.6 - Use technology to produce/publish writing

W.7 - Complete research projects

W.8 -  Gather relevant information from print/digital sources, avoiding plagiarism

W.9 - Gather evidence from literary/informational sources

W.10 - Write over short and extended time frames, depending on purpose

Speaking & Listening:

SL.1 - Participate in collaborative discussions

SL.2 - Integrate source information in a variety of formats & evaluate their credibility

SL.3 - Evaluate a speaker’s view, rhetoric, reasoning

SL.4 - Present information, findings, supporting evidence

SL.5 - Use digital media in presentations

SL.6 - Adapt speech to various contexts/tasks

Language:

L.1 - Standard English conventions in writing & speech

L.2 - Standard English capitalization, punctuation, spelling

L.3 - Use different styles depending on how language functions in a certain context

L.4 - Find meaning of unknown words or those with more than one meaning

L.5 - Understand figurative language & word relationships

L.6 - Use academic, domain-specific words