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
