12th Grade ELA (Indiana Academic Standards)

Reading Comprehension (RC)

• 11-12.RC.1 Analyze explicit and implied meaning with strong evidence, noting where the text leaves matters uncertain.
• 11-12.RC.2 Compare how similar themes develop across two or more literary works through specific details.
• 11-12.RC.3 Evaluate how structural choices, such as where to begin or how to end, shape a work's meaning and effect.
• 11-12.RC.4 Evaluate how influential works use archetypes from myth and shared themes, and their relevance today.
• 11-12.RC.5 Analyze how similar central ideas develop across several texts and how details refine them.
• 11-12.RC.6 Analyze complex sets of ideas or events and how individuals, ideas or events develop in a text.
• 11-12.RC.7 Identify an author's point of view or purpose in strongly rhetorical texts and analyze how style and content persuade.
• 11-12.RC.8 Evaluate arguments in U.S. and world texts, including validity, evidence and the effect of fallacies.
• 11-12.RC.9 Combine and evaluate several sources in different media to answer a question or solve a problem.
• 11-12.RC.10 Analyze and synthesize foundational U.S. and world documents for their themes, purposes and rhetoric.
• 11-12.RC.11 Use context to work out or clarify the meaning of words and phrases.
• 11-12.RC.12 Analyze shades of meaning between words with similar denotations.
• 11-12.RC.13 Analyze word meanings in literature and the cumulative effect of word choice on meaning and tone, including Shakespeare.
• 11-12.RC.14 Find the meaning of words in nonfiction and evaluate how an author refines key terms across a text.

Writing (W)

• 11-12.W.1 Write arguments with precise claims, rhetorical strategies, fair counterclaims, cohesion, consistent style and a conclusion.
• 11-12.W.2 Write informative pieces that organize complex ideas, use credible sources and keep precise language and style.
• 11-12.W.3 Write narratives with effective techniques, vivid details, sequenced events and a reflective conclusion.
• 11-12.W.4 Use the writing process for formal writing with reference tools, technology and a standard citation style.
• 11-12.W.5 Do sustained research: refine questions, gather and assess authoritative sources and synthesize information.

Communication and Collaboration (CC)

• 11-12.CC.1 Start and sustain a range of discussions on grade 11–12 topics, building clearly on others' ideas.
• 11-12.CC.2 Take part in well-reasoned exchanges of ideas, citing specific evidence.
• 11-12.CC.3 Keep discussions moving with probing questions, welcoming all positions and challenging ideas.
• 11-12.CC.4 Run debates and discussions that air all views, accept dissent and identify further research needed.
• 11-12.CC.5 Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, evidence, rhetoric, word choice, emphasis and tone.
• 11-12.CC.6 Present findings with a clear point of view and evidence, addressing opposing views for the purpose and audience.
• 11-12.CC.7 Give engaging presentations with digital media that help the audience understand findings and evidence.
• 11-12.CC.8 Analyze media's effect on the public and identify rhetorical and logical fallacies.