English IV (Mississippi CCR Standards)

Reading Literature (RL)

• RL.12.1 Use strong, thorough text evidence for stated and inferred meaning, noting where the text is uncertain.
• RL.12.2 Analyze how two or more themes develop and interact, and summarize objectively.
• RL.12.3 Analyze the effect of an author's choices about setting, order of action, and character development.
• RL.12.4 Work out word meanings and how word choice shapes tone, including vivid or appealing language.
• RL.12.5 Analyze how choices about structuring parts of a text, such as the ending, add to meaning and effect.
• RL.12.6 Analyze texts where reading the point of view means separating what is said from what is meant, as in satire.
• RL.12.7 Evaluate how several versions of a story, play, or poem each interpret the source text.
• RL.12.8 (Not applicable to literature.)
• RL.12.9 Know key 18th-, 19th-, and early 20th-century American literature and compare same-period texts on shared themes.
• RL.12.10 Read literature at the top of the grade 11–12 band on their own.

Reading Informational Text (RI)

• RI.12.1 Use strong, thorough text evidence for an informational text, noting where it is uncertain.
• RI.12.2 Analyze how two or more central ideas develop and interact over a text, and summarize objectively.
• RI.12.3 Analyze a complex set of ideas or events and how people, ideas, or events interact over the text.
• RI.12.4 Work out word meanings, including technical ones, and how an author refines a key term over a text.
• RI.12.5 Judge how well the structure of an explanation or argument makes points clear and convincing.
• RI.12.6 Identify the view or purpose in a text with strong rhetoric and how style and content give it force.
• RI.12.7 Combine and judge information from several media and formats to answer a question or solve a problem.
• RI.12.8 Outline and judge reasoning in key U.S. texts, such as court opinions and public advocacy.
• RI.12.9 Analyze foundational U.S. documents from the 1600s to 1800s for theme, purpose, and rhetoric.
• RI.12.10 Read nonfiction in the grade 11–12 band on their own.

Writing (W)

• W.12.1 Write arguments analyzing substantive topics or texts, with valid reasoning and enough evidence.
  • a. State precise, informed claims, show why they matter, and organize claims, counterclaims, and evidence.
  • b. Develop claims and counterclaims fully and fairly with the best evidence, mindful of the audience.
  • c. Use linking words and varied syntax to join sections and connect claims, reasons, and evidence.
  • d. Keep a formal style and objective tone that fit the subject's conventions.
  • e. End with a conclusion that supports the argument.
• W.12.2 Write informative or explanatory texts that convey complex ideas clearly and accurately.
  • a. Introduce the topic and order complex ideas so each builds on the last, using headings or media.
  • b. Develop the topic fully with the most significant facts, definitions, details, and examples.
  • c. Use varied transitions and syntax to join sections and clarify complex ideas.
  • d. Use exact language, subject terms, and devices such as metaphor and analogy to handle complexity.
  • e. Keep a formal style and objective tone that fit the subject's conventions.
  • f. End with a conclusion that supports the explanation, for example by noting its significance.
• W.12.3 Write real or imagined narratives with good technique, telling details, and a clear sequence.
  • a. Open with a problem or situation and why it matters, set points of view, and introduce characters.
  • b. Use dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and more than one plot line.
  • c. Sequence events to build a coherent whole and a particular tone or outcome.
  • d. Use exact words, telling details, and sensory language for a vivid picture.
  • e. End with a conclusion that reflects on what happened or was resolved.
• W.12.4 Write clearly and coherently, matching development and style to task, purpose, and audience.
• W.12.5 Improve writing by planning and revising, focusing on what matters most for the purpose and audience.
• W.12.6 Use technology to produce, publish, and update writing in response to ongoing feedback.
• W.12.7 Carry out short and longer research projects, adjust the inquiry, and combine several sources.
• W.12.8 Use advanced searches of authoritative sources, weigh each one's strengths, and cite without plagiarism.
• W.12.9 Draw on evidence from literary or informational texts in analysis and research.
  • a. Apply grade 11–12 literature reading standards in writing.
  • b. Apply grade 11–12 informational reading standards in writing.
• W.12.10 Write regularly, over both long and short time frames, for many tasks and audiences.

Speaking and Listening (SL)

• SL.12.1 Start and take part in a range of discussions on grade 11–12 topics, building on others' ideas persuasively.
  • a. Prepare for discussions and draw on evidence to spark a thoughtful exchange.
  • b. Work with peers to keep discussions civil and democratic, with goals, deadlines, and roles.
  • c. Move talk forward with questions that probe reasoning, and make sure all positions get heard.
  • d. Respond to diverse views, pull together claims from all sides, and note what needs more research.
• SL.12.2 Combine information from several media to make decisions and solve problems, judging credibility.
• SL.12.3 Judge a speaker's view, reasoning, evidence, and rhetoric, including stance, premises, and tone.
• SL.12.4 Present findings with a clear perspective, addressing opposing views, suited to purpose and audience.
• SL.12.5 Use digital media strategically in presentations to aid understanding and add interest.
• SL.12.6 Adjust speech to the context and task, using formal English when suitable.

Language (L)

• L.12.1 Use standard English grammar and usage in writing and speech.
  • a. Understand that usage is a convention that changes over time and can be disputed.
  • b. Settle questions of complex or disputed usage by checking usage guides.
• L.12.2 Use standard capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in writing.
  • a. Follow the rules for hyphens.
  • b. Spell words correctly.
• L.12.3 Use knowledge of how language works in different contexts to make effective choices.
  • a. Vary syntax for effect, using guides as needed, and see how syntax works in complex texts.
• L.12.4 Work out unknown and multiple-meaning words using a range of strategies.
  • a. Use context as a clue to word meaning.
  • b. Recognize and use word-change patterns that signal new meanings or parts of speech.
  • c. Use general and specialized reference works to check pronunciation, meaning, part of speech, origin, or usage.
  • d. Check a guessed meaning in context or a dictionary.
• L.12.5 Understand figurative language, word relationships, and shades of meaning.
  • a. Interpret figures of speech such as hyperbole and paradox and their role in a text.
  • b. Analyze small differences between words with similar definitions.
• L.12.6 Learn and use academic and subject words at a college and career level, building vocabulary on their own.