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Implementing District Standards
The following standards apply to a twelfth grade British Literature course and are found on the Georgia Department of Education website23.
ELABLRC1 The student reads a minimum of 25 grade-level appropriate books or book equivalents per year from a variety of subject disciplines. The student reads both informational and fictional texts in a variety of genres and modes of discourse.
ELABLRC2 The student participates in discussions related to curricular learning in all subject areas. The student identifies messages and themes from books in all subject areas, responds to a variety of texts in multiple modes of discourse, relates messages and themes from one subject area to those in another area, evaluates the merits of texts in every subject discipline, examines the author's purpose in writing, and recognizes the features of disciplinary texts.
ELABLRC4 The student establishes a context for information acquired by reading across subject areas. The student explores life experiences related to subject area content, discusses in both writing and speaking how certain words and concepts relate to multiple subjects, and determines strategies for finding content and contextual meaning for unfamiliar words or concepts.
ELABLRL1 The student demonstrates comprehension by identifying in a variety of texts representative of different genres (e.g., poetry, prose, and drama) and using this evidence as the basis for interpretation.
ELABLRL2 The student identifies, analyzes, and applies knowledge of theme in a work of British and/or Commonwealth literature and provides evidence from the work to support understanding.
ELABLRL3 The student deepens understanding of literary works by relating them to their contemporary context or historical background, as well as to works from other time periods.
ELABLRL4 The student employs a variety of writing genres to demonstrate a comprehensive grasp of significant ideas in selected literary works. The student composes essays, narratives, poems, or technical documents.
ELABLRL5 The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it correctly in reading and writing. The student uses knowledge of mythology, the Bible, and other works often alluded to in British and Commonwealth literature to understand the meanings of new words.
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