Appendix on Implementing District Standards
Tulsa Public Schools Learning Expectations, English III. The ELA standards for grades 11-12 vary little from grade to grade. For simplicity, I include the eleventh-grade standards. All are broad and encompass multiple specific skills.
Reading 2. Determine the central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Students will do this throughout the unit as they annotate and read critically for literary and informational purposes, both in the novel and accompanying primary sources.
Reading 5-6 Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text relate to each other and the whole. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text. We will study the structure and form of Sula, from its chapter organization to the varied narrators and their purposes. There will be some of this analysis with supporting texts also.
Reading 7 and 10. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively as well as in words. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently. Students will do this as they study images, film, cartoons, and informational documents throughout the unit, sometimes in groups, often on their own.
Writing 8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism. Though most sources will be provided to students, they will report their findings about he collected sources in writing to be submitted through Canvas or in journals.
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