Common Planner
K–12 Standards

Grade 12

READING & WRITING RW

  • 1

    Students can consider reading and writing tasks and adapt their approaches and strategies.RW.1

    1. R.

      IN READINGRW.1.R

      1. 1

        Students can apply and adjust active reading strategies to texts of similar rigor and structure as those they would likely encounter in a college or career setting. RW.1.R.1

        1. a

          Employ appropriate pre-reading and active reading strategies to aid in comprehension and interpretation.RW.1.R.1.a

        2. b

          Recognize and use text characteristics (titles, headings, subtitles, illustrations, graphs, charts, visuals, glossaries, chapter summaries, bolded and italicized text, etc.) to preview a text to make meaning.RW.1.R.1.b

        3. c

          Use a text’s structural characteristics (topic sentences and transitional words and phrases, introductions, conclusions, patterns of organization, etc.) to make meaning.RW.1.R.1.c

      2. 2

        Students can summarize a text.RW.1.R.2

        1. a

          Identify the topic of the text and the author’s intent.RW.1.R.2.a

        2. b

          Accurately explain the main ideas of a text in their own words.RW.1.R.2.b

      3. 3

        Students can expand passive (recognition) and active (expressive) academic and career-related vocabularies.RW.1.R.3

        1. a

          Determine meaning through context clues.RW.1.R.3.a

        2. b

          Determine meaning using dictionary skills.RW.1.R.3.b

        3. c

          Determine meaning using knowledge of word parts.RW.1.R.3.c

        4. d

          Determine meaning of words and phrases, including figurative, technical, and connotative meaning.RW.1.R.3.d

        5. e

          Recognize the difference between vocabulary that is appropriate in academic settings and vocabulary that is appropriate in career-related settings.RW.1.R.3.e

        6. f

          Incorporate academic vocabulary in their writing.RW.1.R.3.f

    2. W.

      IN WRITINGRW.1.W

      1. 1

        Students can identify the audience, purpose, and context of any given writing task.RW.1.W.1

        1. a

          Make choices about content based on audience and purpose.RW.1.W.1.a

        2. b

          Make choices about organization based on audience and purpose.RW.1.W.1.b

        3. c

          Make choices about development based on audience and purpose.RW.1.W.1.c

        4. d

          Make choices about style and tone based on audience and purpose.RW.1.W.1.d

      2. 2

        Students can choose writing processes based on audience, purpose, and task.RW.1.W.2

        1. a

          Choose brainstorming and drafting strategies appropriate for the audience, purpose, and task.RW.1.W.2.a

        2. b

          Use reflection and feedback from peers and teacher to revise and strengthen writing.RW.1.W.2.b

        3. c

          Use editing and proofreading strategies to improve writing and conventions.RW.1.W.2.c

        4. d

          Submit the final product in an appropriate format based on task, audience, and purpose.RW.1.W.2.d

  • 2

    Students can analyze, evaluate, and synthesize while reading and writing.RW.2

    1. R.

      IN READINGRW.2.R

      1. 1

        Students can analyze and interpret texts.RW.2.R.1

        1. a

          Identify explicit and implicit ideas, main ideas, and supporting details.RW.2.R.1.a

        2. b

          Determine the author’s purpose, point of view, and tone, as well as the mood of a given text.RW.2.R.1.b

        3. c

          Draw logical conclusions using evidence from a given text.RW.2.R.1.c

        4. d

          Evaluate arguments by analyzing the use of rhetorical strategies and by identifying logical structures, including fallacies and/or errors in logical reasoning.RW.2.R.1.d

        5. e

          Logically extend ideas related to a given text by employing at least one of the following connections: text-to-text, text-to-self, or text-to- world.RW.2.R.1.e

        6. f

          Interpret figurative language (e.g., simile, metaphor, euphemism, hyperbole, etc.) and understand their role in the text.RW.2.R.1.f

    2. W.

      IN WRITINGRW.2.W

      1. 1

        Students can demonstrate how to incorporate and document relevant information from a variety of reliable print, digital, and other media.RW.2.W.1

        1. a

          Choose sources based on task, audience, and purpose.RW.2.W.1.a

        2. b

          Use sources to provide evidence to support a central idea or opinion.RW.2.W.1.b

        3. c

          Incorporate sources by using signal phrases, quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.RW.2.W.1.c

        4. d

          Identify content that needs to be cited, including summarized and paraphrased ideas.RW.2.W.1.d

        5. e

          Develop Works Cited lists.RW.2.W.1.e

CRITICAL THINKING & ANALYSISCTA

  • 2

    Students can analyze, evaluate, and synthesize while reading and writing. (cont.) CTA.2

    1. R.

      IN READINGCTA.2.R

      1. 1

        Students can understand credibility and reliability of evidence in texts while reading.CTA.2.R.1

        1. a

          Evaluate the effectiveness of an author’s use of structure in exposition or argument, including the ways in which the structure may make points clear, convincing, and engaging.CTA.2.R.1.a

        2. b

          Determine (discuss) an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness, or beauty of the text.CTA.2.R.1.b

        3. c

          Assess the strengths and limitations of a source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience.CTA.2.R.1.c

        4. d

          Evaluate the author’s use of evidence, reasoning, and/or stylistic and persuasive elements, and/or feature(s) of the source.CTA.2.R.1.d

        5. e

          Evaluate differences in sources across modes and media.CTA.2.R.1.e

        6. f

          Evaluate how claims are supported with evidence and the effectiveness of those claims.CTA.2.R.1.f

        7. g

          Develop interpersonal and intertextual connections.CTA.2.R.1.g

    2. W.

      IN WRITINGCTA.2.W

      1. 1

        Students can engage with evidence while writing.CTA.2.W.1

        1. a

          Write to reflect on the stylistic decisions made by other authors.CTA.2.W.1.a

        2. b

          Engage with evidence to expand and support their own ideas, arguments, and perspectives to convey their messages with impact and beauty appropriate to a given audience and purpose.CTA.2.W.1.b

        3. c

          Write to support claims for analysis or to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information in substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.CTA.2.W.1.c

        4. d

          Demonstrate an ability to evaluate source texts for the author’s purpose, angle, and coverage including where the text leaves matters uncertain.CTA.2.W.1.d

        5. e

          Apply diverse sources that present authoritative, trustworthy, credible, and reliable information to support their own analysis and claim.CTA.2.W.1.e

        6. f

          Demonstrate an understanding of the reasons behind citation practices to avoid plagiarism and overreliance on any one source.CTA.2.W.1.f

        7. g

          Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.CTA.2.W.1.g

        8. h

          Integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas.CTA.2.W.1.h

  • 3

    Students can demonstrate information literacy skills.CTA.3

    1. R.

      IN READINGCTA.3.R

      1. 1

        As an engaged reader...CTA.3.R.1

        1. a

          Evaluate role as a reader in information community.CTA.3.R.1.a

        2. b

          Understand what makes sources authoritative and relevant to a given topic.CTA.3.R.1.b

    2. W.

      IN WRITINGCTA.3.W

      1. 1

        As a contributing writer...CTA.3.W.1

        1. a

          Evaluate role as a contributing writer in information community.CTA.3.W.1.a

        2. b

          Evaluate and integrate multiple sources of information presented in different media or formats, as well as in words, in order to address a question or solve a problem.CTA.3.W.1.b

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