Grade 12 » Reading


Craft and Structure

11-12.RI.CS.4

Description: Informational Text
Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term or terms over the course of a text.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

11-12.RI.CS.5

Description: Informational Text
Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of a text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her own exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

11-12.RI.CS.6

Description: Informational Text
Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
Determine an author’s point of view and/or purpose in a text, analyzing how style and content contribute to its effectiveness.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

11-12.RL.CS.4

Description: Literature
Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings and language that is stylistically poignant and engaging.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

11-12.RL.CS.5

Description: Literature
Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of a text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
Analyze how an author’s choices concerning the structure of specific parts of a text contribute to its overall structure, meaning, and aesthetic impact.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

11-12.RI.IKI.8

Description: Informational Text
Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
Evaluate how an author incorporates evidence and reasoning to support the argument and specific claims in a text.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

11-12.RI.IKI.9

Description: Informational Text
Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches an author takes.
Analyze and evaluate a variety of thematically-related texts of historical and literary significance for their topics, facts, purposes, and rhetorical features.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

11-12.RL.IKI.7

Description: Literature
Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
Evaluate the topic, subject, and/or theme in multiple diverse formats and media, including how the version interprets the source text.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

Key Ideas and Details

11-12.RI.KID.1

Description: Informational Text
Read closely to determine what a text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
Analyze what a text says explicitly and draw inferences; support an interpretation of a text by citing and synthesizing relevant textual evidence from multiple sources.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

11-12.RI.KID.2

Description: Informational Text
Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Determine multiple central ideas of a text or texts and analyze their development; provide a critical summary.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

11-12.RI.KID.3

Description: Informational Text
Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
Analyze how an author’s choices regarding the ordering of ideas and events, the introduction and development of ideas, and connections among ideas impact meaning.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

11-12.RL.KID.1

Description: Literature
Read closely to determine what a text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
Analyze what a text says explicitly and draw inferences; support an interpretation of a text by citing and synthesizing relevant textual evidence from multiple sources.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

11-12.RL.KID.2

Description: Literature
Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Determine multiple themes or central ideas of a text or texts and analyze their development; provide a critical summary.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

11-12.RL.KID.3

Description: Literature
Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
Analyze how an author’s choices regarding the development and interaction of characters, events, and ideas over the course of a text impact meaning.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts