Oklahoma State Standards for Language Arts: Grade 11

OK.R/L. Reading/Literature: The student will apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, appreciate, and respond to a wide variety of texts.

R/L.1. Vocabulary - The student will expand vocabulary through word study, literature, and class discussion. Apply a knowledge of word origins (words from other languages, history, or literature) to determine the meaning of new words encountered in reading and use of those words accurately.

1.1. Apply knowledge of Greek, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon roots and word parts to draw inferences about the meaning of scientific and mathematical terminology.

1.2. Use reference material such as glossary, dictionary, thesaurus, and available technology to determine precise meaning and usage.

1.3. Analyze the meaning of analogies encountered, analyzing specific comparisons as well as relationships and inferences.

1.4. Rely on context to determine meanings of words and phrases such as figurative language, connotations and denotations of words, analogies, idioms, and technical vocabulary.

1.5. Use word meanings within the appropriate context and verify these meanings by definition, restatement, example, and analogy.

R/L.2. Comprehension - The student will interact with the words and concepts on the page to understand what the writer has said. Read and understand grade-level-appropriate material. Analyze the organizational patterns and evaluate authors' argument and positions. At Grade 11, in addition to regular classroom reading, read a wide variety of classic and contemporary literature, poetry, magazines, newspapers, reference materials, and online information as well as expository (informational and technical) texts.

2.1. Literal Understanding

2.1.a. Identify the structures and format of various informational documents and explain how authors use the features to achieve their purpose.

2.1.b. Select and explain specific devices an author uses to accomplish purpose (persuasive techniques, style, literary forms or genre, portrayal of themes, language).

2.1.c. Use study strategies such as note taking, outlining, and using study guide questions to better understand texts.

2.1.d. Construct images such as graphic organizers based on text descriptions and text structures.

2.2. Inferences and Interpretation

2.2.a. Interpret the possible inferences of the historical context on literary works.

2.2.b. Describe the development of plot and identify conflict and how they are addressed and resolved.

2.2.c. Investigate influences on a reader's response to a text (e.g., personal experience and values; perspective shaped by age, gender, class, or nationality).

2.2.d. Make reasonable assertions about author's arguments by using elements of the text to defend and clarify interpretations.

2.3. Summary and Generalization

2.3.a. Determine the main idea, locate and interpret minor subtly stated details in complex passages.

2.3.b. Use text features and elements to support inferences and generalizations about information.

2.3.c. Summarize and paraphrase complex, implicit hierarchic structures in informational texts, including relationships among concepts and details in those structures.

2.4. Analysis and Evaluation

2.4.a. Compare and contrast aspects of texts such as themes, conflicts, and allusions both within and across texts.

2.4.b. Analyze the structure and format of informational and literary documents and explain how authors use the features to achieve their purposes.

2.4.c. Examine the way in which clarity of meaning is affected by the patterns of organization, repetition of the main ideas, organization of language, and word choice in the text.

2.4.d. Analyze the way in which authors have used archetypes (universal modes or patterns) drawn from myth and tradition in literature, film, political speeches, and religious writings.

R/L.3. Literature - The student will read, construct meaning, and respond to a wide variety of literary forms. Read and respond to grade-level-appropriate historically or culturally significant works of British, American, or world literature. Conduct in-depth analysis of themes, styles, and trends of these works across historical periods. Participate productively in self-directed work teams to create observable products.

3.1. Literary Genres - Demonstrate a knowledge of and an appreciation for various forms of literature.

3.1.a. Analyze the characteristics of genres including short story, novel, drama, poetry, and essay.

3.1.b. Analyze the characteristics of subgenres including allegory and ballad.

3.2. Literary Elements - Demonstrate knowledge of literary elements and techniques and show how they affect the development of a literary work.

3.2.a. Analyze the way in which the theme or meaning of a selection represents a view or comment on life, using textual evidence to support the claim.

3.2.b. Analyze the way in which irony, tone, mood, the author's style, and the ''sound'' of language achieve specific rhetorical (communication) or aesthetic (artistic) purposes or both.

3.2.c. Analyze characters' traits by what the characters say about themselves in narration, dialogue, and soliloquy (when they speak out loud to themselves).

3.2.d. Evaluate the significance of various literary devices and techniques, including imagery, irony, tone, allegory (the use of fictional figures and actions to express truths about human experiences), and symbolism (the use of symbols to represent an idea or theme), and explain their appeal.

3.2.e. Evaluate the author's purpose and the development of time and sequence, including the use of complex literary devices, such as foreshadowing (providing clues to future events) or flashbacks (interrupting the sequence of events to include information about an event that happened in the past).

3.3. Figurative Language and Sound Devices - Identify figurative language and sound devices and analyze how they affect the development of a literary work.

3.3.a. Identify and explain figurative language including analogy, hyperbole, metaphor, personification, and simile.

3.3.b. Identify and explain sound devices including alliteration and rhyme.

3.3.c. Analyze the melodies of literary language, including its use of evocative words, rhythms and rhymes.

3.4. Literary Works - Read and respond to historically and culturally significant works of literature.

3.4.a. Analyze and evaluate works of literature and the historical context in which they were written.

3.4.b. Analyze and evaluate literature from various cultures to broaden cultural awareness.

3.4.c. Compare works that express the recurrence of archetypal (universal) characters, settings, and themes in literature and provide evidence to support the ideas expressed in each work.

3.4.d. Analyze the clarity and consistency of political assumptions in a selection of literary works or essays on a topic.

R/L.4. Research and Information - The student will conduct research and organize information.

4.1. Accessing Information - Select the best source for a given purpose.

4.1.a. Access information from a variety of primary and secondary sources.

4.1.b. Skim text for an overall impression and scan text for particular information.

4.1.c. Use organizational strategies as an aid to comprehend increasingly difficult content material (e.g., compare/contrast, cause/effect, problem/solution, sequential order).

4.2. Interpreting Information - Analyze and evaluate information from a variety of sources.

4.2.a. Summarize, paraphrase, and/or quote relevant information.

4.2.b. Determine the author's viewpoint to evaluate source credibility and reliability.

4.2.c. Synthesize information from multiple sources to draw conclusions that go beyond those found in any of the individual studies.

4.2.d. Identify complexities and inconsistencies in the information and the different perspectives found in each medium, including almanacs, microfiche, news sources, in-depth field studies, speeches, journals, technical documents, or Internet sources.

4.2.e. Develop presentations by using clear research questions and creative and critical research strategies, such as field studies, oral histories, interviews, experiments, and Internet sources.

OK.W/G/UM. Writing/Grammar/Usage and Mechanics: The student will express ideas effectively in written modes for a variety of purposes and audiences. Write coherent and focused texts that show a well-defined point of view and tightly reasoned argument. The writing demonstrates progression through the stages of the writing process. Work independently and in self-directed work teams to edit and revise.

W/G/UM.1. Writing Process - The student will use the writing process to write coherently.

1.1.a. use prewriting strategies to generate ideas such as brainstorming, using graphic organizers, keeping notes and logs.

1.1.b. develop multiple drafts both alone and collaboratively to categorize ideas, organizing them into paragraphs, and blending paragraphs into larger text.

1.1.c. organize and reorganize drafts and refine style to suit occasion, audience, and purpose.

1.1.d. proofread writing for appropriateness of organization, content and style.

1.1.e. edit for specific purposes to ensure standard usage, varied sentence structure, appropriate word choice, mechanics and spelling.

1.1.f. refine selected pieces frequently to publish for general and specific audiences.

1.6. Evaluate own writing and others' writing to highlight the individual voice, improve sentence variety and style, and enhance subtlety of meaning and tone in ways that are consistent with the purpose, audience, and form of writing.

W/G/UM.2. Modes and Forms of Writing - The student will write for a variety of purposes and audiences using narrative, descriptive, expository, persuasive, and reflective modes. At Grade 11, continue to combine the rhetorical strategies of narration, exposition, persuasion, reflection, and description to produce text of at least 1,500 words. Refine reflective compositions and historical investigation reports and become familiar with forms of job applications and resumes. Deliver multimedia presentations on varied topics. Demonstrate a command of Standard English and the research, organization, and drafting strategies outlined in the writing process. Writing demonstrates an awareness of the audience (intended reader) and purpose for writing.

2.3.d. include information from all relevant perspectives and take into consideration the validity and reliability of sources.

2.3.e. include a formal bibliography.

2.5. Write responses to literature that:

2.5.a. demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the significant ideas in works or passages.

2.5.b. analyze the use of imagery, language, universal themes, and unique aspects of the text.

2.5.c. support important ideas and viewpoints through accurate and detailed reference to the text or to other works.

2.5.d. demonstrate an understanding of author's style and an appreciation of the effects created.

2.5.e. identify and assess the impact of ambiguities, nuances, and complexities within the text.

2.6. Write for different purposes and to a specific audience or person, adjusting tone and style as necessary to make writing interesting. Continue to produce other writing forms introduced in earlier grades.

2.7. Write documented papers incorporating the techniques of Modern Language Association (MLA) or similar parenthetical styles.

W/G/UM.3. Grammar/Usage and Mechanics -The student will demonstrate appropriate practices in writing by applying Standard English conventions to the revising and editing stages of writing. Work independently and in self-directed work teams to edit and revise.

3.1.c. Use correct subject-verb agreement.

3.1.d. Distinguish active and passive voice.

3.1.e. Use correct pronoun/antecedent agreement and clear pronoun reference.

3.1.f. Use correct forms of comparative and superlative adjectives.

3.3.d. Correct fragments.

OK.OL/LS. Oral Language/Listening and Speaking - The student will demonstrate thinking skills in listening and speaking. Formulate thoughtful judgments about oral communication. Deliver focused and coherent presentations that convey clear and distinct perspectives and solid reasoning. Deliver polished formal and extemporaneous presentations that combine the traditional speech strategies of narration, exposition, persuasion, and description. Use gestures, tone, and vocabulary appropriate to the audience and purpose. Use the same Standard English conventions for oral speech that are used in writing. Participate independently and in groups to create oral presentations.

OL/LS.1. Listening - The student will listen for information and for pleasure.

OL/LS.2. Speaking - The student will express ideas and opinions in group or individual situations.

OK.VL. Visual Literacy: The student will interpret, evaluate, and compose visual messages.

VL.1. Interpret Meaning - The student will interpret and evaluate the various ways visual image-makers including graphic artists, illustrators, and news photographers represent meaning.

VL.2. Evaluate Media - The student will evaluate visual and electronic media, such as film, as compared with print messages.

VL.3. Compose Visual Messages - The student will create a visual message that effectively communicates an idea.