Outcome #
LANGUAGE ARTS - Pacing Guide
English 12 Outcomes
12.1
12.2
12.3
12.4
12.5
12.6
12.7
12.8
Outcome Description
Month
Taught
Students will determine a central theme, use annotation, and
compare and contrast a central idea across multiple complex
informational texts.
Aug/ Sept
Students will compose a compare/contrast piece analyzing
multiple interpretations of a main idea/theme to evaluate how
each version interprets the main idea/theme by using a thesis
paragraph, point-by-point organizational structure, and
integrating information into the text selectively.
Students will compose an argumentative piece of writing that
draws evidence from multiple textual forms to support analysis,
reflection, and research by introducing precise claims,
developing claims, using varied syntax, establishing a formal
style, and providing a conclusion.
Students will lead extended discussions by setting clear goals,
supporting conversations, and synthesizing comments in a
range of discussions.
Sept/Oct
Students will research, evaluate, and integrate multiple sources
of information presented in different textual forms in order to
address a question or solve a problem.
Jan
Students will write an informational text to examine and
convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and
accurately through the effective selection, organization, and
analysis of content and make strategic use of digital media in
presentations to enhance understanding of the findings,
reasoning, and evidence to add interest.
Feb/Mar
Students will: analyze literature to determine multiple themes
and themes across multiple works; describe the key elements
of various literary movements and analyze their influence on
plot, tone, and character development; analyze literary
period/movement to determine its impact on theme; cite
textual evidence to support analysis.
Jan-Feb
Students will argue to support a claim in an analysis of
literature, drawing on evidence from the texts and a specific
literary period.
March-May
6 weeks
Updated 9/29/2015
Quarter Assessed
1
X
2
3
4
2 weeks
X
4 weeks
Oct/Nov
X
4 weeks
Nov/Dec
X
4 weeks
X
4 weeks
X
4 weeks
X
6 weeks
X
Language Arts Standard Reference Code
RL
RI
RF
W
SL
L
Reading Literature
Reading Informational Text
Reading Foundational Skills
Writing
Speaking & Listening
Language
STANDARD
REFERENCE
English 12
Purpose
READING LITERATURE: Students will identify main ideas and themes across multiple
forms of text and media.
WRITING: Students will support main ideas and themes using textual evidence in multiple
forms of text and media.
SPEAKING/LISTENING: Students will demonstrate educational leadership by planning and
facilitating class discussions.
Unit Outcome
LA.E12.1
Students will determine a central theme, use annotation, and compare and
contrast a central idea across multiple complex informational texts.
Components
Rdg-Inform. Text
LA.E12.1.1
LA.E12.1.2
LA.E12.1.3
Unit Outcome
LA.E12.2 Writing
LA.E12.2.1
Components
LA.E12.2.2
LA.E12.2.3
LA.E12.2.4
Determine a central idea across multiple texts
Use annotation to cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis
of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text
Compare and contrast a central idea across multiple complex informational
texts
Students will compose a compare/contrast piece analyzing multiple
interpretations of a main idea/theme to evaluate how each version interprets
the main idea/theme by using a thesis paragraph, point-by-point organizational
structure, and integrating information into the text selectively.
Write introductory and thesis paragraphs that summarize the texts and identify
the topic, position, and key points
Use point-by-point organizational structure to synthesize main ideas/themes
from multiple texts
Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital
sources and assess the strengths and limitations of each source; integrate
information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas; follow
standard format for citation
Compose a compare/contrast piece
Updated 10/12/2015
12.RI.2
12.RI.1
12.RI.7
12.W.2a
12.W.4
12.W.8
12.W.2,4,8
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Unit Outcome
LA.E12.3 Writing
LA.E12.3.1
Components
LA.E12.3.2
LA.E12.3.3
LA.E12.3.4
LA.E12.3.5
LA.E12.3.6
Unit Outcome
LA.E12.4 Speaking &
Students will compose an argumentative piece of writing that draws evidence
from multiple textual forms to support analysis, reflection, and research by
introducing precise claims, developing claims, using varied syntax, establishing a
formal style, and providing a conclusion.
Introduce precise, knowledgeable claims, establish the significance of the
claims; create an organization that logically sequences reasoning and evidence
Develop claims fairly and thoroughly, supplying the most relevant evidence
while pointing out strengths and limitations of a given stance
Use words, phrases, and clauses, as well as varied syntax, to link major sections
of the text and create cohesion
Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the
conventions of the discipline in which they are writing
Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the argument
presented
Compose an argumentative essay
12.W.1a
12.W.1b
12.W.1c
12.W.1d
12.W.1e
12.W.1
Students will lead extended discussions by setting clear goals, supporting
conversations, and synthesizing comments in a range of discussions.
Listening
LA.E12.4.1
Components
LA.E12.4.2
LA.E12.4.3
LA.E12.4.4
Unit Outcome
LA.E12.5 Rdg-Inform.
LA.E12.5.2
Students will research, evaluate, and integrate multiple sources of information
presented in different textual forms in order to address a question or solve a
problem.
Generate guiding questions and search for answers from a variety of
perspectives
Evaluate perspective, bias, and source validity
LA.E12.5.3
Categorize ideas from opposing perspectives
Text
LA.E12.5.1
Components
Use additional research to support the context, theme, or main ideas of a
primary text.
Lead classroom discussion by setting clear goals and deadlines and assigning
individual roles as needed
Lead classroom discussion by posing and responding to questions that probe
reasoning and evidence; clarify, verify, and challenge ideas and conclusions, and
support divergent and perspectives
Synthesize comments, claims, and evidence made on all sides of an issue,
resolve contradictions when possible
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12.SL.1a
12.SL.1b
12.SL.1c
12.SL.1d
12.RI.7,
12.W.7
12.RI.6,7
12.W.8
12.RI.6
12.W.7
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Components
Unit Outcome
LA.E12.6 Writing
LA.E12.6.1
LA.E12.6.2
Students will write an informational text to examine and convey complex ideas,
concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective
selection, organization, and analysis of content and make strategic use of digital
media in presentations to enhance understanding of the findings, reasoning,
and evidence to add interest.
Formulate a hypothesis to guide research
Synthesize relevant research on a topic
LA.E12.6.3
Validate or invalidate hypothesis to form thesis
LA.E12.6.4
Integrate research to support thesis
LA.E12.6.5
LA.E12.6.6
LA.E12.6.7
Create technical visual aids (charts or graphs) in order to support thesis
Follow a standard format for citation
Compose an informational text
Components
Unit Outcome
LA.E12.7 RdgLiterature
LA.E12.8.1
LA.E12.8.2
LA.E12.8.3
LA.E12.8.4
LA.E12.8.5
Unit Outcome
LA.E12.8 Writing
LA.E12.9.1
Components
LA.E12.9.2
LA.E12.9.3
LA.E12.9.4
LA.E12.9.5
Students will: analyze literature to determine multiple themes and themes
across multiple works; describe the key elements of various literary movements
and analyze their influence on plot, tone, and character development; analyze
literary period/movement to determine its impact on theme; cite textual
evidence to support analysis.
Determine multiple themes and analyze their progression throughout the work
Determine theme and analyze its progression across multiple texts
Cite textual evidence to support explicit and inferential analysis
Describe the key elements of various literary movements and apply that
knowledge to analyze their influences on an author’s choices concerning a text’s
plot, tone, and character development.
Analyze literary time period to determine their influence on the text’s theme
Students will argue to support a claim in an analysis of literature, drawing on
evidence from the texts and a specific literary period.
Organize literary analysis paragraphs that logically follow the pattern: set up,
quote, explain
Draw evidence from literary texts to support analysis, integrating relevant
quotations to support and develop the thesis
Use words, phrases, and clauses as well as varied syntax to link the major
sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships between
claims, reasons, and evidence
Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone applying correct MLA
format and citations
Compose a literary analysis essay
Updated 10/12/2015
12.W.7
12. RI.7,
12. W.8
12.RI.7
12.W.2
12.RI.7
12.W.8
12.SL.2
12.W.8
12.W.2,7,8
12.RL.2
12.RL.2,7
12.RL.1
12.RL.3,5
12.RL.9
12.W.1b
12.W.2,9
12.W.1
12.W.1a
12.W.1
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