- Benchmark 2 will count for 20% of each student's final grade Fall semester.
- A2: Wednesday December 16
- B3: Thursday December 17
- We will test online, so please remember to bring your charged laptop to the exam.
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Reading: Literary
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ELAGSE11RL1:
Cite strong and thorough textual
evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly
as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where
the text leaves matters uncertain.
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ELAGSE11-12RL2:
Determine two or more themes or central ideas of text and analyze their
development over the course of the text, including how they interact and
build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective
summary of the text.
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ELAGSE11-12RL3 Analyze
the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate
elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is
ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).
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ELAGSE11-12RL5 Analyze
how an author’s choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text
(e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a
comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning
as well as its aesthetic impact.
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Reading: Informational
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ELAGSE11-12RI1 Cite strong and
thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says
explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining
where the text leaves matters uncertain.
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ELAGSE11-12RI2 Determine
two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the
course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to
provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.
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ELAGSE11-12RI4: 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
(e.g., how Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10).
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ELAGSE11-12RI5 Analyze
and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her
exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear,
convincing, and engaging (organizational structures)
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ELAGSE11-12RI9
Analyze foundational U.S. documents of historical and literary
significance (including The Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the
Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address) for
their themes, purposes, and rhetorical features. For British Literature,
American Literature, and Multicultural Literature use comparable documents of
historical significance
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Language
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ELAGSE11-12L1b. Resolve issues
of complex or contested usage, consulting references (e.g., Merriam-Webster’s
Dictionary of English Usage, Garner’s Modern American English) as needed.
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ELAGSE11-12L4 Determine or
clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based
on grades 11-12 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of
strategies.
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Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph, or text; a
word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word
or phrase.
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ELAGSE11-12L5 Demonstrate
understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word
meanings.
a.
Interpret figures of speech (e.g., hyperbole, paradox) in context and analyze
their role in the text.
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Writing” Constructed Response will be a
Narrative Prose Response
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ELAGSE11-12W3 Write
narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective
technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
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