11-12th Grade Literacy
I hope to one day teach secondary education, with an endorsement in English. Ideally, I want to teach high school juniors and seniors. For that reason, on this assignment I decided to focus on the common core standards of juniors and seniors. One of the themes that I noticed when reading through the standards for 11-12th grade literacy is that many of them focused on the students ability to analyze and think critically. It challenges students to not only interpret the text, but also to infer from it. An example of that is standard one, “ Cite strongly and through to textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text…” (CCTS,2016). Students are asked to not only understand what a
word or phrase means, but also figure out the impact that it has on the tone of the story. (CCTS,2016). The student should be able to, figure out not only a theme of a text but rather multiple themes, and figure out how they form throughout the text. (CCTS,2016).The common core standards also ask of the students to be able to show that they understand 18th,19th, and early 20th century American literature. Furthermore, it asks the student to compare two different works about a similar topic at this time. From what I understood, at this stage the common core standards expect that a student can analyze literature in depth, and also take a step back and analyze literature in different perspectives. When a child stands in front a flight of stairs he or she cannot jump up from the bottom step to the very top one without using those in the middle. Essentially, those middle steps are anchor standards. “Each stop is a chance for every parent and teacher to focus on the skills that students are supposed to know at that stage.” (Video). In order for a student to move on to the next stage they must first master the skills required at the one before. Anchor standards are consistent throughout every nation, state, district, and school. (Video). Which is a misconception that I had prior to reading the material. I was not aware that these standards were the same nationally.
word or phrase means, but also figure out the impact that it has on the tone of the story. (CCTS,2016). The student should be able to, figure out not only a theme of a text but rather multiple themes, and figure out how they form throughout the text. (CCTS,2016).The common core standards also ask of the students to be able to show that they understand 18th,19th, and early 20th century American literature. Furthermore, it asks the student to compare two different works about a similar topic at this time. From what I understood, at this stage the common core standards expect that a student can analyze literature in depth, and also take a step back and analyze literature in different perspectives. When a child stands in front a flight of stairs he or she cannot jump up from the bottom step to the very top one without using those in the middle. Essentially, those middle steps are anchor standards. “Each stop is a chance for every parent and teacher to focus on the skills that students are supposed to know at that stage.” (Video). In order for a student to move on to the next stage they must first master the skills required at the one before. Anchor standards are consistent throughout every nation, state, district, and school. (Video). Which is a misconception that I had prior to reading the material. I was not aware that these standards were the same nationally.