HS ELA Guide

Unpacked Standard Reading 9-10.11 RL.9-10.11 Analyze how an author’s geographic location, identity or background, culture, and time period a ff ect the perspective, point of view, purpose, and implicit/explicit messages of a text. (RL & RI)

* text in blue indicates new elements for your current grade-level CONCEPTS (Nouns) SKILLS (Verbs)

●​ Analyze ●​ Affect

●​ Geographic location ●​ Identity ●​ Background ●​ Culture ●​ Time period

●​ Perspective ●​ Point of view ●​ Purpose ●​ Implicit/explicit messages ●​ Text

Learning Intentions and Success Criteria Examples Learning Intention: I am learning how learning about the author can deepen my understanding of a text. Success Criteria: I know I’ll have it when, ●​ I can research about the author of a text I am reading (geographic location, identity or background, culture, and time period). ●​ I can explain how the information learned about an author affects the perspective, point of view, purpose, and implicit/explicit messages of a text. Learning Progression Example 1. ​ Research the author of a text using the internet and lateral reading, consulting biographic information given, and research the culture and time period the work was written in. 2. ​ Identify the perspective, point of view, purpose, and explicit/implicit messages of a text. 3. ​ Make connections between the author’s background with the perspective, point of view, purpose, and messages in the text. 4. ​ Analyze how the author’s background affects the text. Academic Language geographic location, perspective, point of view, purpose, implicit, explicit Strategies to Support Teaching the Standard ●​ Determining Author’s Purpose Chart Question Stems and Prompts for Assessment ●​ What do you know about the author and what do you need to learn about the author? ●​ What references do you see in the text that relate to the author’s geographic location, identity or background, culture? ●​ What does the time period of the text tell us about the culture?

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Jun 2, 2025

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