HS ELA Guide

Unpacked Standard

Reading 11-12.11

RL.11-12.11 Analyze how an author’s geographic location, identity or background, culture, and time perioda ff ect the perspective, point of view, purpose, and implicit/explicit messages of a collective body of work. (RL & RI)

*text in blue indicates new elements for your current grade-level CONCEPTS (Nouns) SKILLS (Verbs) ● Geographic location ● Identity ● Background ● Culture ● Analyze ● Affect

● Time period ● Perspective ● Point of view ● Purpose

● Implicit/explicit messages ● Collective body of work

Learning Intentions and Success Criteria Examples

Learning Intention: I am learning how learning about the author can deepen my understanding of an author’s body of work. Success Criteria: I know I’ll have it when, ● I can research about an author 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 their body of work. 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 multiple texts by the author. 3. Make connections between the author’s background with the perspective, point of view, purpose, and messages in multiple texts by the author.

4. Analyze how the author’s background affects individual texts. 5. Analyze how the author’s background affects their body of work. Academic Language

geographic location, perspective, point of view, purpose, implicit, explicit, context

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