New Mexico State Standards for Language Arts: Grade 11

NM.I. Reading and Listening for Comprehension: Students will apply strategies and skills to comprehend information that is read, heard, and viewed.

I-A. Listen to, read, react to, and analyze information.

I-A.1a. Demonstrate increasing insight and reflection to print and non-print text through personal expression.

I-A.2a. Reflect and respond expressively to texts so that the audience will discover multiple perspectives.

I-A.2b. Reflect and respond expressively to texts so that the audience will investigate and articulate connections.

I-A.2c. Reflect and respond expressively to texts so that the audience will explore how life experiences influence a response to a selection.

I-A.2d. Reflect and respond expressively to texts so that the audience will recognize that responses of others may be different.

I-A.3a. Respond to informational texts by using a variety of strategies for preparation, engagement, and reflection.

I-A.3b. Respond to informational texts by paraphrasing main ideas and supporting details explaining significant connections between speaker's/author's purpose, tone, biases, and the message for the intended audience.

I-B. Synthesize and evaluate information to solve problems across the curriculum.

I-B.1a. Conduct research using data from in-depth field studies.

I-B.2a. Synthesize information from multiple research studies to draw conclusions that go beyond those found in any of the individual studies.

I-B.3a. Inform an audience by using a variety of media to research and explain insights.

I-B.4a. Demonstrate proficiency in accessing and sending information electronically.

I-C. Demonstrate critical thinking skills to evaluate information and solve problems.

I-C.1a. Use language persuasively in addressing a particular issue by finding and interpreting information effectively.

I-C.1b. Use language persuasively in addressing a particular issue by recognizing propaganda as a purposeful technique.

I-C.1c. Use language persuasively in addressing a particular issue by establishing and defending a particular perspective.

I-C.1d. Use language persuasively in addressing a particular issue by responding respectfully to viewpoints and biases.

I-C.2a. Use critical analysis to gain meaning, develop thematic connections, and synthesize ideas by examining the functions and effects of narrative strategies (e.g., plot, conflict, suspense, point of view, characterization, dialogue).

I-C.2b. Use critical analysis to gain meaning, develop thematic connections, and synthesize ideas by interpreting effects of figures of speech and the effects of sounds.

I-C.2c. Use critical analysis to gain meaning, develop thematic connections, and synthesize ideas by analyzing stylistic features such as word choice and links between sense and sound.

I-C.2d. Use critical analysis to gain meaning, develop thematic connections, and synthesize ideas by identifying ambiguity, contradiction, irony, parody, and satire.

I-C.2e. Use critical analysis to gain meaning, develop thematic connections, and synthesize ideas by demonstrating how selections reflect the cultures that shaped them.

I-C.3a. Analyze overall effectiveness of one's own writing.

I-D. Apply knowledge of reading process to evaluate print, non-print, and technology-based information.

I-D.1a. Demonstrate an understanding of the conventions of language by decoding vocabulary using knowledge Greek and Latin bases and affixes.

I-D.1b. Demonstrate an understanding of the conventions of language by discerning the relationship of word meanings between pairs of words in analogies (synonyms/antonyms, connotation/denotation).

I-D.1c. Demonstrate an understanding of the conventions of language by contrasting use of language conventions of authors in different time periods.

I-D.1d. Demonstrate an understanding of the conventions of language by analyzing the power of standard usage over nonstandard usage in a variety of settings (e.g., job interviews, academic environment, public speaking).

I-D.2a. Reorganize the concepts and details in informational texts in new ways and describe the advantages and disadvantages of the new organization.

I-D.3a. Recognize how new information changes one's personal knowledge base.

I-D.4a. Understand complex dialogues and analyze the stylistic effect of those dialogues on a selection, including interpreting culturally specific ambiguities, subtleties, contradictions, ironies, and nuances.

I-D.5a. Accurately interpret information presented in a technical format (e.g., charts, diagrams, tables).

I-D.6a. Use an array of media and technologies to examine and comprehend information.

NIMBI. Writing and Speaking for Expression: Students will communicate effectively through speaking and writing.

II-A. Communicate information in a coherent and persuasive manner using verbal and non-verbal language.

II-A.1a. Use language persuasively in addressing a particular issue by finding and interpreting information effectively.

II-A.1b. Use language persuasively in addressing a particular issue by recognizing propaganda as a purposeful technique.

II-A.1c. Use language persuasively in addressing a particular issue by establishing and defending a point of view.

II-A.1d. Use language persuasively in addressing a particular issue by responding respectfully to viewpoints and biases.

II-A.2a. Identify, analyze, and evaluate criteria used for formal and informal discussions to determine how well others engage in discussion.

II-A.3a. Analyze differences in responses to focused group discussion in an organized and systematic way.

II-B. Apply grammatical and language conventions to communicate.

II-B.1a. Demonstrate control of grammar, diction, paragraph, and sentence structure.

II-B.2a. Use a variety of technology tools to present information appropriate for the purpose and audience.

II-B.3a. Develop presentations by using clear research questions and creative and critical research strategies (e.g., field studies, oral histories, interviews, experiments).

II-C. Demonstrate competence in the skills and strategies of the writing process to inform and persuade.

II-C.1a. Use argument to interpret researched information.

II-C.1b. Use argument to establish and defend a point of view.

II-C.1c. Use argument to address concerns of the opposition.

II-C.1d. Use argument to use logical strategies (e.g., deductive and inductive reasoning, syllogisms, analogies).

II-C.1e. Use argument to use techniques (e.g., rhetorical devices, parallelism, hypothetical situation, irony, concrete images).

II-C.1f. Use argument to develop a sense of completion.

II-C.2a. Synthesize and organize information from a variety of sources in order to inform and persuade an audience.

II-C.3a. Analyze the works of others for consistency of facts, ideas, tone, voice.

II-C.3b. Analyze the works of others for development of argument or plot clarity and conciseness.

NAMIBIA. Literature and Media: Students will use literature and media to develop an understanding of people, societies, and the self.

III-A. Use language, literature, and media to understand the role of the individual as a member of many cultures.

III-A.1a. Analyze the clarity and consistency of literary works or essays on a topic.

III-A.2a. Analyze arguments, concepts, and perspectives presented in literary works and media.

III-B. Understand literary elements, concepts, and genres.

III-B.1a. Interpret culturally specific ambiguities, subtleties, contradictions, ironies, and nuances in literary works.

III-B.2a. Analyze ways in which writers use personification, figures of speech, and sounds to evoke readers' emotions and understanding.