Foundations of American Literature Semester One
District Assessment Connection for South Dakota Core Standards
Grade 11-12 -- Common Core State Standards for ReadingREADING STANDARDS FOR LITERATURE (RL)
| Key Ideas and Details |
Test Questions |
| 11-12RL.02. Determine two or more themes or 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 produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text. | 28, 30 |
| 11-12RL03. 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). | 50, 52, 54, 58 |
| Craft and Structure | |
| 11-12RL04. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. (Include Shakespeare as well as other authors.) | 36, 37, 38, 39, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48 |
| 11-12RL06. Analyze a case in which grasping a point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant (e.g., satire, sarcasm, irony, or understatement). | 26, 27, 29 |
| 11-12RL09. Demonstrate knowledge of eighteenth-, nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century foundational words of American literature, including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics. | 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 |
| Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity. | |
| 11-12RL10. By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 11-CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 11-CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently. | 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 40, 41, 42, 46, 49, 50, 51, 53, 55, 56, 57 |
READING STANDARDS FOR INFORMATIONAL TEXT (RI)
| Key Ideas and Details | Test Questions |
| 11-12RI03. Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of the text. | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Craft and Structure | |
| 11-12RI06. Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text. | 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 |
Grade 11-12 -- Common Core State Standards for Writing
WRITING STANDARDS FOR LITERATURE (RL)
| Production and Distribution of Writing |
Test Questions |
| 11-12.4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1-3 above.) | Essay |
TOTAL QUESTIONS = 58 questions
ESSAY = 15 points