Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

Analysis

Cultural Context and Connections

Comparing Literary Texts

Comparing Texts and Art

Argumentation

Language and Conventions

Literary Discussions and Presentations

Analyze and/or interpret literary texts and audio sources in the target language.

Make connections between a literary text and a non-literary text or an aspect of culture.

Compare literary texts.

Compare a text to artistic representations.

Write a literary analysis.

Use accurate language and apply appropriate conventions of written language.

Engage in discussions about literary texts in the target language.

Read/listen to and comprehend literary texts.

Identify the theme in a text.

Identify or describe literary elements, voices, and stylistic features.

Identify perspective, attitude, or tone.

Explain the function and/or the significance of rhetorical, structural, and stylistic features.

Explain implied meanings or inferences.

Explain perspective, attitude, or tone.

Explain the development of a theme in a text.

Connect themes or ideas to characters.

Identify cultural products, practices, or perspectives.

Explain the relationship between cultural products, practices, and perspectives of target cultures.

Relate target language texts to genres, periods, movements, and techniques.

Situate textual language and registers within historical, social, and geopolitical contexts.

Relate texts to their contexts (literary, historical, sociocultural, geopolitical).

Relate texts to contemporary global issues.

Explain how a text reflects or challenges perceptions of a majority/ minority culture.

Describe structural or stylistic similarities and differences in two texts.

Compare cultural products, practices, or perspectives portrayed in two texts.

Identify thematic connections between texts.

Compare the development of a theme in two texts.

Compare the representation of historical events in two texts.

Compare points of view in two texts.

Relate texts to practices and perspectives found in a variety of media from the target cultures.

Situate texts within literary and artistic heritages of the target culture.

Describe how a theme is developed in a work of art.

Present information in a descriptive form.

Create a thesis that states the purpose.

Organize information, concepts, and ideas in presentations with a logical and coherent progression of ideas.

Elaborate and support main points with textual evidence.

Use sources available in the target language to support the interpretation of texts and compare distinct viewpoints.

Incorporate information from secondary sources related to texts in oral and written presentations (not assessed).

Use authorized reference materials in oral and written presentations (not assessed).

Acknowledge sources and cite them appropriately (not assessed).

Use a variety of vocabulary appropriate to literary analysis.

Use a variety of grammatical and syntactic structures.

Present and organize information logically.

Produce a comprehensible written work by observing writing conventions of the target language.

Use a variety of literary and critical terminology in oral and written discussions of texts in the target language.

Discuss texts and contexts in a variety of interactive oral formats (not assessed).

Discuss texts and contexts in a variety of interactive written formats (not assessed).

Create and deliver oral presentations related to course content in a variety of formats (not assessed).

Share literary texts through activities within and beyond the classroom setting (not assessed).

Share knowledge of literature and culture with communities beyond the classroom setting (not assessed).

Use pronunciation that is comprehensible to the audience in oral communication (not assessed).

Self-monitor and adjust language production in oral and written communication (not assessed).

Paraphrase the literary text.

Summarize the plot of a literary text.

Explain literary texts using supporting details.

Identify rhetorical figures.

Identify points of view.

Describe stylistic features (structure, setting, timeframes, characters, style, point of view, tone).

Make distinctions between voices in order to establish differences in meaning.

Make distinctions between voices and the author's perspective in order to establish differences in meaning.

Make distinctions between stylistic features in order to establish differences in meaning.

Explain the significance of points of view.

Explain the relationship between the structure of a text and its content.

Identify cultural products in texts and visuals.

Identify cultural practices in texts and visuals.

Identify cultural perspectives found in texts and visuals.

Explain how cultural products or practices relate to cultural perspectives in literary texts.

Explain how cultural beliefs and attitudes affect the interpretation of a text.

Explain the role of cultural stereotypes in texts.

Explain the relationship between a literary movement and cultural perspectives.

Identify features of a literary genre.

Identify features of literary periods, movements, historical and sociocultural contexts.

Identify structural or rhetorical features in a text of the same period, genre, or literary movement.

Explain how the content and stylistic features of a text relate to a genre, period, or literary movement.

Explain how features of a text are characteristic of a genre, period, or literary movement.

Identify the literary movement to which a text belongs.

Explain how literary movements reflect their cultural and historical context.

Identify examples of formal and informal language.

Identify use of language registers to reflect social relationships in texts.

Identify linguistic features representative of the time and place in which a text was written.

Explain the relationship between linguistic changes and historical/ geopolitical contexts.

Compare textual language and registers in texts produced in different historical, social, and geopolitical contexts.

Identify information from other disciplines related to course content.

Explain how a text's content relates to sociocultural, geopolitical, or historical contexts.

Explain the relationship between a literary text and its sociocultural, geopolitical, and historical contexts.

Explain how behaviors and attitudes present in texts reflect sociocultural, geopolitical, and historical contexts.

Identify themes in a literary text that are relevant to contemporary society.

Explain the relationship between themes found in literary texts and contemporary or global issues.

Distinguish arguments from opinions.

Explain how personal beliefs and opinions affect textual interpretation.

Make connections between primary and secondary texts.

Explain similarities and differences in rhetorical figures.

Explain similarities and differences in points of view.

Explain similarities and differences in stylistic features.

Explain the function of structural features in texts related by period, genre, or theme.

Explain the effect of rhetorical features in texts related by period, genre, or theme.

Explain how distinct points of view from two literary texts and cultures compare to points of view from their own culture.

Explain how representations of cultural products, practices, or perspectives compare to their own literary culture.

Identify themes and features of artistic representations.

Describe similar themes and features between an artistic representation and a literary text.

Explain the significance of similar themes and features found between an artistic representation and a literary text.