Component: W.11-12.2.b

Subject Area: English Language Arts (NYS P-12 Common Core)

Grades: Commencement, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

Develop the topic thoroughly by selecting the most significant and relevant facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience's knowledge of the topic.

Component: W.11-12.9.a

Subject Area: English Language Arts (NYS P-12 Common Core)

Grades: Commencement, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

Apply grades 11-12 Reading standards to literature (e.g., "Demonstrate knowledge of eighteenth-, nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century foundational works of American literature, including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics").

Component: W.11-12.9.b

Subject Area: English Language Arts (NYS P-12 Common Core)

Grades: Commencement, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

Apply grades 11-12 Reading standards to literary nonfiction (e.g., "Delineate and evaluate the reasoning in seminal U.S. texts, including the application of constitutional principles and use of legal reasoning [e.g., in U.S. Supreme Court Case majority opinions and dissents] and the premises, purposes, and arguments in works of public advocacy [e.g., The Federalist, presidential addresses]").

Component: W.11-12.11.a

Subject Area: English Language Arts (NYS P-12 Common Core)

Grades: Commencement, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

Engage in using a wide range of prewriting strategies, such as visual representations and the creation of factual and interpretive questions, to express personal, social and cultural connections and insights.