Standard: RL.11-12.9

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

Grades: Commencement, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

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.

Standard: RL.11-12.10

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

Grades: Commencement, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

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.

Standard: RI.11-12.5

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

Grades: Commencement, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging.

Standard: R.CCR.5

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

Grades: Elementary, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, Intermediate, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, Commencement, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.