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Language Arts - Grade 12 Literacy

Reading Operations
Content Standard
The learner will be able to develop the reading skills necessary for word recognition, comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and appreciation of the written text.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Reading, Content Standard Home
  
Diversity
The learner will be able to develop an understanding of and respect for multicultural, gender, and ethnic diversity in language use, patterns, and dialects.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Reading, Learning Expectation, 1 Home
  
Reading Strategies
The learner will be able to discern reading strategies appropriate to text.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Reading, Learning Expectation, 2 Home
  
Reading Vocabulary
The learner will be able to extend reading vocabulary.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Reading, Learning Expectation, 3 Home
  
Comprehension Strategies
The learner will be able to use comprehension strategies to enhance understanding, to make predictions, and to respond to literature.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Reading, Learning Expectation, 4 Home
  
Comprehension: Improve
The learner will be able to improve comprehension by interpreting, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating written text.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Reading, Learning Expectation, 5 Home
  
Oral Reading
The learner will be able to use oral reading in individual and group presentations.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Reading, Learning Expectation, 6 Home
  
Purpose: Variety
The learner will be able to read independently for a variety of purposes.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Reading, Learning Expectation, 7 Home
  
Congnitive Strategies
The learner will be able to use cognitive strategies to evaluate text critically.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Reading, Learning Expectation, 8 Home
  
Develop Skills
The learner will be able to develop skills in making inferences and recognizing unstated assumptions.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Reading, Learning Expectation, 9 Home
  
Variety: Texts
The learner will be able to discern the purposes, main ideas, biases, points of view, and persuasive devices found in various texts.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Reading, Learning Expectation, 10 Home
  
Reading Purposes
The learner will be able to interpret ideas, recognize logical relationships, and make judgments based on sufficient evidence.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Reading, Learning Expectation, 11 Home
  
Respond to Literature
The learner will be able to respond to literature by making personal, historical, and visual connections.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Reading, Learning Expectation, 12 Home
  
Author's Influence
The learner will be able to recognize the influence of an author's background, gender, environment, audience, and experience on a literary work.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Reading, Learning Expectation, 13 Home
  
Interact with Text
The learner will be able to interact with text to form personal, reasonable interpretations.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Reading, Learning Expectation, 14 Home
  
Research
The learner will be able to use research to validate personal interpretations.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Reading, Learning Expectation, 15 Home
  
Evaluate: Critical
The learner will be able to apply elements of literature and literary devices to evaluate critically an author's work.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Reading, Learning Strategy, 16 Home
  
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Speaking and Listening
Content Standard
The learner will be able to express ideas clearly and effectively in a variety of oral contexts and apply active listening skills in the analysis and evaluation of spoken ideas.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Speaking and Listening, Content Standard Home
  
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Viewing/Representing
Content Standard
The learner will be able to use, read, and view media/technology and analyze content and concepts accurately.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Viewing and Representing, Content Standard Home
  
Reference Souces
The learner will be able to access and demonstrate multiple technological reference sources.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Viewing and Representing, Learning Expectation, 1 Home
  
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Content Standard
The learner will be able to develop the structural and creative skills necessary to produce written language that can be read and interpreted by various audiences.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Writing, Content Standard Home
  
Writing Purpose
The learner will be able to write to acquire knowledge, clarify thinking, synthesize information, improve study skills, gain confidence, and promote lifelong communication.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Writing, Learning Expectation, 1 Home
  
Frequency
The learner will be able to write frequently for a variety of purposes including narration, description, persuasion, exposition, and personal, creative expression.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Writing, Learning Expectation, 2 Home
  
Audience: Variety
The learner will be able to identify and write for a variety of audiences.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Writing, Learning Expectation, 3 Home
  
Levels of Usage
The learner will be able to recognize that language has several levels of usage determined by audience, purpose and occasion.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Writing, Learning Expectations, 4 Home
  
Writing Tasks
The learner will be able to approach writing tasks systematically and use elements of the writing process as appropriate.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Writing, Learning Expectations, 5 Home
  
Prewriting
The learner will be able to practice a variety of prewriting activities to generate, focus and organize ideas.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Writing, Learning Expectations, 6 Home
  
Organization Strategies: Variety
The learner will be able to use a variety of appropriate organizational strategies to develop writing on various topics.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Writing, Learning Expectations, 7 Home
  
Writing Purpose: Organizational
The learner will be able to continue to effectively organize pieces of writing containing strong voice, clear focus, and well-developed ideas.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Writing, Learning Expectations, 8 Home
  
Style
The learner will be able to demonstrate effective writing style by the use of vivid words, a variety of sentence structures, and appropriate transitions.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Writing, Learning Expectations, 9 Home
  
Revision
The learner will be able to evaluate and revise writing to focus on purpose, organization, development, transitions, unity, and audience awareness.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Writing, Learning Expectations, 10 Home
  
Standard English
The learner will be able to recognize and demonstrate appropriate use of standard English: usage, mechanics and standard spelling, and sentence structure.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Writing, Learning Expectations, 11 Home
  
Resources: Revise/Edit
The learner will be able to identify and use a variety of resources to revise and edit writing.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Writing, Learning Expectations, 12 Home
  
Research
The learner will be able to research information to prepare presentations or reports which use summarizing, paraphrasing, direct quotations, citation of sources, and bibliographic entries.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Writing, Learning Expectations, 13 Home
  
Response
The learner will be able to continue to respond actively and imaginatively to literature.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Writing, Learning Expectations, 14 Home
  
Diversity
The learner will be able to demonstrate an understanding of and respect for multicultural and ethnic diversity in language.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Writing, Learning Expectations, 15 Home
  
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Media
Uses
The learner will be able to use media to view, to read, to write, to communicate, and to create.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Viewing and Representing, Learning Expectation, 3 Home
  
Multimedia: Uses
The learner will be able to utilize multimedia to create, to display, and to explain information.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Viewing and Representing, Learning Expectation, 6 Home
  
Production
The learner will be able to asses creative strategies used in the production of print and non-print media.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Viewing and Representing, Learning Expectation, 9 Home
  
Audiences/Purposes
The learner will be able to extend the use of media applications for a variety of audiences and purposes.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Viewing and Representing, Learning Expectation, 2 Home
  
Impact of Media
The learner will be able to interpret and explain the impact of media on daily life.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Viewing and Representing, Learning Expectation, 4 Home
  
Print/Non-Print Media
The learner will be able to research, interpret, critique, and present information from print and non-print media.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Viewing and Representing, Learning Expectation, 5 Home
  
Communication: Print/Non-Print
The learner will be able to evaluate the differences between using print and non-print media as a means of communication.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Viewing and Representing, Learning Expectation, 8 Home
  
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Technology
Communication: Computer
The learner will be able to analyze the advantages and limitations of the computer as a communication tool.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Viewing and Representing, Learning Expectation, 7 Home
  
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Speaking
Communication Skills
The learner will be able to use appropriate volume, pitch, rate, diction, inflection, gestures, and body language to facilitate communication.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Speaking and Listening, Learning Expectation, 1 Home
  
Diversity
The learner will be able to demonstrate an understanding of and respect for diversity.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Speaking and Listening, Learning Expectation, 2 Home
  
Confidence/Poise
The learner will be able to demonstrate confidence and poise in various speaking situations.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Speaking and Listening, Learning Expectation, 3 Home
  
Analyze/Interpret/Evaluate
The learner will be able to analyze, interpret, and evaluate literary works through spoken language.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Speaking and Listening, Learning Expectation, 4 Home
  
Dialects
The learner will be able to recognize various dialects and their implications, demonstrating their appropriate use based on purposes and audiences.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Speaking and Listening, Learning Expectation, 5 Home
  
Sources
The learner will be able to present a position and/or opinion clearly and persuasively by citing sources of information/research.
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TN: Language Arts, Grade 12, 2000, Speaking and Listening, Learning Expectation, 6 Home
  
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