Quick Reference: Common Core State Standards,6-12 English Language Arts

Reading

2.

examine and convey complex ideas

and information clearly and accurately
through the effective selection,
organization, and analysis of content.

Key ldeas and Details

1.

Read closely to determine what the

text says explicitly and to make logical

inferences from it; cite specific texfual

evidence when writing or speaking to
support conclusions drawn from the text.

2.

Determine cental ideas or tllemes of a text

and analyze their development; summarize
the key supporting details and ideas.

3.

Analyzehow and why individuais,

evenh, and ideas develop and interact
over the course ofa text.

Craft and Structure

4.

5.

6.

Analyze the stuucture of texts, including

how specific sentences, paragraphs, and
larger portions ofthe text (e.g., a section,
chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each
other and the whole.
Assess how

point ofview or purpose

shapes the content and styie

3.

ofa text.

Integrate and evaluate content presented

in diverse formats and media, including
visually and quantitativeiy, as well as in

4.

Delineate and evaluate the argument

and specific claims in a tex! including
the validity of the reasoning as well as ttre
relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.

9.

6.

Read and comprehend complex literary

and informational texts independently

Gather relevant information from

multiple print and digital sources, assess
the credibility and accuracy of each
source, and integrate the information
while avoiding plagiarism.

9.

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Conduct short

as

well

as

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6.

Adapt speech to a variety ofcontexts and

communicative task's, demonstrating
command of formal English when
indicated or appropriate.

Language
Conventions of Standard English

1.

Demonshate command of the

conventions of standard English
grammar and usage when writing or
speaking.

2.

Demonstrate command of the

conventions of standard English
capitalization, punctuation, and speiling
when writing.

Knowledge of Language

3.

Draw evidence ftom literary or

informationai texts to support analysis,
refl ection, and research.

Apply knowledge oflanguage to

understand how language functions
in different contexts, to make effective
choices for meaning or style, and to
comprehend more fully when reading or
listening.

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

10.

4.

Write routinely over extended time

fiames (time for research, reflection,
and revision) and shorter time frames (a
single sitting or a day or hvo) for a range

clues, analyzing meaningful word

parts, and consulting general and

specialized reference materials,

appropriate.

Speaking and Listening

Comprehension and Collaboration

l.

2.

Integrate and evaluate information

presented in diverse media and formab,
including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

J.

Evaluate a speaker's point ofview,

reasoning, and use ofevidence and rhetoric.

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as

5.

Demonstrate understanding of figurative

language, word relationships, and
nuances in word meanings.

6.

Acquire and use accurately a range

of general academic and domainspecific words and phrases sufficient for
reading, writing, speaking, and listening
at the college and career readiness
level; demonshate independence in
gathering vocabulary knowledge when
considering a word or phrase important
to comprehension or expression.

Prepare for and participate effectively

in a range ofconversations and

collaborations with diverse partnerc,
building on others' ideas and expressing
their own clearly and persuasively.

Determine or clarify the meaning

of unknown and multiple-meaning
words and phrases by using context

oftasks, purposes, and audiences.

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Make shategic use of digital media

and visual displays ofdata to express
information and enhance understanding
of presentations.

Range of Writing

Write arguments to support claims in

an analysis ofsubstantive topics or texts,
using valid reasoning and relevant and
sufficient evidence.

5.

to Build and Present Knowledge

8.

Writing
l.

Use technology, including the Intemet,

to produce and publish writing and to
interact and collaborate with others.

more sustained
research projects based on focused
questions, demonskating understanding
of the subject under investigation.

and proficiently.

Text Types and Purposes

Deveiop and shen$hen writing as

needed by planning, revising, editing,
rewriting, or kying a new approach.

7.

knowledge or to compare the approaches

the authors take.

10.

Produce clear and coherent writing in

which the development, organization,

Research

Analyze how two or more texts address

similar themes or topics to build

Range of Reading and

Level of Text Complexity

Present information, findings, and

supporting evidence such that listeners
can follow the line ofreasoning and the
organization, development, and style
are appropriate to task, purpose, and
audience.

and style are appropriate to task,

purpose, and audience.

words.

8.

4.

Production and Distribution of Writing

lntegration of Knowledge and tdeas

7.

Presentation of Knowledge and ldeas

Write narratives to develop real or

imagined experiences or events using
effective technique, well-chosen details,
and well-structured event sequences.

5.

Interpret words and phrases as they are

used in a text, including determining
technical, connotative, and figurative
meanings, and analyze how specific
word choices shape meaning or tone.

Write informative/explanatory texts to

Quick Reference: Common Core State Standards, G-12 English Language

Arts
in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Reading

Writing

Key ldeas and Details

1.

Text Types and.Purposes*

Read closely to determine what the text

says
to make logical inferences from it; cite

explicitly and
specificiextual

Write 'arguments to support claims in an analysis.of

s rhstantive

topics or texts using valid reasoning and

relevant and sufEcient evidence.

evidence when writing or speaking to support

conclusions
drawn fiom the text.

2.

Determine central ideas or themes of a text and

analyze
their development; summarize the key supporting
details

2.

th_rough the effective selection, organization, and

analysis

and ideas.

3.

of content.

Analyze how and why individuals; events, or ideas develop

and interact over the course ofa text.

3.

Production and Distribution of Writing

Interp.ret words and phrases as they are used in

a text,
including determining technicai, connotative, and
figurative meanings, and analyze how specificword

4.

Produce clear and coherent writing in which the

development, organization, and style are appropriate to
task, purpose, and audience.

5.

Develop and shengthen writing as needed by planning,

revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a ne* approach. -

6.

Use-technology, including the Internet, to produce and

publish writing and to interact and collaboiate with others.

choices shape meaning or tone.

5.

Analyze the strucfure of texts, including how

specific
sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions ofthe

text (e.g.,
a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate
to each other
and the whole.

6.

Assess

how point ofview or purpose shapes the content and

style ofa text.

Research to Build and present Knowledge

lntegration of Knowledge and ldeas

7.

Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse

formats
and media, inciuding visually and quantitatively, as
well
as

in words.

8.

as

the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.

well

Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects

based on focused questions, demonshating undersianding
of the subf ect under investigation.

8.

Gather relevant information fiom multiple print and

digital sources, assess the credibility andaccuracy ofeach
source, and integrate the information while avoiding
piagiarism.

9.

Draw evidence fiom literary or informational texts to

support anaiysis, refection, and research.

as

Analyze how two or more texts address similar

themes
or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare
the
approaches the authors take.

Range

10.

7.

Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific

claims

in a text, including the validity of the ,easoning

9.

of

Reading and Level

Range

of Writing

10. Write routinely over extended time frames

of Text Complexity

Read and comprehend complex literary and informational

texh independently and proficiently.

Source: Designed by Jim Burke.

Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences

or

events using effective technique, well_chosen details,

and
well-strucfu red event sequences.

Craft and Structure

4.

Write informative/explanatory texh to examine and convey

complex ideas and information clearly and accurately

(time for

research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames

(a singie sitting or a day or.two) for a range oftasks,
purposes, and audiences.

visit w.englishcompanion.com for more infomation.

Nofe: For the complete Common Core standards

document, please visit corestandards.org.

'These broad types ofwriting include many subgenres. See Appendix

A for definitions ofkey writing
fpes.

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