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Analyze fundamental elements of literature, such as plot, character, setting, point of view, theme, and tone
Assessment Strategies
Presentations, Papers, Creative Reflections, Discussions, Creative Writing, and/or Tests
Criteria
Define elements of literature
Identify elements of literature within literary texts
Recognize how elements of literature contribute to the broader significance and structure of literary works
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Differentiate between literary genres (e.g., short stories, poetry, plays, and novels)
Assessment Strategies
Presentations, Papers, Creative Reflections, Discussions, Creative Writing, and/or Tests
Criteria
Explain how a text reflects the formal conventions of a genre
Identify distinguishing characteristics of literary genres
Recognize experimental departures from genres
Describe the importance of experimental departures to text, genre, and literary historical context
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Analyze literary and cultural texts that offer diverse gender, class, ethnic, environmental, disability or other relevant perspectives.
Assessment Strategies
Presentations, Papers, Creative Reflections, Discussions, Creative Writing, and/or Tests
Criteria
Identify and recognize attributes that make a literary text diverse
Compare different perspectives from literary texts
Discuss how texts utilize literary techniques and devices to express diverse points of view
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Interpret layers of meaning within literary works
Assessment Strategies
Presentations, Papers, Creative Reflections, Discussions, Creative Writing, and/or Tests
Criteria
Apply interpretive strategies such as figurative language, subtext, and ambiguity to the text
Recognize explicit and implicit meanings within a literary text
Analyze relationships between layers of meaning in literary texts
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Assess how authors use literary techniques, such as diction, syntax, or narrative structure, to achieve specific effects
Assessment Strategies
Presentations, Papers, Creative Reflections, Discussions, Creative Writing, and/or Tests
Criteria
Describe stylistic, rhetorical, and narrative techniques adopted by authors
Recognize the effects that literary techniques have on audience, content, and message
Assess authorial intention and its limitations for understanding the effectiveness of a literary work
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Characterize the importance of literature
Assessment Strategies
Presentations, Papers, Creative Reflections, Discussions, Creative Writing, and/or Tests
Criteria
Compare definitions of literature
Discuss claims about the importance of literature, such as its capacity to create joy, please aesthetically, make arguments, and evoke empathy
Articulate persuasive opinions about the significance of literature
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Develop arguments about literary texts supported by specific textual evidence
Assessment Strategies
Presentations, Papers, Creative Reflections, Discussions, Creative Writing, and/or Tests
Criteria
Use quotes and details from the text in support of claims
Synthesize opinions, questions, and responses that arise from readings of literary texts
Develop evidence-based descriptions of the assumptions and implications within works of literature
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Discuss how literary works are influenced by historical, cultural, or other contexts
Assessment Strategies
Presentations, Papers, Creative Reflections, Discussions, Creative Writing, and/or Tests
Criteria
Compare literary works from different periods, cultures, and authors
Analyze texts within their historical contexts
Apply knowledge of literary canons and their limitations to works of literature
Describe how literary texts engage social issues
Recognize historical, social, and cultural developments within texts
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Perform close readings that examine the relationship of details within a text to its larger significance and effect
Assessment Strategies
Presentations, Papers, Creative Reflections, Discussions, Creative Writing, and/or Tests
Criteria
Apply literary concepts such as symbolism, perspective, and thematic structure to the analysis of literary texts
Support diverse interpretations using textual evidence
Construct meaning and significance from the literary text
Develop analyses that recognize interplay between content and style
Relate the product of close textual analysis to the text as a whole