ELA21.11.6

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 11

ELA21.11.6
Analyze a text’s explicit and implicit meanings to make inferences about its theme and determine the author’s purpose.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:

Strategies to comprehend explicit and implicit text meaning.
Inference skills.
Methods to identify the theme and purpose of a text.

Skills

Students are able to:

Making inferences about the theme and purpose of a text by analyzing a text's explicit and implicit meanings.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Text often has an explicitly stated meaning and an implied meaning.
They can combine their explicit and implicit understanding to infer the theme and the author's purpose for writing the text.

Vocabulary

Analyze
Explicit
Implicit
Inferences
Theme
Author's purpose

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