ELA21.12.5

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 12

ELA21.12.5
Evaluate structural and organizational details in texts to determine the author’s purpose, including cases in which the meaning is ironic or satirical.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:

Strategies to evaluate the structure and organization of various texts.
Authors choose to write in different genres to support their purpose for writing.

Skills

Students are able to:

Identify and evaluate structural and organizational details in texts from multiple genres.
Determine how the genre of a text supports the author's purpose.
Identify irony and satire in text.

Understanding

Students understand that:

There are a variety of genres of text, and authors choose to write in a particular genre to support their purpose for writing.
Different genres of text have different structures and organizations.
Authors may choose to include implicit messages within their text, such as irony or satire.

Vocabulary

Evaluate
Structural details
Organizational details
Purpose
Ironic
Satirical

Aligned Learning Resources

Exploring Irony in the Conclusion of "All Quiet on the Western Front"

A 'Brief, Urgent Message': Theme in Slaughterhouse-Five

Happily Ever After? Exploring Character, Conflict, and Plot in Dramatic Tragedy

Design by Adaptive Theme