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Education Standards
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Apply the understanding that usage is a matter of convention, can change over time, and is sometimes contested.
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Resolve issues of complex or contested usage, consulting references (e.g., Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage, Garner’s Modern American English) as needed.
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Observe hyphenation conventions.
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Spell correctly.
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Apply knowledge of language 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.
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Vary syntax for effect, consulting references (e.g., Tufte’s Artful Sentences) for guidance as needed; apply an understanding of syntax to the study of complex texts when reading.
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 11–12 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph, or text; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Identify and correctly use patterns of word changes that indicate different meanings or parts of speech (e.g., conceive, conception, conceivable).
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning, its part of speech, its etymology, or its standard usage.
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Interpret figures of speech (e.g., hyperbole, paradox) in context and analyze their role in the text.
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Analyze nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations.
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 11-12Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 11-12Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Apply the understanding that usage is a matter of convention, can change over time, and is sometimes contested.
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 11-12Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Resolve issues of complex or contested usage, consulting references (e.g., Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage, Garner's Modern American English) as needed.
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 11-12Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 11-12Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Observe hyphenation conventions.
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 11-12Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Spell correctly.
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 11-12Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Apply knowledge of language 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.
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 11-12Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Vary syntax for effect, consulting references (e.g., Tufte's Artful Sentences) for guidance as needed; apply an understanding of syntax to the study of complex texts when reading.
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 11-12Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 11-12 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 11-12Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph, or text; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 11-12Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Identify and correctly use patterns of word changes that indicate different meanings or parts of speech (e.g., conceive, conception, conceivable).
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 11-12Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning, its part of speech, its etymology, or its standard usage.
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 11-12Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 11-12Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 11-12Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Interpret figures of speech (e.g., hyperbole, paradox) in context and analyze their role in the text.
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 11-12Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Analyze nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations.
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 11-12Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
Cluster: Conventions of Standard English.
Standard: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Cluster: Conventions of Standard English.
Standard: Apply the understanding that usage is a matter of convention, can change over time, and is sometimes contested.
Cluster: Conventions of Standard English.
Standard: Resolve issues of complex or contested usage, consulting references (e.g., Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage, Garner’s Modern American English) as needed.
Cluster: Conventions of Standard English.
Standard: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Cluster: Conventions of Standard English.
Standard: Observe hyphenation conventions.
Cluster: Conventions of Standard English.
Standard: Spell correctly.
Cluster: Knowledge of Language.
Standard: Apply knowledge of language 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.
Cluster: Knowledge of Language.
Standard: Vary syntax for effect, consulting references (e.g., Tufte’s Artful Sentences) for guidance as needed; apply an understanding of syntax to the study of complex texts when reading.
Cluster: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use.
Standard: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 11–12 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
Cluster: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use.
Standard: Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph, or text; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Cluster: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use.
Standard: Identify and correctly use patterns of word changes that indicate different meanings or parts of speech (e.g., conceive, conception, conceivable).
Cluster: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use.
Standard: Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning, its part of speech, its etymology, or its standard usage.
Cluster: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use.
Standard: Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).
Cluster: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use.
Standard: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Cluster: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use.
Standard: Interpret figures of speech (e.g., hyperbole, paradox) in context and analyze their role in the text.
Cluster: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use.
Standard: Analyze nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations.
Cluster: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use.
Standard: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.