Alabama 12th Grade Reading Standards for Literature
LiteracyTA provides reading skills that Alabama educators use to teach Alabama 12th Grade Reading Standards for Literature.
The Alabama literacy standards are the what. The skills below and the related eCoach discussions are the how. In the table below, you will find next to each Alabama reading standard practical skills, classroom resources, rich conversations and teaching ideas that move all students toward achieving Alabama standards!
Key Ideas and details
RL1
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text
says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining
where the text leaves matters uncertain.
Making Inferences
Draw conclusions about ideas in a text that are not directly stated.
Marking a Text
Identify and isolate essential ideas in a text.
Socratic Seminar
Engage in a structured academic discussion that focuses on a text that has been read.
Three Group Socratic Seminar
Work in teams of three to discuss a text and share ideas with all members in a Socratic circle.
WH Organizer
Answer six questions that help provide basic information about a person, an event, or an idea.
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Writing in the Margins
Think about the text and write ideas in the margin.
RL2
Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their
development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build
on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of
the text.
Investigative Reading
Pause while reading to explore and examine ideas in a text.
Read 1, Speak 2, Write 3
Read a paragraph or two, discuss the text, and write down main ideas.
Sequence/Process Organizer
Summarize how events, individuals, or ideas develop over time or summarize steps in a process.
Story Summary Poster
Visually represent the main message or central theme in a story.
Summarizing Main Ideas
Identify the main ideas in a paragraph(s) and synthesize them into a few concise sentences.
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Visual Summary
Draw illustrations that represent the main ideas in a text.
Writing in the Margins
Think about the text and write ideas in the margin.
RL3
Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and
relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is
ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).
Analyzing Short Story Structure
Analyze the five parts of short story structure with this graphic organizer.
Compare and Contrast Organizer
Keep track of ideas that are being compared and contrasted in a text.
Fictional Character Web
Analyze main and subordinate characters in fictional stories and poetry.
Investigative Reading
Pause while reading to explore and examine ideas in a text.
Sequence/Process Organizer
Summarize how events, individuals, or ideas develop over time or summarize steps in a process.
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Visual Summary
Draw illustrations that represent the main ideas in a text.
Craft and Structure
RL4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text,
including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific
word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or
language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. (Include Shakespeare
as well as other authors.)
Analyzing Literary Devices
Analyze literary devices in a written or spoken text.
Critical Concepts
Record concepts that are essential to the message of a text.
Understanding Vocabulary in Context
Use context clues to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words in a text.
Writing about Rhetorical Devices
Effectively write about rhetorical and literary devices with our IDEA Method.
Writing in the Margins
Think about the text and write ideas in the margin.
RL5
Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure specific parts of
a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a
comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as
well as its aesthetic impact.
Analyzing Short Story Structure
Analyze the five parts of short story structure with this graphic organizer.
Investigative Reading
Pause while reading to explore and examine ideas in a text.
Sequence/Process Organizer
Summarize how events, individuals, or ideas develop over time or summarize steps in a process.
Visual Summary
Draw illustrations that represent the main ideas in a text.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
RL10
By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literature, including stories,
dramas, and poems, in the grades 11–CCR text complexity band proficiently, with
scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend literature, including stories,
dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 11–CCR text complexity band
independently and proficiently.
