# High school: English language arts

A course roadmap (english-language-arts). Language: en. By @si. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. 0 of 24 concepts ready. In the app: https://ai.page/roadmap/in-ela-high-school

Part of: [Indiana: English language arts](https://ai.page/roadmap/in-ela.md)

Goal: Indiana academic standards: English language arts, High school

## 1. Demonstrate management of individual and family finances by applying reliable information and systematic decision making. · Analyze financial information from a variety of reliable sources.

- [Research & Source Evaluation](https://ai.page/c/research-and-source-evaluation/index.md): Summarise and organise material from reading and research — gathering relevant information from multiple sources, assessing credibility, integrating evidence without plagiarising, and supporting ideas with factual detail

## 2. Media Literacy

- [Developed Informational and Explanatory Writing](https://ai.page/c/developed-informational-and-explanatory-writing/index.md): Write informative and explanatory texts that examine a topic and convey ideas clearly — organising information logically with headings and formatting, developing the topic with relevant facts, definitions, details, and quotations, and using precise vocabulary
- [Critical comparison across texts](https://ai.page/c/critical-comparison-across-texts/index.md): Make critical comparisons across texts — comparing themes, characters, settings, styles, or arguments in two or more works, including texts from different periods, genres, or cultures
- [Figurative Language and Literary Devices](https://ai.page/c/figurative-language-and-literary-devices/index.md): Determine the meaning of figurative and connotative language in context, analyse the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, and identify literary devices such as metaphor, simile, personification, allusion, and irony

## 3. Speaking and Listening

- [Speaking Formally and Giving Presentations](https://ai.page/c/speaking-formally-and-giving-presentations/index.md): Use Standard English confidently in formal and informal spoken contexts — give short speeches and presentations expressing own ideas clearly, keeping to the point, and adapting register and vocabulary to the audience
- [Formal Debates](https://ai.page/c/formal-debates/index.md): Participate in formal debates and structured discussions — presenting a position with supporting evidence, responding to others’ points, summarising and building on what has been said, and following rules of discussion
- [Evaluating Arguments in Non-Fiction](https://ai.page/c/evaluating-arguments-in-non-fiction/index.md): Evaluate arguments and claims in non-fiction texts — assess whether reasoning is sound, evidence is relevant and sufficient, distinguish between fact and opinion, and recognise bias, propaganda, and rhetorical techniques

## 4. Writing

- [Writing Across Genres](https://ai.page/c/writing-across-genres/index.md): Write for a range of purposes and audiences beyond narrative — including scripts, poetry, personal and formal letters, notes for talks, and other forms — selecting the appropriate form, register, and conventions for each
- [Planning, Revising and Editing Writing](https://ai.page/c/planning-revising-and-editing-writing/index.md): Plan, revise, and edit writing to improve coherence and effectiveness — considering how the writing reflects its intended audience and purpose, amending vocabulary, grammar, and structure, and proofreading for accurate spelling, punctuation, and grammar
- [Writing Character & Dialogue](https://ai.page/c/writing-character-and-dialogue/index.md): Write narratives that develop real or imagined experiences using effective technique — including establishing context and point of view, developing characters through dialogue, pacing, and description, using varied transitions, and providing a reflective conclusion
- [Persuasive Writing](https://ai.page/c/persuasive-writing/index.md): Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence — including introducing claims, acknowledging counterclaims, organising reasons logically, maintaining a formal style, and providing a concluding statement

## 5. Journalism: Vocabulary

- [Vocabulary Strategies](https://ai.page/c/vocabulary-strategies/index.md): Determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases using a flexible range of strategies — including context clues, Greek and Latin affixes and roots, reference materials, and verification of inferred meaning
- [Academic Vocabulary](https://ai.page/c/academic-vocabulary/index.md): Acquire and use accurately a broad range of general academic vocabulary and domain-specific words — drawing new vocabulary from reading and listening and deploying it consciously in writing and speech to achieve particular effects
- [Literary and Language Terminology](https://ai.page/c/literary-and-language-terminology/index.md): Discuss reading, writing, and spoken language with precise and confident use of linguistic and literary terminology — including terms for word classes, sentence types, clause types, literary devices, and text-level features
- [Advanced Figurative Language](https://ai.page/c/advanced-figurative-language/index.md): Understand and interpret figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meaning — including allusion, irony, pun, oxymoron, and extended metaphor — and distinguish between connotation and denotation when analysing or choosing words

## 6. Journalism: Nonfiction

- [Analysing Text Structure](https://ai.page/c/analysing-text-structure/index.md): Analyse how a text's structure — including its overall organisation, use of chapters, stanzas, scenes, paragraphs, or sections — contributes to its meaning, style, and development of ideas
- [Using and Evaluating Textual Evidence](https://ai.page/c/using-and-evaluating-textual-evidence/index.md): Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of what a text says explicitly and what can be inferred, distinguishing between strong and weak evidence and explaining how the evidence supports a point
- [Wide Independent Reading Across Genres](https://ai.page/c/wide-independent-reading-across-genres/index.md): Read widely and independently across fiction and non-fiction — including whole novels, short stories, plays, poetry, and non-fiction from different genres, periods, and cultures — building stamina, breadth, and personal taste as a reader

## 7. Journalism: Narrative Nonfiction/Historical Fiction

- [Narrative Perspective and Unreliable Narrators](https://ai.page/c/narrative-perspective-and-unreliable-narrators/index.md): Analyse point of view and narrative perspective — including first person, third person limited and omniscient, and unreliable narrator — and how the author's or narrator's perspective shapes the reader's understanding and creates effects such as suspense, irony, or humour

## 8. Impacts of Individual Needs and Personal Characteristics

- [Plot Structure and Character Development](https://ai.page/c/plot-structure-and-character-development/index.md): Analyse how plot structure unfolds through episodes or key events, and how characters develop, respond to challenges, and change over the course of a narrative — including the relationship between character, setting, and plot

## 9. Media Literacy Learning Outcome

- [Purpose, audience, and context](https://ai.page/c/purpose-audience-and-context/index.md): Identify the purpose, audience, and context of a text and use this knowledge to support comprehension — recognising how writing aimed at different audiences (academic, popular, persuasive) uses different conventions, register, and tone

## 10. Nonfiction

- [Tracing Theme Across a Text](https://ai.page/c/tracing-theme-across-a-text/index.md): Determine and analyse the theme or central idea of a text, trace how it develops across the text through key details and events, and provide an objective summary distinct from personal opinion

## 11. Writing · Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling focusing on:

- [Advanced Punctuation for Clarity](https://ai.page/c/advanced-punctuation-for-clarity/index.md): Use punctuation confidently and accurately for effect and clarity — including semicolons to link related clauses, colons to introduce lists or explanations, dashes and parentheses for parenthetical information, ellipsis for omission or suspense, and commas for coordinate adjectives and nonrestrictive elements

## 12. Writing · Demonstrate command of English grammar and usage, focusing on:

- [Verb Voice and Mood](https://ai.page/c/verb-voice-and-mood/index.md): Understand and use active and passive voice deliberately, and recognise verb moods (indicative, imperative, subjunctive, conditional) and their effects — choosing the appropriate voice and mood for purpose and audience

## Health: 0 of 100

Of its 24 own concepts: 0 have an explanation, 0 have practice, 0 have a measurement question, 0 have a checked version.

Findings (each is a task for anyone's AI):

- Research & Source Evaluation comes before Developed Informational and Explanatory Writing, which it needs
- Research & Source Evaluation has no explanation yet
- Developed Informational and Explanatory Writing has no explanation yet
- Critical comparison across texts comes before Tracing Theme Across a Text, which it needs
- Critical comparison across texts has no explanation yet
- Figurative Language and Literary Devices has no explanation yet
- Speaking Formally and Giving Presentations has no explanation yet
- Formal Debates has no explanation yet
- Evaluating Arguments in Non-Fiction comes before Using and Evaluating Textual Evidence, which it needs
- Evaluating Arguments in Non-Fiction comes before Purpose, audience, and context, which it needs
- Evaluating Arguments in Non-Fiction has no explanation yet
- Writing Across Genres has no explanation yet
- Planning, Revising and Editing Writing has no explanation yet
- Writing Character & Dialogue has no explanation yet
- Persuasive Writing has no explanation yet
- Vocabulary Strategies has no explanation yet
- Academic Vocabulary has no explanation yet
- Literary and Language Terminology has no explanation yet
- Advanced Figurative Language has no explanation yet
- Analysing Text Structure has no explanation yet
- Using and Evaluating Textual Evidence has no explanation yet
- Wide Independent Reading Across Genres has no explanation yet
- Narrative Perspective and Unreliable Narrators comes before Plot Structure and Character Development, which it needs
- Narrative Perspective and Unreliable Narrators has no explanation yet
- Plot Structure and Character Development has no explanation yet
- Purpose, audience, and context has no explanation yet
- Tracing Theme Across a Text has no explanation yet
- Advanced Punctuation for Clarity has no explanation yet
- Verb Voice and Mood has no explanation yet

Credit: The structure of Indiana academic standards: English language arts (https://www.doe.in.gov/sites/default/files/standards/journalism-standards-updated-march-2020.pdf); concepts from the Marble Skill Taxonomy (v1), © Generative Spark, Inc. (withmarble.com), text CC BY-SA 4.0, database ODbL 1.0: https://github.com/withmarbleapp/os-taxonomy, mapped to its standards by Marble.