# High school: English language arts

A course roadmap (english-language-arts). Language: en. By @si. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. 0 of 15 concepts ready. In the app: https://ai.page/roadmap/nd-ela-high-school

Part of: [North Dakota: English language arts](https://ai.page/roadmap/nd-ela.md)

Goal: North Dakota academic standards: English language arts, High school

## 1. Ninth and Tenth Grades · Integrate information from sources using a standardized format.

- [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. Ninth and Tenth Grades

- [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
- [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
- [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
- [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
- [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
- [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
- [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
- [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
- [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
- [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

## 3. Eleventh and Twelfth Grades

- [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

## Health: 0 of 100

Of its 15 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
- Purpose, audience, and context has no explanation yet
- Academic Vocabulary 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
- Developed Informational and Explanatory Writing has no explanation yet
- Using and Evaluating Textual Evidence has no explanation yet
- Evaluating Arguments in Non-Fiction has no explanation yet
- Analysing Text Structure has no explanation yet
- Figurative Language and Literary Devices has no explanation yet
- Tracing Theme Across a Text has no explanation yet
- Speaking Formally and Giving Presentations has no explanation yet
- Formal Debates has no explanation yet
- Literary and Language Terminology has no explanation yet

Credit: The structure of North Dakota academic standards: English language arts (https://www.nd.gov/dpi/sites/www/files/documents/Academic%20Support/2023%20ELA%20Content%20Standards%20FINAL.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.
