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Georgia 11th Grade ELA Standards

All 105 Georgia English language arts standards for 11th grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Georgia Department of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

105 standards

Engagement & Intention for Comprehension & Composition

26 standards
Reader & Writer Identity
11.P.EICC.1.a
Create, track and talk through goals for reading and writing, both personal and academic, updating them as needed, like a target for the semester's reading.
11.P.EICC.1.b
Discuss or write about reading and writing tastes, pointing to the techniques, topics, forms and genres that connect most, like a love of memoir.
11.P.EICC.1.c
Pick, read and write texts that fit personal interests and tie into grade 11 class readings and topics, like American novels or essays.
11.P.EICC.1.d
Grow a set of reading and writing strategies, like close annotation or reverse outlining, and draw on them to interpret and compose texts.
11.P.EICC.1.e
Help build a community of readers and writers by shaping group norms, discussing texts, sharing writing, listening to classmates and exchanging feedback.
11.P.EICC.1.f
Work toward full independence as a reader and writer, managing reading and writing tasks with growing self-direction.
Engagement & Intention
11.P.EICC.2.a
Read and write stories, true or invented, to share experiences, like a personal narrative for a college application.
11.P.EICC.2.b
Use texts to gain knowledge and skills, make informed choices and share ideas, like comparing sources before taking a stand on an issue.
11.P.EICC.2.c
Learn and explain ideas and processes by reading and writing texts about them, like an explanation of how a bill becomes law.
11.P.EICC.2.d
Use reading and writing as a way to analyze and evaluate texts and ideas, like a rhetorical analysis of a famous speech.
11.P.EICC.2.e
Read and write texts aimed at solving a problem or influencing a choice, like an opinion piece on a local issue.
Comprehension Strategies
11.P.EICC.3.a
Set a reason and goals for reading, check understanding as it happens, and shift strategies when confused.
11.P.EICC.3.b
Skim and scan a text before reading closely, flagging the sections and structures likely to help most.
11.P.EICC.3.c
Blend background knowledge with what a text says, weighing one against the other, resolving conflicts or gaps and growing what is known.
11.P.EICC.3.d
Keep understanding on track by summarizing and visualizing sections of a text, like picturing the staging of a scene in a play.
11.P.EICC.3.e
Make predictions about upcoming events or information and keep checking them while reading.
11.P.EICC.3.f
Make inferences about layers of meaning in a text, follow them as reading continues, and support them with evidence.
11.P.EICC.3.g
Figure out unknown words and ideas from context, academic vocabulary and word parts like roots and suffixes.
Writing Processes
11.P.EICC.4.a
Set a purpose and goals for a writing task and decide on the audience it targets.
11.P.EICC.4.b
Plan a text's organization by picking the mode, genre and structure that serve its purpose and readers, like a problem-and-solution essay.
11.P.EICC.4.c
Gather ideas for writing by tapping prior knowledge, researching sources and discussing the topic with others.
11.P.EICC.4.d
Tie ideas and information to the writing plan, featuring the most relevant, useful and effective points.
11.P.EICC.4.e
Draft a text by combining ideas and information, choosing words and sentences, and using craft techniques that fit the purpose and audience.
11.P.EICC.4.f
Assess whether a draft meets its purpose and goals, using self-review or feedback from peers and teachers.
11.P.EICC.4.g
Revise based on self-assessment or feedback, reworking structure, content, word choice and craft so the text works better.
11.P.EICC.4.h
Proofread and correct writing so it follows standard rules for grammar, punctuation, spelling and usage.

Situating Texts

6 standards
Context
11.P.ST.1.a
Identify the parts of context most important to a text, like its era or cultural setting, using prior knowledge, research and discussion.
11.P.ST.1.b
Consider how context, like a historical moment, affects an author's aims and the audience's reasons for reading.
11.P.ST.1.c
Examine how context influences the choices authors make and the way audiences respond, in both reading and writing.
Author, Audience, & Purpose
11.P.ST.2.a
Apply knowledge of author, audience and context to find or set a text's purpose and evaluate how fully that purpose is met.
11.P.ST.2.b
Draw on an understanding of author, audience and context to develop a clear viewpoint or original angle in reading and writing.
11.P.ST.2.c
Analyze how authors adapt to context and audience in deciding what ideas to feature, how to design a text, and what wording, sentence types and techniques to use.

Author’s Craft

12 standards
Reading like a Writer
11.P.AC.1.a
Pinpoint, practice and analyze the literary, informational and rhetorical moves in texts, like a call to shared values, judging their effect on readers and purpose.
11.P.AC.1.b
Identify, use and analyze striking language in texts, judging how particular word choices affect readers and advance the purpose.
11.P.AC.1.c
Analyze and evaluate how an author's sentence structure and syntax shape readers' responses and support the purpose, like a repeated sentence opening.
11.P.AC.1.d
Analyze and evaluate a text's design and organization, explaining how its formats, structures and features affect readers, access and purpose.
Writing like a Reader
11.P.AC.2.a
Blend literary, informational and rhetorical elements in writing to appeal to a target audience and meet a goal.
11.P.AC.2.b
Craft word choices that shape how readers respond, think and decide, in service of a clear purpose.
11.P.AC.2.c
Make deliberate choices about sentence structure and syntax to reach and influence readers, like a fragment used for emphasis.
11.P.AC.2.d
Structure writing with intentional formats, patterns and features, like a numbered list or a timeline order, to guide readers and serve the purpose.
Text Design
11.P.AC.3.a
Explore and create texts across modes and genres, studying how features affect meaning, tone, style, purpose and audience, like a podcast versus an essay.
11.P.AC.3.b
Apply knowledge of mode and genre to choose what ideas and information a text should include, like interviews in a documentary.
11.P.AC.3.c
Apply knowledge of mode and genre when deciding how a text's ideas and information are structured, like an editorial opening with its claim.
11.P.AC.3.d
Create and study multimodal texts that combine genres, features and craft techniques to influence an audience and meet a goal, like a narrated slideshow.

Collaboration & Presentation

9 standards
Collaboration
11.P.CP.1.a
Arrive at group discussions and meetings prepared, with notes and questions ready, to take an active role.
11.P.CP.1.b
Work with others to set group norms, goals and procedures, and keep shared projects productive.
11.P.CP.1.c
Contribute ideas, listen to the ideas of others and offer feedback during discussions and group projects.
11.P.CP.1.d
Collaborate to discuss topics, look into questions, solve problems and explore or create texts.
Presentation
11.P.CP.2.a
Communicate ideas, information and texts clearly when presenting, like a seminar talk or a mock trial argument.
11.P.CP.2.b
Combine the modes and genres that best fit the audience and purpose of a presentation, like a talk with charts and audio.
11.P.CP.2.c
Vary voice, pacing and gestures to suit a presentation's audience and purpose.
11.P.CP.2.d
Hold a two-way exchange with an audience by posing questions and fielding theirs.
11.P.CP.2.e
Recite significant poems and speeches, in whole or in part, to build background knowledge, like the opening of the Gettysburg Address.

Grammar Conventions

6 standards
Grammar, Usage, & Mechanics
11.L.GC.1
Use correct standard English grammar, usage, punctuation and spelling, and draw on those rules to analyze, judge and write texts.
Syntax
11.L.GC.2.a
Draw on syntax knowledge to read, analyze and critique varied texts, including judging how effectively a writer uses parallel structure.
11.L.GC.2.b
Vary sentence patterns in writing and rework sentences for style and effect, holding verb tenses, aspects and moods steady throughout.
11.L.GC.2.c
Stay consistent with active or passive voice throughout a text, choosing based on purpose, audience and subject, like passive voice in a lab report.
11.L.GC.2.d
Develop ideas with added details and descriptions that both serve the purpose and keep readers engaged.
11.L.GC.2.e
Build and revise parallel structure that spans several paragraphs or sections, so related ideas line up in balanced form.

Vocabulary

10 standards
General, Academic, & Specialized Vocabulary
11.L.V.1.a
Pick up general, academic, subject, technical and career vocabulary from grade 11 reading and media in print or online.
11.L.V.1.b
Use grade 11 general, academic, technical, subject and career words to communicate precisely, shifting style to suit the setting.
Word Analysis
11.L.V.2.a
Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words in grade 11 texts by analyzing word origins, Greek or Latin roots, base words, prefixes and suffixes.
11.L.V.2.b
Work out a word's or phrase's meaning in context by analyzing how it functions as a part of speech.
11.L.V.2.c
Assemble words from Greek or Latin roots, base words, prefixes and suffixes, like chrono plus logical, and use them correctly in sentences.
11.L.V.2.d
Draw on knowledge of parts of speech to pick exact, effective words and phrases when writing.
Meaning & Purpose
11.L.V.3.b
Analyze relationships among words to sort out their dictionary meanings and the feelings they suggest in different contexts.
11.L.V.3.c
Analyze subtle differences in feeling between words with the same basic meaning, like determined versus stubborn.
11.L.V.3.d
Look up and confirm the meaning of unfamiliar words, or words with several meanings, using print and digital aids like a dictionary, style guide or word processor tools.
11.L.V.3.e
Make careful word choices in writing and speaking by using print or digital resources to sort out near-synonyms, like imply versus insinuate.

Context

7 standards
Purposes & Audiences
11.T.C.1.a
Use knowledge of a text's subject-area, personal or technical purpose to understand it better, like reading a court opinion versus a diary.
11.T.C.1.b
Assess how a text's voice and tone affect how readers receive it, like a sarcastic tone putting off some readers.
11.T.C.1.c
Create and self-evaluate multimodal work, like a website or podcast, that serves several purposes for a target audience and uses each mode's features clearly.
Authors & Speakers
11.T.C.2.a
Compare how several texts view the same topic, analyzing how each builds its perspective to shape readers' beliefs, like essays on the American Dream.
11.T.C.2.b
Determine what influences a text, including hidden commercial influences like sponsorship or advertiser interests.
11.T.C.2.c
Evaluate how much historical, subject-area or personal perspectives shape an author's choices of style and theme.
11.T.C.2.d
Pull together findings from multiple credible sources to answer research questions on academic and personal topics, like a local history project.

Structure & Style

7 standards
Organization
11.T.SS.1.a
Analyze and evaluate whether a text's organization meets its audience's expectations or serves its purpose, like a chronological versus a thematic history.
11.T.SS.1.b
Combine several organizational structures in one text to strengthen its central message, like a narrative opening inside an argument.
11.T.SS.1.c
Lead readers through a text with varied transitions suited to the mode, including between paragraphs and sections, so the whole text holds together.
11.T.SS.1.d
Write persuasive, well-structured texts with an introduction that sets the focus and viewpoint, strategically placed evidence and details, and a compelling close.
Craft
11.T.SS.2.a
Analyze and evaluate how figurative, connotative or rhetorical language develops meaning, tone or mood to serve the author's purpose.
11.T.SS.2.b
Write with literary devices, figurative and rhetorical language, or appeals to create the effect a purpose and audience call for, like irony in a satire.
11.T.SS.2.c
Build credibility with a steady formal, authoritative tone that sounds like a confident, knowledgeable expert.

Techniques

14 standards
Narrative Techniques
11.T.T.1.a
Compare how narrative techniques like archetypes, shifting perspectives, plot structure and symbolism develop and interact in two or more texts, citing evidence.
11.T.T.1.b
Compare and evaluate how authors of two or more texts use plot, conflict, narrative devices, word choice and other craft to affect readers and serve a purpose.
11.T.T.1.c
Compare how different authors develop a similar theme, using passages within and across texts plus reasoning and evidence.
11.T.T.1.d
Analyze how literary works reuse themes, event patterns or character types from other eras, like a modern novel reviving the frontier hero.
11.T.T.1.e
Use narrative techniques skillfully to create complex characters who change, settings that build mood, and a theme developed through metaphor and symbol.
Expository Techniques
11.T.T.2.a
Evaluate and critique the techniques and organization of informational texts, and judge how clearly they convey information.
11.T.T.2.b
Analyze and evaluate texts that conflict or disagree, determining whether they differ on facts or on how to interpret them.
11.T.T.2.d
Write cohesive informational texts that link ideas clearly, use several text structures and varied information, and adjust tone for different readers and purposes.
Argumentative Techniques
11.T.T.3.a
Read, discuss and evaluate a range of arguments, considering how their techniques and design shape meaning or central idea, like a founding document.
11.T.T.3.b
Explain and analyze how logical fallacies affect arguments in different texts, like a slippery slope claim in an ad.
11.T.T.3.c
Apply argument strategies purposefully, like conceding a point before rebutting it, to strengthen writing and hold readers' attention.
11.T.T.3.d
Weave several rhetorical devices or appeals together with intent, like combining repetition with an appeal to shared values.
Poetic Techniques
11.T.T.4.a
Read, discuss and evaluate a range of poems, considering what poetic techniques add to meaning or theme, like Whitman's long free-verse lines.
11.T.T.4.b
Create poems for a chosen purpose using poetic techniques and conventions, like free verse, imagery or an extended metaphor.

Research & Analysis

6 standards
Research & Inquiry
11.T.RA.1.a
Form research questions that guide inquiry, link complex topics, explore creative solutions, narrow focus or sharpen the writing.
11.T.RA.1.b
Combine evidence from multiple trustworthy sources to back a central thesis, with correct citations.
11.T.RA.1.c
Weave paraphrases, summaries and quotations into original writing to strengthen it, citing sources in MLA or APA style.
Curating Sources & Evidence
11.T.RA.2.a
Search credible print and online sources, including academic databases, to locate information relevant to a central argument, topic or question.
11.T.RA.2.b
Weigh information from several sources by spotting misconceptions, conflicting views and bias, and verifying it is valid, relevant and accurate.
11.T.RA.2.c
Follow MLA or APA rules when citing evidence or answering inference questions, with every source listed on a works cited page.

Periods & Movements

2 standards
11.T.PM.1.a
Explain how a group of writers in one time and place formed a social, cultural or political movement, like the Harlem Renaissance.
11.T.PM.1.b
Name and discuss leading writers and works from three eras of English and American literature, including each era's main themes and styles.

The official Georgia documents

The plain-English lines on this page are EMStudio's own explanations of Georgia's standards, not the official wording, which Georgia Department of Education publishes in the documents above. Codes and strand names identify each standard.