6 units · 24 lessons

Grade 12: Reading & writing

Start with a unit whose prerequisites fit. Work through the lessons, use the study guide to review, and try the new cases before continuing.

  1. Unit 1 · 4 lessons

    Compare Forms, Endings and Interpretive Lenses

    Apply use an interpretive lens responsibly, compare a genre transformation, analyze an ending’s interpretive effect, evaluate competing readings using supplied texts and original responses.

    Before you begin: Analyze interacting themes, irony and contextual images.

  2. Unit 2 · 4 lessons

    Policy Arguments, Negotiation and Transparent Terms

    Apply identify a policy argument element, recognize a negotiation move, identify a transparency problem, distinguish terms that must not be merged using supplied texts and original responses.

    Before you begin: Analyze purposes, qualifiers and hidden assumptions.

  3. Unit 3 · 4 lessons

    Edit Complex Sentences Without Changing Meaning

    Apply control the scope of only, diagnose sentence-boundary editing, resolve number and reference, choose an audience-access edit using supplied texts and original responses.

    Before you begin: Recognize clause structure, modifier placement and usage conventions.

  4. Unit 4 · 4 lessons

    Revise a Portfolio for Purpose and Reader

    Apply identify a portfolio piece’s purpose, choose a revision priority, design an accessible publication element, write a revision reflection using supplied texts and original responses.

    Before you begin: Draft narrative, explanation and argument forms.

  5. Unit 5 · 4 lessons

    Audit evidence and write a decision brief

    Match summaries to their scope, audit source support, weigh constraints, and revise a concise brief with uncertainty.

    Before you begin: Synthesize different measures without merging their groups. · Explain causal limits and compare competing value priorities.

  6. Unit 6 · 4 lessons

    Plan, Write and Defend a Bounded Inquiry

    Apply specify an inquiry plan element, evaluate evidence fit, prepare an oral defense answer, make the project reproducible in scope using supplied texts and original responses.

    Before you begin: Document source origins and give attributed presentations.

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