In grade 12, students are adept at listening and speaking in pairs, diverse groups, and whole-class settings. They can revise a piece of writing multiple times for organization, transitions, sentence variety, and consistent tone and point of view. They compare and contrast different interpretations of a topic across several texts, identifying how authors shape their presentation of key information and choose to highlight certain facts over others. Grade 12 students use their wide vocabulary to be precise and clear as they communicate complex ideas in writing. Their command of grammar, usage, and mechanics is evident in their writing, but they can also depart from standard usage to achieve a specific effect. Students gather, comprehend, evaluate, and synthesize researched information ethically. They comprehend and communicate knowledge through any combination of modes: alphabetic, aural, visual, spatial, and/or gestural. As they prepare for their next step in life, students in grade 12 read and write independently for extended periods of time.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a research-based framework for improving student learning experiences and outcomes through careful instructional planning focused on the varied needs of all students, including students with visible and non-visible disabilities, advanced and gifted learners, and English learners.

Some general ideas for implementing the UDL lens in an ELA lesson, PK-12, are provided in this chart.

These exemplar lesson plans showcase best practices for English language arts. These lessons are aligned to the Oklahoma Academic Standards and bundle together multiple objectives to showcase the recursive nature of ELA. Each lesson plan includes helpful explanations about the instructional plan and steps. Teachers can review these sample lessons on their own, with a colleague, and/or with their professional learning community, to reflect on the highlighted ELA practices and how they mesh with their own current classroom practices.

Lesson plans are available for each grade featuring texts from the following genres: fiction, nonfiction, & poetry.

Moreover, an exemplar lesson plan sequence regarding Standard 6 research is available for each grade band.

This suite of writing resources includes:

• student-friendly checklists for the narrative, informative, argumentative, and research modes
• editing checklists for the beginning and middle of the school year
• examples of teacher feedback on student writing
• a peer feedback lesson plan with a slideshow and handout

• Engagement Strategies
• 12th Grade ELA Standards (pages 120-127)