Compare, contrast, and evaluate texts. In addition to developing the knowledge, skills, and processes needed to communicate effectively through speaking, listening, writing, and reading, students need to develop an understanding and appreciation of the English language and how it is used. The English language arts curriculum is designed to widen students' knowledge and appreciation of the English language. Directly or indirectly, the following concepts are best learned when students are actively engaged in using real language processes for their communication purposes. Language Study Concepts Students in grade eleven should understand the following language concepts.
Effective communication places emphasis on the purpose and audience for a speech or a composition.
Effective communication uses the language appropriate to the subject, audience, purpose, and situation. There are conventions of the paragraph and longer compositions. The main ideas of a longer composition can be outlined. An effective composition is unified, coherent, and emphatic. Prose, poetry, and drama each has distinctive organizational patterns.