Public learning track
Academic Style, Syntax, and Disciplinary Register
12th Grade · Ela · Open Global English
6 lessons
Goal
Master formal academic prose, syntactic variety, advanced cohesive ties, and discipline-specific conventions across humanities, social sciences, and STEM.
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Establishing and Maintaining a Formal Academic Style in High School
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Standards Covered
- OGE.13.W.2Open Global English Standards 2026™ · Ela · Level 13 / High School 4 (Age 17–18) · Grade 12Maintain a sophisticated, formal academic style and objective tone in writing, employing nuanced transitional phrases, varied syntax, and advanced cohesive devices to clarify conceptual relationships and satisfy disciplinary conventions.
- OGE.13.W.3Open Global English Standards 2026™ · Ela · Level 13 / High School 4 (Age 17–18) · Grade 12Compose comprehensive informative and explanatory texts (such as historical analyses, technical reports, and scientific explanations), organizing complex ideas into unified wholes utilizing formatting, graphics, analogies, and domain-specific terminology.
- OGE.13.W.1Open Global English Standards 2026™ · Ela · Level 13 / High School 4 (Age 17–18) · Grade 12Compose rigorous, academic argumentative essays on complex discipline-specific and social topics, formulating precise claims, substantiating arguments with authoritative evidence, addressing counterclaims fairly, and establishing cohesive logical sequencing.
Curriculum Framework
12th Grade · Ela · Open Global English
1
7 lessons
Advanced Scholarly and Disciplinary Argumentation
Construct nuanced, epistemically rigorous academic arguments on complex disciplinary and socio-political topics with authoritative evidence and balanced qualification.
2
6 lessons
Academic Style, Syntax, and Disciplinary Register
Master formal academic prose, syntactic variety, advanced cohesive ties, and discipline-specific conventions across humanities, social sciences, and STEM.
3
6 lessons
Discipline-Specific Exposition and Technical Reporting
Author authoritative informative texts, technical reports, scientific explanations, and historical analyses using multimodal layout, analogies, and domain-specific terminology.
4
5 lessons
Critical Reviews, Cultural Commentaries, and Multimodal Criticism
Produce critical book reviews, cultural media commentaries, and multimodal analytical texts that synthesize verbal and non-verbal critical evaluation.
5
6 lessons
Sustained Inquiry, Methodological Frameworks, and Source Synthesis
Conduct independent sustained research investigations, formulate methodology, refine scope, and synthesize multiple primary and secondary sources into coherent scholarly arguments.
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6 lessons
Information Literacy, Epistemic Rigor, and Citation Mechanics
Execute advanced digital search strategies, evaluate source credibility and institutional biases, and format academic citations flawlessly in MLA, APA, and Chicago styles.
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7 lessons
Metacognitive Revision, Peer Critique, and Publication Workflows
Engage in iterative self-regulated writing processes, execute substantive multi-pass revision, facilitate peer review, and prepare polished manuscripts for academic publication.