BPS District English Standards Book
K-12 Grade Levels
Grade 10
ELA Strand Clusters
(C)
(R)
(Wr)
(IR)
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ELA-10.C (C) Communication
- ELA-10.C.01 Construct and deliver formal and informal presentations, incorporating multimedia components when appropriate for the audience and purpose.
- ELA-10.C.02 Implement proper verbal and nonverbal communication for tasks and situations.
- ELA-10.C.05 Prepare for discussions by reading and researching ideas to be discussed.
- ELA-10.C.06 Engage in respectful discussions or debates.
- ELA-10.C.07 Collaborate on a specific task or purpose in a productive climate by following norms, processes, and roles.
ELA-10.R (R) Reading
- ELA-10.R.02 Comprehend a variety of texts with multiple levels of complexity while developing inferences and providing relevant textual evidence and reasoning.
- ELA-10.R.03a Summarize and/or paraphrase nonfiction texts objectively, including relevant information.
- ELA-10.R.03b Summarize and/or paraphrase literary texts objectively, including relevant information.
- ELA-10.R.04 Determine the main idea(s), claim(s), or theme(s) as they develop over the course of the text and support them with textual evidence.
- ELA-10.R.05 Determine the meaning and purpose of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including academic vocabulary, figurative, ambiguous, and connotative meanings.
- ELA-10.R.06 Analyze how the author's choice in structure, form, and format supports the purpose, contributes to the meaning, or impacts the audience.
- ELA-10.R.07 Analyze the impact of specific style, syntax, and word choices on meaning, mood, and tone, including figurative and ambiguous language.
- ELA-10.R.08 Analyze the development and interaction of literary elements and determine how they impact meaning, using strong textual evidence to support the analysis.
- ELA-10.R.09 Analyze the development and interaction of informational and argumentative elements over the course of a nonfiction text and how they impact purpose using textual evidence to support the analysis.
ELA-10.Wr (Wr) Writing
- ELA-10.Wr.01 Write clearly and coherently with appropriate content, format, and style to accomplish a specific purpose for a target audience.
- ELA-10.Wr.02 Create a logical organizational structure with: relevant introduction, and transitional words or phrases to connect the major sections, paragraphs, and sentences, and an appropriate conclusion.
- ELA-10.Wr.03 Write to inform an audience and to explain complex information by creating a clear thesis and providing supporting claims, details, and evidence from a variety of relevant and reliable sources.
- ELA-10.Wr.04 Write to persuade an audience
- ELA-10.Wr.05 Write to convey real experiences, imaginary events, and poetic expressions by using creative writing techniques, such as narrative, dialogue, sensory details, figurative language, and symbolism, to engage an audience.
- ELA-10.Wr.06 Develop and strengthen writing through the writing process to produce a quality product for a specific purpose and audience.
- ELA-10.Wr.07 Integrate vocabulary and figurative language to create a particular style and/or voice which supports the purpose of writing.
- ELA-10.wL.01 Apply language knowledge for a specific task, purpose, intention, and audience, resolving issues of usage as needed.
ELA-10.IR (IR) Inquiry and Research
(IR) Customize to Gr
- ELA-10.IR.01 Develop pertinent research questions and narrow or broaden the inquiry.
- ELA-10.IR.02 Gather and interpret relevant information from primary and secondary sources for a variety of purposes.
- ELA-10.IR.03 Organize relevant information from a variety of sources.
- ELA-10.IR.04 Evaluate the credibility of a source based on bias, perspective, and purpose.
- ELA-10.IR.05 Integrate information from sources using a standardized format.