10th Grade English

10th Grade ELA Targeted Standards
(W) Writing Strand
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes

ELA-10.W.03 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

a. Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation, establishing one or multiple point(s) of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters.

b. Use a variety of techniques to sequence events in a smooth progression so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole.

c. Use narrative techniques (e.g., dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and complex plots) to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.

d. Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.

e. Provide a conclusion that follows from what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the course of the narrative.

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

• I can 

Reasoning Targets

• I can 

Skills (Performance) Targets

• I can 
  • engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation, establishing one or multiple point(s) of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters.
  • use a variety of techniques to sequence events in a smooth progression so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole.
  • use narrative techniques (e.g., dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and complex plots) to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
  • use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
  • provide a conclusion that follows from what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the course of the narrative.

Product Targets

• I can 

 ELA-09-10.W.03 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

In addition to expectations of proficiency, student provides consistent evidence of in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was taught and expected.

The student can

• engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation, establishing one or multiple point(s) of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters.
• use a variety of techniques to sequence events in a smooth progression so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole.
• use narrative techniques (e.g., dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and complex plots) to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
• use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
• provide a conclusion that follows from what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the course of the narrative.

There are no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes; however the student exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes.