Grade10 English Language Arts (ELA)

GLEs and CCSS to be taught in 2012-13 and 2013-14

GLE content to be taught and tested in Grade 10 ELA in 2012-13 and 2013-14
GLE # / Grade-Level Expectation Text / Aligned CCSS #
ELA.10.1 / Extend basic and technical vocabulary using a variety of strategies, including:
• use of context clues
• use of knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and affixes
• use of denotative and connotative meanings
• tracing etymology / RL.9-10.4
RI.9-10.4
L.9-10.4
L.9-10.5
L.9-10.6
ELA.10.2 / Analyze the development of story elements, including:
• characterization
• plot and subplot(s)
• theme
• mood/atmosphere / RL.9-10.2
RL.9-10.3
RL.11-12.3
ELA.10.3 / Analyze the significance within a context of literary devices, including:
• imagery
• symbolism
• flashback
• foreshadowing
• irony, ambiguity, contradiction
• allegory
• tone
• dead metaphor
• personification, including pathetic fallacy / RL.9-10.4
RI.9-10.4
L.9-10.5
ELA.10.6 / Compare and/or contrast cultural elements including a group’s history, perspectives, and language found in multicultural texts in oral and written responses / RL.9-10.6
ELA.10.9 / Analyze, in oral and written responses, distinctive elements, including theme and structure, of literary forms and types, including:
• essays by early and modern writers
• lyric, narrative, and dramatic poetry
• drama, including ancient, Renaissance, and modern
• short stories, novellas, and novels
• biographies and autobiographies
• speeches / RL.9-10.5
ELA.10.11 / Demonstrate understanding of information in gradeappropriate texts using a variety of reasoning strategies, including:
• summarizing and paraphrasing information and story elements
• comparing and contrasting information in various texts (e.g., televised news, news magazines, documentaries, online information)
• comparing and contrasting complex literary elements, devices, and ideas within and across texts
• examining the sequence of information and procedures in order to critique the logic or development of ideas in texts
• making inferences and drawing conclusions
• making predictions and generalizations / RL.9-10.1
RL.9-10.2
RI.9-10.1
RI.9-10.2
RI.9-10.3
RI.9-10.5
RI.9-10.6
RL.11-12.2
RI.11-12.2
RI.11-12.3
ELA.10.15 / Analyze information within and across gradeappropriate texts using various reasoning skills, including:
• identifying cause-effect relationships
• raising questions
• reasoning inductively and deductively
• generating a theory or hypothesis
• distinguishing facts from opinions and probability / RI.9-10.8
ELA.10.17 / Develop multiparagraph compositions organized with the following:
• a clearly stated central idea/thesis statement
• a clear, overall structure that includes an introduction, a body, and an appropriate conclusion
• supporting paragraphs appropriate to the topic organized in a logical sequence (e.g., spatial order, order of importance, ascending/descending order, chronological order, parallel construction)
• transitional words and phrases that unify throughout / W.9-10.1
W.9-10.2
ELA.10.18 / Develop complex compositions on student- or teacher-selected topics that are suited to an identified audience and purpose and that include the following:
• word choices appropriate to the identified audience and/or purpose
• vocabulary selected to clarify meaning, create images, and set a tone
• information/ideas selected to engage the interest of the reader
• clear voice (individual personality) / W.9-10.4
L.9-10.3
ELA.10.19 / Develop complex compositions using writing processes, including:
• selecting topic and form
• determining purpose and audience
• prewriting (e.g., brainstorming, clustering, outlining, generating main idea/thesis statements)
• drafting
• conferencing (e.g., with peers and teachers)
• revising for content and structure based on feedback
• proofreading/editing to improve conventions of language
• publishing using technology / W.9-10.5
W.9-10.6
ELA.10.20 / Develop complex paragraphs and multiparagraph compositions using all modes of writing, emphasizing exposition and persuasion / W.9-10.1
W.9-10.2
ELA.10.23 / Develop individual writing style that includes the following:
• a variety of sentence structures (e.g., parallel or repetitive) and lengths
• diction selected to create a tone and set a mood
• selected vocabulary and phrasing that reflect the character and temperament (voice) of the writer / L.9-10.3
ELA.10.24 / Write for various purposes, including:
• formal and business letters, such as letters of complaint and requests for information
• letters to the editor
• job applications
• textsupported interpretations that connect life experiences to works of literature / W.9-10.9
ELA.10.25 / Apply standard rules of sentence formation, avoiding common errors, such as:
• fragments
• runon sentences
• syntax problems / L.9-10.2
ELA.10.26 / Apply standard rules of usage, including:
• making subjects and verbs agree
• using verbs in appropriate tenses
• making pronouns agree with antecedents
• using pronouns in appropriate cases (e.g., nominative and objective)
• using adjectives in comparative and superlative degrees
• using adverbs correctly
• avoiding double negatives / L.9-10.1
ELA.10.27 / Apply standard rules of mechanics, including:
• using commas to set off appositives or parenthetical phrases
• using quotation marks to set off titles of short works
• using colons preceding a list and after a salutation in a business letter
• using appropriate capitalization, including names of political and ethnic groups, religions, and continents / L.9-10.2
ELA.10.28 / Use correct spelling conventions when writing and editing / L.9-10.2
ELA.10.29 / Use a variety of resources, such as dictionaries, thesauruses, glossaries, technology, and textual features (e.g., definitional footnotes, sidebars), to verify word spellings / L.9-10.2
ELA.10.39 / Select and evaluate relevant information for a research project using the organizational features of a variety of resources, including:
• print texts such as prefaces, appendices, annotations, citations, bibliographic references, and endnotes
• electronic texts such as database keyword searches, search engines, and e-mail addresses / W.9-10.8
ELA.10.40 / Locate, analyze, and synthesize information from gradeappropriate resources, including:
• multiple printed texts (e.g., encyclopedias, atlases, library catalogs, specialized dictionaries, almanacs, technical encyclopedias, and periodicals)
• electronic sources (e.g., Web sites and databases)
• other media sources (e.g., community and government data, television and radio resources, and other audio and visual materials) / W.9-10.7
SL.9-10.2
ELA.10.41 / Analyze the usefulness and accuracy of sources by determining their validity (e.g., authority, accuracy, objectivity, publication date, coverage) / W.9-10.8
SL.9-10.2
ELA.10.42 / Access information and conduct research using various gradeappropriate datagathering strategies/tools, including:
• formulating clear research questions
• using research methods to gather evidence from primary and secondary sources
• using graphic organizers (e.g., outlining, charts, timelines, webs)
• compiling and organizing information to support the central ideas, concepts, and themes of a formal paper or presentation / W.8.7
W.9-10.7
ELA.10.44 / Use word processing and/or technology to draft, revise, and publish various works, including research reports documented with parenthetical citations and bibliographies or works cited lists / W.9-10.6
ELA.10.45 / Follow acceptable use policy to document sources in research reports using various formats, including:
• preparing extended bibliographies of reference materials
• integrating quotations and citations while maintaining flow of ideas
• using standard formatting for source acknowledgment according to a specified style guide
• using parenthetical documentation following MLA Guide within a literaturebased research report / W.9-10.8
ELA.10.46 / Analyze information found in complex graphic organizers, including detailed maps, comparative charts, extended tables, graphs, diagrams, cutaways, overlays, and sidebars to determine usefulness for research / W.9-10.8
SL.9-10.2
GLEs, CCSS, and extended CCSS content (highlighted) to be taught but nottested in 2012-13 and 2013-14
GLE # / Grade-Level Expectation Text
ELA.10.30 / Use standard English grammar, diction, and syntax when speaking in formal presentations and informal group discussions
ELA.10.31 / Select language appropriate to specific purposes and audiences, including:
• delivering informational/book reports in class
• conducting interviews/surveys of classmates or the general public
• participating in class discussions
ELA.10.34 / Deliver oral presentations that include the following:
• volume, phrasing, enunciation, voice modulation, and inflection adjusted to stress important ideas and impact audience response
• language choices adjusted to suit the content and context
• an organization that includes an introduction, selected details, and a conclusion arranged to impact an audience
ELA.10.36 / Deliver clear, coherent, and concise oral presentations and responses about information and ideas in a variety of texts
ELA.10.37 / Analyze media information in oral and written responses, including:
• comparing and contrasting the ways in which print and broadcast media cover the same event
• evaluating media messages for clarity, quality, effectiveness, motive, and coherence
• listening to and critiquing audio/video presentations
ELA.10.38 / Participate in group and panel discussions, including:
• identifying the strengths and talents of other participants
• acting as facilitator, recorder, leader, listener, or mediator
• evaluating the effectiveness of participants’ performances
GLEs, CCSS, and extended CCSS content (highlighted) to be taught but nottested in 2012-13 and 2013-14
CCSS # / Common Core State Standard Text / Year to be Implemented
RI.9-10.2 / Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.[1] / 2012-13
RI.9-10.10 / By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 9–10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
By the end of grade10, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 9–10 text complexity band independently and proficiently. / 2012-13
RL.9-10.1
RI.9-10.1 / Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. / 2012-13
RL.9-10.2 / Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. / 2012-13
RL.9-10.5 / Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. / 2012-13
RL.9-10.7 / Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment (e.g., Auden’s “Musée des Beaux Arts” and Breughel’s Landscape with the Fall of Icarus). / 2012-13
RL.9-10.9 / Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare). / 2012-13
RL.9-10.10 / By the end of grade10, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 9–10 text complexity band independently and proficiently. / 2012-13
W.9-10.1 / Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
  1. Introduce precise claim(s), distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and create an organization that establishes clear relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
  2. Develop claim(s) and counterclaims fairly, supplying evidence for each while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both in a manner that anticipates the audience’s knowledge level and concerns.
  3. Use words, phrases, and clauses to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships between claim(s) and reasons, between reasons and evidence, and between claim(s) and counterclaims.
  4. Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms and conventions of the discipline in which they are writing.
/ 2012-13
GLEs, CCSS, and extended CCSS content (highlighted) to be taught but nottested in 2012-13 and 2013-14
W.9-10.7 / Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. / 2012-13
W.9-10.9 / Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
  1. Apply grades 9-10 Reading standards to literature.
  1. Apply grades 9-10 Reading standards to literary nonfiction.
/ 2012-13
W.9-10.10 / Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences. / 2012-13
L.9-10.1 / Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
  1. Use parallel structure.
  2. Use various types of phrases (noun, verb, adjectival, adverbial, participial, prepositional, absolute) and clauses (independent, dependent; noun, relative, adverbial) to convey specific meanings and add variety and interest to writing or presentations.
/ 2013-14
L.9-10.4 / Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown or multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 9-10 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
  1. Identify and correctly use patterns of word changes that indicate different meanings or parts of speech (e.g., analyze, analysis, analytical; advocate, advocacy).
  2. Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning, its part of speech, or its etymology.
  3. Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).
/ 2013-14
L.9-10.6 / Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. / 2013-14
RI.9-10.4 / Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper). / 2013-14
RI.9-10.8 / Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid, and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning. / 2013-14
RI.9-10.9 / Analyze seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance (e.g., Washington’s Farewell Address, the Gettysburg Address, Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms speech, King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”), including how they address related themes and concepts. / 2013-14
RL.9-10.3 / Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme. / 2013-14
GLEs, CCSS, and extended CCSS content (highlighted) to be taught but nottested in 2012-13 and 2013-14
RL.9-10.4 / Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone). / 2013-14
SL.9-10.1 / Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
  1. Come to discussions prepared, having read and researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence from texts and other research on the topic or issue to stimulate a thoughtful, well-reasoned exchange of ideas.
  2. Work with peers to set rules for collegial discussions and decision-making (e.g., informal consensus, taking votes on key issues, presentation of alternate views), clear goals and deadlines, and individual roles as needed.
  3. Propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that relate the current discussion to broader themes or larger ideas; actively incorporate others into the discussion; and clarify, verify, or challenge ideas and conclusions.
  4. Respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives, summarize points of agreement and disagreement, and, when warranted, qualify or justify their own views and understanding and make new connections in light of the evidence and reasoning presented.
/ 2013-14
SL.9-10.5 / Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest. / 2013-14
W.9-10.2 / Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
  1. Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
  2. Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic.
  3. Use appropriate and varied transitions to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts.
  4. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic.
  5. Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms and conventions of the discipline in which they are writing.
  6. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanations presented (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic).
/ 2013-14
W.9-10.6 / Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically. / 2013-14

ELA, Grade 10, 2012-13 and 2013-14 Curriculum and Assessment Summary1

[1] The highlighted CCSS match GLEs, but the highlighted CCSS content goes beyond the GLEs and will be added to the curriculum in the year shown.