At the tenth-grade level, students will become skilled communicators in small-group learning activities. They will assume and evaluate individual roles in presenting oral reports. They will also examine and critique the overall effectiveness of the group process. They will use grammatically correct language that is appropriate to the topic, audience, and purpose. Students will read, comprehend, critique, and analyze a variety of literary works. They will interpret a variety of informational materials, such as labels, manuals, warranties, directions, applications, technical descriptions, contracts, and forms to complete specific tasks. They will apply critical reading skills across the content areas, including history and social science, science, and mathematics. Students will develop their expository writing skills by analyzing and critiquing peer and professional writing. They will learn effective techniques of organization and development by analyzing, revising, and evaluating various written forms and ideas. They will demonstrate understanding by applying a writing process in developing written products. They will edit writing for correct use of language, sentence formation, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling as part of the writing process.
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student will read, comprehend, and critique literary works. |
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Identify text organization and structure. |
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Identify main and supporting ideas. |
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Make predictions, draw inferences, and connect prior knowledge to support reading comprehension. |
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Explain similarities and differences of techniques and literary forms represented in the literature of different cultures and eras. |
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Identify universal themes prevalent in the literature of different cultures. |
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Examine a literary selection from several critical perspectives. |
To be successful with this standard, students are expected to
- identify the text-organization pattern and text structure of literary works
- make predictions, draw inferences, and connect prior knowledge to support reading comprehension
- read and understand a variety of literary works from different cultures, including
- short stories
- poems
- plays
- novels
- essays
- explain similarities and differences among literary genres from different cultures, such as
- haikus
- sonnets
- fables
- myths
- identify recurring cultural themes, such as
- struggle with nature
- survival of the fittest
- coming of age
- power of love
- loss of innocence
- struggle with self
- disillusionment with life
- the effects of scientific progress
- power of nature
- alienation and isolation
- honoring the historical past
- good overcoming evil
- tolerance of the atypical
- describe common cultural archetypes that pervade literature, such as the
- hero/heroine
- trickster
- faithful companion
- outsider/outcast
- rugged individualist
- shrew
- innocent
- villain
- caretaker
- Earth mother
- rebel
- misfit
- examine a literary selection from several different critical perspectives.
- Use Read-Aloud and Think-Aloud strategies.
- Model using graphic organizers.
- Model employing reading strategies before, during, and after reading.
- Use graphic organizers.
- Employ reading strategies before, during, and after reading.
- Maintain reading response logs or dialogue journals.
- Participate in partner and small-group readings.
- Role play.
- Compare and contrast a novel, epic, or drama with a movie.
- Participate in Literature Circles or discussion groups.
- Write responses to what has been read.
- Teacher observation and anecdotal notes based on class discussion
- Conferences and interviews
- Oral exams
- Student journals
- Performance with defined criteria
- Written student responses
- Multiple choice, true/false, matching, and fill-in tests
- Student self-assessments
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