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ELA: Grade 10 - SPEAKING
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Standard 1: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.
	10.1.S.1	Prepare and give presentations to a variety of audiences on a range of informational topics	Who Pays the Price When a Sea Disappears? A Biography Study: Using Role-Play to Explore Authors' Lives The Pros and Cons of Discussion Discovering Memory: Li-Young Lee's Poem "Mnemonic" and the Brain Gaining Background for the Graphic Novel "Persepolis": A WebQuest on Iran
	10.1.S.2	Express a point of view, providing supporting facts and details	Galileo and the Inevitability of Ideas The Importance of Titles: From Big Blank Space to Small Good Thing Language and Power in "The Handmaid's Tale" and the World Narrative Structure and Perspectives in Toni Morrison's "Beloved" Personal or Social Tragedy? A Close Reading of Edith Wharton's "Ethan Frome"
	10.1.S.3	Anticipate and acknowledge the listener’s points of view	Galileo and the Inevitability of Ideas Bio-Graph: Graphing Life Events Audience Analysis Inventory: Student Interactive
	10.1.S.4	Ask and respond to probing questions to acquire information	Bio-Graph: Graphing Life Events Analyzing the Stylistic Choices of Political Cartoonists Assessing Cultural Relevance: Exploring Personal Connections to a Text Bio-graph: Graphing Life Events Blogtopia: Blogging about Your Own Utopia Brochures: Writing for Audience and Purpose Connecting Past and Present: A Local Research Project Critical Literacy: Women in 19th-Century Literature Exploring Audience and Purpose with a Single Issue Exploring Irony in the Conclusion of "All Quiet on the Western Front" Exploring Language and Identity: Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue" and Beyond Family Memoir: Getting Acquainted With Generations Before Us Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury": April Eighth, 1928: Narrating from an "Ordered Place"? Finding Common Ground: Using Logical, Audience-Specific Arguments Finding Poetry in Prose: Reading and Writing Love Poems From Dr. Seuss to Jonathan Swift: Exploring the History Behind the Satire Introducing Jane Eyre: An Unlikely Victorian Heroine Nathaniel Hawthorne and Literary Humor Preparing a Character for a New Job: Character Analysis through Job Placement Preparing for Poetry: A Reader's First Steps The Comic Book Show and Tell Thinking Inductively: A Close Reading of Seamus Heaney's "Blackberry Picking" When Less IS More-Understanding Minimalist Fiction Writing about Writing: An Extended Metaphor Assignment If a Body Texts a Body: Texting in The Catcher in the Rye
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Standard 2: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for literary response and expression.
	10.2.S.1	Describe the features of the genre and the period to interpret and respond to texts	Analyzing and Comparing Medieval and Modern Ballads A Poem of Possibilities: Thinking about the Future Preparing for Poetry: A Reader's First Steps When Less IS More-Understanding Minimalist Fiction Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat"
	10.2.S.2	Use devices such as voice, tone, volume, pitch, rate, rhyme, rhythm, and repetition to create an emotional or aesthetic response	Listening to Poetry: Sounds of the Sonnet Teaching the Epic through Ghost Stories Analyzing and Comparing Medieval and Modern Ballads Onomatopoeia: A Figurative Language Mini-lesson Put That on the List: Collaboratively Writing a Catalog Poem Persuasive Techniques in Advertising Speaking Poetry: Exploring Sonic Patterns Through Performance
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Standard 3: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for critical analysis and evaluation.
	10.3.S.1	Express opinions or make judgments about ideas, information, experiences, and issues in literary, scientific, and historical articles and in advertisements	Assessing Cultural Relevance: Exploring Personal Connections to a Text Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury": April Eighth, 1928: Narrating from an "Ordered Place"? Haven't I Seen You Somewhere Before? Samsara and Karma in the Jataka Tales Introducing Jane Eyre: An Unlikely Victorian Heroine Preparing for Poetry: A Reader's First Steps The Children's Picture Book Project When Less IS More-Understanding Minimalist Fiction Deceptive Advertising: Crossing the Line
	10.3.S.2	Articulate personal opinions to clarify stated positions and persuade or influence groups	Language and Power in "The Handmaid's Tale" and the World Personal or Social Tragedy? A Close Reading of Edith Wharton's "Ethan Frome"
	10.3.S.3	Present reasons, examples, and details from sources cited to defend opinions and judgments	Knowledge or Instinct? Jack London's "To Build a Fire" Assessing Cultural Relevance: Exploring Personal Connections to a Text Preparing a Character for a New Job: Character Analysis through Job Placement
	10.3.S.4	Modify content on the basis of audience response during presentation	Pygmies: Getting Right to the Point
	10.3.S.5	Respond to constructive criticism	Latino Poetry Blog: Blogging as a Forum for Open Discussion
	10.3.S.6	Use visuals and technology to enhance presentation	Designing Effective Poster Presentations Blogging With Photovoice: Sharing Pictures in an Integrated Classroom Bio-Graph: Graphing Life Events Family Memoir: Getting Acquainted With Generations Before Us The Children's Picture Book Project Star-Crossed Lovers Online: "Romeo and Juliet" for a Digital Age Creating Better Presentation Slides through Glance Media and Billboard Design Narrative Structure and Perspectives in Toni Morrison's "Beloved"
	10.3.S.7	Ask and respond to questions to seek clarity or to suggest different perspectives	Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury": Narration, Voice, and the Compson Family's New System Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury": Narrating Quentin's Mental Breakdown Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury": Benjy's Sense of Time and Narrative Voice Bio-Graph: Graphing Life Events Analyzing the Stylistic Choices of Political Cartoonists Assessing Cultural Relevance: Exploring Personal Connections to a Text Bio-graph: Graphing Life Events Blogtopia: Blogging about Your Own Utopia Brochures: Writing for Audience and Purpose Connecting Past and Present: A Local Research Project Critical Literacy: Women in 19th-Century Literature Exploring Audience and Purpose with a Single Issue Exploring Irony in the Conclusion of "All Quiet on the Western Front" Exploring Language and Identity: Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue" and Beyond Family Memoir: Getting Acquainted With Generations Before Us Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury": April Eighth, 1928: Narrating from an "Ordered Place"? Finding Common Ground: Using Logical, Audience-Specific Arguments Finding Poetry in Prose: Reading and Writing Love Poems From Dr. Seuss to Jonathan Swift: Exploring the History Behind the Satire Introducing Jane Eyre: An Unlikely Victorian Heroine Nathaniel Hawthorne and Literary Humor Preparing a Character for a New Job: Character Analysis through Job Placement Preparing for Poetry: A Reader's First Steps The Comic Book Show and Tell Thinking Inductively: A Close Reading of Seamus Heaney's "Blackberry Picking" When Less IS More-Understanding Minimalist Fiction Using Student-Centered Comprehension Strategies with Elie Wiesel's "Night" If a Body Texts a Body: Texting in The Catcher in the Rye Latino Poetry Blog: Blogging as a Forum for Open Discussion
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Standard 4: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for social interaction.
	10.4.S.1	Speak informally with familiar and unfamiliar people, individually and in group settings	Defining Literacy in a Digital World Bio-Graph: Graphing Life Events Beyond "What I Did on Vacation": Exploring the Genre of Travel Writing And the Question Is...Evaluating the Validity of a Survey And the Question Is... Writing Good Survey Questions Connecting Past and Present: A Local Research Project The Feature Story-Fifteen Minutes (and 500 Words) of Fame! Self-Reflection: Taking Part in a Group: Student Interactive Self-Reflection: Taking Part in a Group: Student Interactive The Importance of Titles: From Big Blank Space to Small Good Thing Language and Power in "The Handmaid's Tale" and the World
	10.4.S.2	Respect the age, gender, social position, and cultural traditions of the listener
	10.4.S.3	Use social communication in workplace settings to foster trust and build goodwill
	10.4.S.4	Respond respectfully	The Feature Story-Fifteen Minutes (and 500 Words) of Fame! Self-Reflection: Taking Part in a Group: Student Interactive Self-Reflection: Taking Part in a Group: Student Interactive Latino Poetry Blog: Blogging as a Forum for Open Discussion
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Literacy Competencies
	10.LC.S.0	Speaking A literacy competency strand for grades 9-12 Speaking is under development and will be posted when available.	Discovering a Passion for Poetry with Langston Hughes


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