New Mexico State Standards for Language Arts: Grade 10

NM.I. Reading and Listening for Comprehension: Students will apply strategies and skills to comprehend information that is read, heard, and viewed.

I-A. Listen to, read, react to, and analyze information.

I-A.1a. Produce reminiscences (about a person, event, object, place, animal) that engages the audience by using specific sensory details with purpose.

I-A.1b. Produce reminiscences (about a person, event, object, place, animal) that engages the audience by explaining significance from an objective perspective.

I-A.1c. Produce reminiscences (about a person, event, object, place, animal) that engages the audience by moving effectively between past and present.

I-A.1d. Produce reminiscences (about a person, event, object, place, animal) that engages the audience by recreating a mood.

I-A.2a. Respond reflectively (through small group discussion, class discussion, journal entry, essay, letter, dialogue) to written and visual texts.

I-A.3a. Create responses that evaluate problems and offer solutions to a reader or listener by clearly stating the problem and relevant issues.

I-A.3b. Create responses that evaluate problems and offer solutions to a reader or listener by determining the significance of the problem.

I-A.3c. Create responses that evaluate problems and offer solutions to a reader or listener by focusing on a neutral audience.

I-A.3d. Create responses that evaluate problems and offer solutions to a reader or listener by logically organizing the solutions for a specific audience.

I-A.3e. Create responses that evaluate problems and offer solutions to a reader or listener by offering and evaluating effective solutions.

I-A.3f. Create responses that evaluate problems and offer solutions to a reader or listener by creating a sense of resolution or closure.

I-A.4a. Evaluate the information, explanations, or ideas of others by identifying clear, reasonable criteria for evaluation applying those criteria using reasoning and substantiation.

I-B. Synthesize and evaluate information to solve problems across the curriculum.

I-B.1a. Use a variety of information resources to critically interpret and evaluate experiences, language, and ideas.

I-B.2a. Make extensive use of primary sources when researching a topic and make in-depth analyses of the validity and reliability of primary source information.

I-B.3a. Use multiple resources to gather information to evaluate problems, examine cause and effect relationships, and answer research questions to inform an audience.

I-C. Demonstrate critical thinking skills to evaluate information and solve problems.

I-C.1a. Examine controversial issues by sharing and evaluating personal response.

I-C.1b. Examine controversial issues by researching and summarizing data.

I-C.1c. Examine controversial issues by developing a framework in which to discuss the issue (creating the context).

I-C.1d. Examine controversial issues by compiling personal responses and researched data to organize the argument.

I-C.1e. Examine controversial issues by presenting data in various forms (e.g., graph, essay, speech, video).

I-C.2a. Critically interpret and evaluate experiences, literature, language, and ideas by making generalizations supported by specific references.

I-C.2b. Critically interpret and evaluate experiences, literature, language, and ideas by reflecting on observations and their relationship to a current viewpoint.

I-C.2c. Critically interpret and evaluate experiences, literature, language, and ideas by distinguishing fact from fiction and recognizing personal bias.

I-C.3a. Identify critical questions that would lead to a broader understanding of a selection.

I-C.4a. Identify complex literary terms and find examples in text.

I-C.5a. Read critically and independently to draw conclusions from research.

I-D. Apply knowledge of reading process to evaluate print, non-print, and technology-based information.

I-D.1a. Pose questions prompted by text and research answers by accessing cultural information or explanations from print and non-print media sources.

I-D.1b. Pose questions prompted by text and research answers by prioritizing and organizing information to construct a complete and reasonable explanation.

I-D.2a. Analyze the ideas of others by identifying the ways in which writers introduce and develop a main idea.

I-D.2b. Analyze the ideas of others by identifying the ways in which writers choose and incorporate significant, supporting, relevant details.

I-D.2c. Analyze the ideas of others by identifying the ways in which writers relate the structure/organization to the ideas.

I-D.2d. Analyze the ideas of others by identifying the ways in which writers use effective word choice as a basis for coherence.

I-D.2e. Analyze the ideas of others by identifying the ways in which writers achieve a sense of completeness and closure.

I-D.3a. Demonstrate increasing comprehension and ability to respond personally to texts by selecting and exploring a wide range of works that relate to an issue, author, or theme.

I-D.4a. Identify complex, implicit hierarchic structures in informational texts and relationships between the concepts and details in these structures.

NIMBI. Writing and Speaking for Expression: Students will communicate effectively through speaking and writing.

II-A. Communicate information in a coherent and persuasive manner using verbal and non-verbal language.

II-A.1a. Produce responses to editorials/literature for a neutral audience by providing a clearly stated position or proposed solution.

II-A.1b. Produce responses to editorials/literature for a neutral audience by providing relevant, reliable support.

II-A.2a. Make well-informed and well-organized formal presentations with a clear main point, adjusting the message, wording, and delivery to the particular audience and context.

II-A.3a. Defend argumentative positions on literary and non-literary issues by sharing and evaluating initial personal response.

II-A.3b. Defend argumentative positions on literary and non-literary issues by presenting researched and summarized information.

II-A.3c. Defend argumentative positions on literary and non-literary issues by creating a context to discuss the issue.

II-A.3d. Defend argumentative positions on literary and non-literary issues by researching and compiling data to organize the argument presenting data.

II-B. Apply grammatical and language conventions to communicate.

II-B.1a. Demonstrate appropriate manuscript requirements that include title page, pagination, spacing and margins, and integration of source and support material (e.g., citations, reference lists, direct quotations) with appropriate punctuation and format.

II-B.2a. Use systematic strategies to organize and record information (e.g., anecdotal scripting, annotated bibliographies).

II-C. Demonstrate competence in the skills and strategies of the writing process to inform and persuade.

II-C.1a. Write to stimulate the emotions of the reader.

II-C.2a. Clearly articulate a position through the use of a thesis statement, anticipate and deal with counter-arguments, and develop arguments using a variety of methods such as: examples and details; commonly accepted beliefs; expert opinions; quotations and citations; cause and effect; comparison and contrast reasoning.

II-C.3a. Differentiate among literal, figurative, and connotative meanings.

NAMIBIA. Literature and Media: Students will use literature and media to develop an understanding of people, societies, and the self.

III-A. Use language, literature, and media to understand the role of the individual as a member of many cultures.

III-A.1a. Analyze actions that reflect motivations based on culture, personal history, environment, and society.

III-A.2a. Analyze the results of a character's actions on the basis of the character's culture and society.

III-A.3a. Describe the significance of selected works on societies and cultures.

III-B. Understand literary elements, concepts, and genres.

III-B.1a. Interpret and evaluate the impact of ambiguities, subtleties, contradictions, ironies, and incongruities in a literary work.

III-B.2a. Analyze and trace an author's development of time and sequence, including the use of complex literary devices (e.g., foreshadowing, flashbacks).

III-B.3a. Analyze the ideas of others by identifying the ways in which writers introduce and develop a main idea.

III-B.3b. Analyze the ideas of others by identifying the ways in which writers choose and incorporate relevant details.

III-B.3c. Analyze the ideas of others by identifying the ways in which writers relate the organization to the ideas.

III-B.3d. Analyze the ideas of others by identifying the ways in which writers use effective word choice as a basis for coherence achieve a sense of completeness and closure.