New York State Standards for Language Arts: Grade 10

NY.1. Reading: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.

1.1. Locate and use school and public library resources for information and research (set purpose for reading by asking questions about what they need to know for their research)

1.2. Use specialized reference sources, such as glossaries, directories, and abstracts

1.3. Read and follow written directions and procedures to solve problems and accomplish tasks (use workplace documents)

1.4. Skim texts to gain an overall impression and scan texts for particular information (focus on key words/phrases to generate questions)

1.5. Identify and evaluate the reliability and validity of informational sources

1.6. Recognize unstated assumptions

1.7. Distinguish verifiable statement from hypothesis

1.8. Analyze information from different sources, making connections and showing relationships to other texts, ideas, and subjects (employ a range of post-reading practices to think about new learning and plan further learning)

NY.2. Reading: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for literary response and expression.

2.1. Read, view, and interpret texts and performances in every medium (e.g., short stories, novels, plays, film and video productions, poems, and essays) from a wide variety of authors, subjects, and genres (build background by activating prior knowledge through questioning what they already know about the form in which the story is presented and the period in which it was written)

2.2. Read, view, and respond independently to literary works that represent a range of social, historical, and cultural perspectives

2.3. Read literary criticism to increase comprehension and appreciation of literary texts, with assistance

2.4. Recognize how authors use tone to express their ideas or an attitude toward the subject matter or the audience

2.5. Distinguish between different forms of poetry, such as sonnet, lyric, elegy, narrative, epic, and ode, and recognize how the author uses poetic form to convey message or intent

2.6. Compare a film, video, or stage version of a literary work with the written version

2.7. Read literary texts aloud to convey an interpretation of the work

2.8. Interpret literary texts on the basis of an understanding of the genre and the literary period

2.9. Interpret multiple levels of meaning and subtleties in text

2.10. Recognize relevance of literature to contemporary and/or personal events and situations

NY.3. Reading: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for critical analysis and evaluation.

3.1. Form opinions and make judgments about the validity of persuasive texts

3.2. Generate a list of significant questions to assist with analysis of text

3.3. Analyze and evaluate nonfiction texts, including determine the writer's perspectives, purposes, and intended audiences

3.4. Analyze and evaluate nonfiction texts, including determine the reliability and significance of information

3.5. Analyze and evaluate nonfiction texts, including recognize the format and its significance to content

3.6. Analyze and evaluate poetry in order to recognize the use and effect of sensory imagery

3.7. Analyze and evaluate poetry in order to recognize the use and effect of figurative language

3.8. Analyze and evaluate poetry in order to recognize the use and effect of verse form

3.9. Evaluate poetry to recognize the use and effect of verse form

3.10. Analyze and evaluate fiction, including the background in which the text is written

3.11. Analyze and evaluate fiction, including the effect created by the author's tone or mood

3.12. Form opinions and make judgments about literary works, by analyzing and evaluating texts from more than one critical perspective, such as cultural and historical

3.13. Select, reject, and reconcile ideas and information in light of beliefs

3.14. Make judgments about the quality of literary texts and performances by applying personal and academic criteria, such as that found in literary criticism

NY.4. Reading: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for social interaction.

4.1. Share reading experiences with a peer or adult; for example, read together silently or aloud, or discuss reactions to texts

4.2. Consider the age, gender, social position, and cultural traditions of the writer

4.3. Recognize the types of language (e.g., informal vocabulary, culture-specific terminology, jargon, colloquialisms, and email conventions) that are appropriate to social communication

4.4. Distinguish between the conventions of academic writing and the conventions of email and instant messaging

4.5. Withhold judgment

4.6. Appreciate the speaker's uniqueness