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Vocabulary Acquire new academic and content-specific grade-level vocabulary, relate to prior knowledge, and apply in new situations. (10.1.5.c)
Reading Evaluate the meaning, reliability, and validity of text considering author’s purpose, perspective, and contextual influences. (10.1.6.a)
Analyze and evaluate the relationships between elements of literary text (e.g., characterization, setting, plot development, internal and external conflict, inferred and recurring themes, point of view, tone, mood). (10.1.6.b)
Analyze the function and critique the effects of the author‘s use of literary devices (e.g., simile, metaphor, personification, idiom, oxymoron, hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia, analogy, dialect, tone, mood). (10.1.6.c)
Writing Publish a legible document using a variety of media, and apply various formatting techniques to enhance the readability and impact of the document (e.g., fonts, spacing, design, images, style conventions, citations, and manuscript requirements). (10.2.1.j)
Communicate information and ideas effectively in analytic, argumentative, descriptive, informative, narrative, poetic, persuasive, and reflective modes to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats. (10.2.2.a)
Conduct and publish both short and sustained research projects to answer questions or solve problems using multiple primary and/or secondary sources to support theses. (10.2.2.c)
Information Fluency Demonstrate ethical use of information and copyright guidelines by appropriately quoting or paraphrasing from texts and citing using available resources (e.g. online citation tools, publication guidelines). (10.4.1.b)