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ELA: Grade 10 - LISTENING
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Standard 1: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.
	10.1.L.1	Interpret information from media presentations, such as documentary films, news broadcasts, and taped interviews	Mark Twain, An American Icon: Student Interactive Many Years Later: Responding to Gwendolyn Brooks' "We Real Cool" Cracking the Genetic Code Exploring Language and Identity: Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue" and Beyond The Feature Story-Fifteen Minutes (and 500 Words) of Fame!
	10.1.L.2	Anticipate the speaker’s points and assess their validity, with assistance
	10.1.L.3	Determine the need for more information for clarification	Bio-Graph: Graphing Life Events
	10.1.L.4	Synthesize information from different sources by combining or categorizing data and facts	Cracking the Genetic Code Haven't I Seen You Somewhere Before? Samsara and Karma in the Jataka Tales Kennewick Man: Science and Sacred Rights Lincoln Goes to War
	10.1.L.5	Recognize appropriate voice, tone, and diction	"Old Southwest" Humorists and George Washington Harris Analyzing Character in "Hamlet" Through Epitaphs Family Memoir: Getting Acquainted With Generations Before Us MyTube: Changing the World With Video Public Service Announcements
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Standard 2: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for literary response and expression.
	10.2.L.1	Interpret and respond to texts from a variety of genres, authors, and subjects	Exploring Setting: Constructing Character, Point of View, Atmosphere, and Theme Developing Characterization in Raymond Carver's "A Small, Good Thing" A Poem of Possibilities: Thinking about the Future Poetry: Sound and Sense Crane, London, and Literary Naturalism Latino Poetry Blog: Blogging as a Forum for Open Discussion Personal or Social Tragedy? A Close Reading of Edith Wharton's "Ethan Frome"
	10.2.L.2	Respond to authors’ reading and discussing their works	A Poem of Possibilities: Thinking about the Future Exploring Language and Identity: Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue" and Beyond Using Student-Centered Comprehension Strategies with Elie Wiesel's "Night"
	10.2.L.3	Recognize features of literary genres in interpreting and responding to presentations of literary texts	Exploring Setting: Constructing Character, Point of View, Atmosphere, and Theme Analyzing and Comparing Medieval and Modern Ballads Nathaniel Hawthorne and Literary Humor The Children's Picture Book Project Onomatopoeia: A Figurative Language Mini-lesson Poetry: Sound and Sense Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat"
	10.2.L.4	Recognize and respond to historical and contemporary social and cultural conditions in presentation of literary texts	Mental Health Through Literature Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury": Narration, Voice, and the Compson Family's New System Exploring Setting: Constructing Character, Point of View, Atmosphere, and Theme Analyzing Grammar Pet Peeves Analyzing the Stylistic Choices of Political Cartoonists Connecting Past and Present: A Local Research Project Exploring Audience and Purpose with a Single Issue Exploring Irony in the Conclusion of "All Quiet on the Western Front" From Dr. Seuss to Jonathan Swift: Exploring the History Behind the Satire Haven't I Seen You Somewhere Before? Samsara and Karma in the Jataka Tales
	10.2.L.5	Identify how format and language are used in presentations to communicate the author’s message	Blogtopia: Blogging about Your Own Utopia Preparing for Poetry: A Reader's First Steps MyTube: Changing the World With Video Public Service Announcements Ekphrasis: Using Art to Inspire Poetry 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.L.1	Recognize and acknowledge various perspectives on issues of world concern	Finding Common Ground: Using Logical, Audience-Specific Arguments That's Not Fair! Examining Civil Liberties With the U.S. Supreme Court Kennewick Man: Science and Sacred Rights
	10.3.L.2	Determine points of view and clarify positions	Creating Better Presentation Slides through Glance Media and Billboard Design Lincoln Goes to War
	10.3.L.3	Evaluate content and organization of the presentations, applying criteria such as relevance of statements in relation to the topic	And the Question Is...Evaluating the Validity of a Survey Pygmies: Getting Right to the Point Gaining Background for the Graphic Novel "Persepolis": A WebQuest on Iran
	10.3.L.4	Evaluate the expertise and possible bias of the speaker, in order to judge the validity of the content	And the Question Is...Evaluating the Validity of a Survey Analyzing Grammar Pet Peeves Narrative Structure and Perspectives in Toni Morrison's "Beloved"
	10.3.L.5	Recognize the use of protocols and traditional practices in debating and public speaking	Galileo and the Inevitability of Ideas Bio-Graph: Graphing Life Events Myth and Truth: The Gettysburg Address "Common Sense": The Rhetoric of Popular Democracy
	10.3.L.6	Analyze and evaluate information, ideas, options, issues, themes, and experiences from a range of academic and nonacademic presentations, such as speeches, interviews, and editorials	And the Question Is...Evaluating the Validity of a Survey Pygmies: Getting Right to the Point Lincoln Goes to War
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Standard 4: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for social interaction.
	10.4.L.1	Participate as a listener in social conversation with one or more people who are friends, acquaintances, or strangers	Connecting Past and Present: A Local Research Project Family Memoir: Getting Acquainted With Generations Before Us Self-Reflection: Taking Part in a Group: Student Interactive Self-Reflection: Taking Part in a Group: Student Interactive
	10.4.L.2	Respect the age, gender, social position, and cultural traditions of the speaker	Analyzing Grammar Pet Peeves
	10.4.L.3	Listen for multiple levels of meaning, articulated and unspoken
	10.4.L.4	Encourage the speaker with appropriate facial expressions and gestures
	10.4.L.5	Withhold judgment
	10.4.L.6	Appreciate the speaker’s uniqueness	Bio-Graph: Graphing Life Events The Feature Story-Fifteen Minutes (and 500 Words) of Fame!
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Literacy Competencies
	10.LC.L.0	Listening A literacy competency strand for grades 9-12 Listening is under development and will be posted when available.	Audio Listening Practices: Exploring Personal Experiences With Audio Texts


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