Academic standards list
Grades 9 - 10 — English Language Arts & Literacy
Introduction
Academic standards define the expectations for knowledge and skills that students are to learn in a subject by a certain age or at the end of a school grade level. This page contains a list of standards for a specific content area, grade level, and/or course. The list of standards may be structured using categories and sub-categories.
Reading: Literature
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL
Key Ideas and Details
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is…
Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other…
Craft and Structure
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative…
Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g.,…
Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide…
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment…
Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the…
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
Reading: Informational Text
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI
Key Ideas and Details
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by…
Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced…
Craft and Structure
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the…
Analyze in detail how an author's ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text…
Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person's life story in both print and multimedia), determining which…
Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and…
Analyze seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance (e.g., Washington's Farewell Address, the Gettysburg Address,…
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
Writing
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W
Text Types and Purposes
Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
There are 5 components within this standard.
There are 5 components within this standard.
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective…
There are 6 components within this standard.
There are 6 components within this standard.
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
There are 5 components within this standard.
There are 5 components within this standard.
Production and Distribution of Writing
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.…
Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most…
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology's…
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or…
Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of…
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
There are 2 components within this standard.
There are 2 components within this standard.
Range of Writing
Speaking & Listening
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL
Comprehension and Collaboration
Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on…
There are 4 components within this standard.
There are 4 components within this standard.
Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the…
Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, identifying any fallacious reasoning or exaggerated or…
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and…
Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding…
Language
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L
Conventions of Standard English
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
There are 2 components within this standard.
There are 2 components within this standard.
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
There are 3 components within this standard.
There are 3 components within this standard.
Knowledge of Language
Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to…
There are 1 components within this standard.
There are 1 components within this standard.
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 9-10 reading and content, choosing flexibly from…
There are 4 components within this standard.
There are 4 components within this standard.
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
There are 2 components within this standard.
There are 2 components within this standard.
Reading in History/Social Studies
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH
Key Ideas and Details
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the…
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over…
Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them.
Craft and Structure
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary describing political, social, or economic aspects of…
Analyze how a text uses structure to emphasize key points or advance an explanation or analysis.
Compare the point of view of two or more authors for how they treat the same or similar topics, including which details they include and emphasize…
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g., charts, research data) with qualitative analysis in print or digital text.
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Reading in Science & Technical Subjects
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST
Key Ideas and Details
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions.
Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; trace the text's explanation or depiction of a complex process, phenomenon, or concept;…
Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks, attending to…
Craft and Structure
Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical…
Analyze the structure of the relationships among concepts in a text, including relationships among key terms (e.g., force, friction, reaction…
Analyze the author's purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text, defining the…
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Translate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text into visual form (e.g., a table or chart) and translate information…
Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author's claim or a recommendation for solving a scientific or…
Compare and contrast findings presented in a text to those from other sources (including their own experiments), noting when the findings support…
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Writing in History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST
Text Types and Purposes
Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.
There are 5 components within this standard.
There are 5 components within this standard.
Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.
There are 6 components within this standard.
There are 6 components within this standard.
Production and Distribution of Writing
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is…
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of…
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow…
Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of…
Range of Writing
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