RE10 Standards

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Colorado Model Content Standards: Reading Level 10

1 Students read and understand a variety of materials.

1.a Compare and contrast text with different themes or ideas.

1.b Interpret and critically read a variety of text (for example, essays, speeches, biography, literary, informative and technical text).

1.c Analyze main ideas, supporting details, sequence of events or procedures, facts and opinions in literary, expository, and technical texts.

1.d Infer by making connections within and among texts.

1.e Summarize, synthesize, and evaluate literary, expository, and technical texts.

1.f Determine meanings of words, including those with multiple meanings, by using context clues (for example, synonyms, comparisons) and structural clues (for example, roots, suffixes, prefixes).

1.g Locate and recall information in text with different text structures (for example, cause and effect, problems/solution, or compare/contrast).

4 Students apply thinking skills to their reading, writing, speaking, listening and viewing.

4.a Identify author’s viewpoint, purpose, and historical/cultural context from information presented in the text.

4.b Use reading and writing to define a problem, evaluate options, and propose a solution.

4.c Evaluate the reliability, accuracy, and relevance of various texts (for example, literature, nonfiction, film, and speeches).

4.d Analyze a variety of text (for example, editorials, political cartoons, advertisements, and essays) in order to make predictions and draw conclusions.

4.e Evaluate the quality of ideas in a text by applying criteria and supporting the conclusion.

4.f Differentiate fact from opinion in a variety of text.

5 Students read to locate, select, and make use of relevant information from a variety of media, references, and technological sources.

5.a Use organizational features of printed text (for example, prefaces, appendices, annotations, citations, and bibliographic references) to locate relevant information.

5.b Use organizational features of electronic text (for example, database keyword searches, Internet search engines and email addresses) to locate relevant information.

5.c Paraphrase, summarize, organize and synthesize information from a variety of sources.

5.d Evaluate information for specific needs, validity, credibility, and bias.

5.e Give credit for others’ ideas, images, or information in an appropriate form.

5.f Locate meanings, pronunciations, and derivations of unfamiliar words using dictionaries, glossaries, and other sources.

6 Students read and recognize literature as a record of human experience.

6.a Read and respond to classic and contemporary novels, poetry, plays, short stories, nonfiction, essays and speeches, from a variety of cultures and historical periods that are familiar and unfamiliar.

6.b Apply literary terminology and knowledge of literary techniques (including, but not limited to, rising action, style, mood, setting, protagonist, antagonist, point of view, foreshadowing, personification, or flashback) to understand text.

6.c Read a given text, identify the theme, and provide support from the text.

6.d Develop and support a thesis about the craft and significance of particular works of literature.

Resources

• Poetry Daily
• Teen Book Club Site
• Teenplots: A Booktalk Guide to Use with Readers Ages 12-18. John T. Gillespie, Corrine J. Naden, Libraries Unlimited, Westport, Connecticut. 2003. In Librarian's Professional Collection