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In the New York State Learning Standards, statements are arranged within standard areas from the very broad standard statements to the less general key ideas down to more specific performance indicators.

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Performance Indicators

Standard Area ELA: English Language Arts

		Standard ELA2: Language for Literary Response and Expression

		Students will read, write, listen, and speak for literary response and expression.

Listening and Reading

		Key Idea ELA2.LR1:
		Listening and reading for literary response involves comprehending, interpreting, and critiquing imaginative texts in every medium, drawing on personal experiences and knowledge to understand the text, and recognizing the social, historical and cultural features of the text.

	Elementary

			Performance Indicator ELA2.E.LR1A:
			Students read a variety of literature of different genres: picture books; poems; articles and stories from children's magazines; fables, myths and legends; songs, plays and media productions; and works of fiction and nonfiction intended for young readers.

			Performance Indicator ELA2.E.LR1B:
			Students recognize some features that distinguish the genres and use those features to aid comprehension.

			Performance Indicator ELA2.E.LR1C:
			Students understand the literary elements of setting, character, plot, theme, and point of view and compare those features to other works and to their own lives.

			Performance Indicator ELA2.E.LR1D:
			Students use inference and deduction to understand the text.

			Performance Indicator ELA2.E.LR1E:
			Students read aloud accurately and fluently, using phonics and context cues to determine pronunciation and meaning.

			Performance Indicator ELA2.E.LR1F:
			Students evaluate literary merit.

	Intermediate

			Performance Indicator ELA2.I.LR1A:
			Students read and view texts and performances from a wide range of authors, subjects, and genres.

			Performance Indicator ELA2.I.LR1B:
			Students understand and identify the distinguishing features of the major genres and use them to aid their interpretation and discussion of literature.

			Performance Indicator ELA2.I.LR1C:
			Students identify significant literary elements (including metaphor, symbolism, foreshadowing, dialect, rhyme, meter, irony, climax) and use those elements to interpret the work.

			Performance Indicator ELA2.I.LR1D:
			Students recognize different levels of meaning.

			Performance Indicator ELA2.I.LR1E:
			Students read aloud with expression, conveying the meaning and mood of a work.

			Performance Indicator ELA2.I.LR1F:
			Students evaluate literary merit based on an understanding of the genre and the literary elements.

	Commencement

			Performance Indicator ELA2.C.LR1A:
			Students read and view independently and fluently across many genres of literature from many cultures and historical periods.

			Performance Indicator ELA2.C.LR1B:
			Students identify the distinguishing features of different literary genres, periods, and traditions and use those features to interpret the work.

			Performance Indicator ELA2.C.LR1C:
			Students recognize and understand the significance of a wide range of literary elements and techniques, (including figurative language, imagery, allegory, irony, blank verse, symbolism, stream-of-consciousness) and use those elements to interpret the work.

			Performance Indicator ELA2.C.LR1D:
			Students understand how multiple levels of meaning are conveyed in a text.

			Performance Indicator ELA2.C.LR1E:
			Students read aloud expressively to convey a clear interpretation of the work.

			Performance Indicator ELA2.C.LR1F:
			Students evaluate literary merit based on an understanding of the genre, the literary elements, and the literary period and tradition.