Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.1.A:
Students locate and use school and public library resources for information and research:

• set purpose for reading by asking questions about what they need to know for their research

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.1.B:
Students use specialized reference sources, such as glossaries, directories, and abstracts.

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.1.C:
Students read and follow written directions and procedures to solve problems and accomplish tasks:

• use workplace documents

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.1.D:
Students skim texts to gain an overall impression and scan texts for particular information:

• focus on key words/phrases to generate questions

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.1.E:
Students identify and evaluate the reliability and validity of informational sources.

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.1.F:
Students recognize unstated assumptions.

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.1.G:
Students distinguish verifiable statement from hypothesis.

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.1.H:
Students analyze information from different sources, making connections and showing relationships to other texts, ideas, and subjects:

• employ a range of post-reading practices to think about new learning and plan further learning

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.2.A:
Students read, view, and interpret texts and performances in every medium (e.g., short stories, novels, plays, film and video productions, poems, and essays) from a wide variety of authors, subjects, and genres:

• build background by activating prior knowledge through questioning what they already know about the form in which the story is presented and the period in which it was written

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.2.B:
Students read, view, and respond independently to literary works that represent a range of social, historical, and cultural perspectives.

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.2.C:
Students read literary criticism to increase comprehension and appreciation of literary texts, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.2.D:
Students recognize how authors use tone to express their ideas or an attitude toward the subject matter or the audience.

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.2.E:
Students distinguish between different forms of poetry, such as sonnet, lyric, elegy, narrative, epic, and ode, and recognize how the author uses poetic form to convey message or intent.

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.2.F:
Students compare a film, video, or stage version of a literary work with the written version.

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.2.G:
Students read literary texts aloud to convey an interpretation of the work.

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.2.H:
Students interpret literary texts on the basis of an understanding of the genre and the literary period.

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.2.I:
Students interpret multiple levels of meaning and subtleties in text.

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.2.J:
Students recognize relevance of literature to contemporary and/or personal events and situations.

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.3.A:
Students form opinions and make judgments about the validity of persuasive texts.

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.3.B:
Students generate a list of significant questions to assist with analysis of text.

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.3.C:
Students analyze and evaluate nonfiction texts, including:

• determine the writer's perspectives, purposes, and intended audiences
• determine the reliability and significance of information
• recognize the format and its significance to content

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.3.D:
Students analyze and evaluate poetry in order to recognize the use and effect of:

• sensory imagery
• figurative language
• verse form

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.3.E:
Students evaluate poetry to recognize the use and effect of verse form.

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.3.F:
Students analyze and evaluate fiction, including:

• the background in which the text is written
• the effect created by the author's tone or mood

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.3.G:
Students form opinions and make judgments about literary works, by analyzing and evaluating texts from more than one critical perspective, such as cultural and historical.

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.3.H:
Students select, reject, and reconcile ideas and information in light of beliefs.

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.3.I:
Students make judgments about the quality of literary texts and performances by applying personal and academic criteria, such as that found in literary criticism.

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.4.A:
Students share reading experiences with a peer or adult; for example, read together silently or aloud, or discuss reactions to texts.

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.4.B:
Students consider the age, gender, social position, and cultural traditions of the writer.

Performance Indicator - ELA.10.R.4.C:
Students recognize the types of language (e.g., informal vocabulary, culture-specific terminology, jargon, colloquialisms, and email conventions) that are appropriate to social communication.