Speak+Standards

1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. 2. 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 shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. 3. Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme. 4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">cumulative impact of specific word choices on <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">meaning and tone (e.g., how the language <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">formal or informal tone). <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">5. Analyze how an author’s choices concerning <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">how to structure a text, order events within it <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">(e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">mystery, tension, or surprise. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">and information clearly and accurately through <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">the effective selection, organization, and analysis <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">of content. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">a. Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">concepts, and information to make important <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">connections and distinctions; include formatting <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">(e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">and multimedia when useful to aiding <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">comprehension. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">b. Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">and sufficient facts, extended definitions, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">concrete details, quotations, or other information <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">and examples appropriate to the audience’s <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">knowledge of the topic. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">c. Use appropriate and varied transitions to link <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">the major sections of the text, create cohesion, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">and clarify the relationships among complex <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">ideas and concepts. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">d. Use precise language and domain-specific <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">vocabulary to manage the complexity of the <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">topic. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">e. Establish and maintain a formal style and <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">objective tone while attending to the norms and <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">conventions of the discipline in which they are <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">writing. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">f. Provide a concluding statement or section that <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">follows from and supports the information or <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">explanation presented (e.g., articulating <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">implications or the significance of the topic). <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">1. Initiate and participate effectively in a range <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">on **//grades 9–10 topics, texts, and issues//**//,// <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">building on others’ ideas and expressing their <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">own clearly and persuasively. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">a. Come to discussions prepared, having read <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">and researched material under study; explicitly <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">draw on that preparation by referring to <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">evidence from texts and other research on the <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">topic or issue to stimulate a thoughtful, wellreasoned <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">exchange of ideas. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">b. Work with peers to set rules for collegial <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">discussions and decision-making (e.g., informal <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">consensus, taking votes on key issues, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">presentation of alternate views), clear goals and <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">deadlines, and individual roles as needed. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">c. Propel conversations by posing and <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">responding to questions that relate the current <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">discussion to broader themes or larger ideas; <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">actively incorporate others into the discussion; <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">and clarify, verify, or challenge ideas and <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">conclusions. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">d. Respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">summarize points of agreement and <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">disagreement, and, when warranted, qualify or <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">justify their own views and understanding and <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">make new connections in light of the evidence <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">and reasoning presented.
 * 9-10 Common Core Standards ||  Michigan HSCE  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Key Ideas and Details **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Craft and Structure **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Write informative/explanatory texts **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">to
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Comprehension and Collaboration **

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">3. Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">and use of evidence and rhetoric, identifying any <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">fallacious reasoning or exaggerated or distorted <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">evidence. || **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">CE 2.1.1 **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Use a variety of pre-reading and previewing strategies… to <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">make conscious choices about how to approach the reading based on <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">purpose, genre, level of difficulty, text demands and features. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">informational print and multimedia features… and explain how authors <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">and speakers use them to infer the organization of text and enhance <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">understanding, convey meaning, and inspire or mislead audiences. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">structure, and style of a text or speech and the ways in which these <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">elements support or confound meaning or purpose. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">information by restating, paraphrasing, summarizing, critiquing, or <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">composing a personal response; distinguish between a summary and a <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">critique. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">character development, the function of major and minor characters, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">motives and causes for action, and moral dilemmas that characters <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">encounter by describing their function in specific works. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">describe their impact on the reader in specific literary works. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">vocabulary, figurative language, idiomatic expressions, and technical <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">meanings of terms through context clues, word roots and affixes, and the <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">use of appropriate resource materials such as print and electronic <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">dictionaries. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">metaphor) while reading literary and expository works. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">within a story, rising action, foreshadowing, flashbacks, cause-and-effect <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">relationships, conflicts, resolutions) and describe their impact on the reader in specific literary works. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">patterns (e.g., compare/contrast, cause/effect, problem/solution, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">fact/opinion, theory/evidence). <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">demonstrate an understanding of the way in which genre and form <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">influence meaning. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">verse) and explain how specific features (e.g., figurative language, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">imagery, rhythm, alliteration, etc.) influence meaning. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">powerful, creative and critical messages. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">audience, using effective written and spoken language, sound, and/or <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">visual representations (e.g., focus, transitions, facts, detail and evidence <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">to support judgments, skillful use of rhetorical devices, and a coherent <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">conclusion). <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">multimedia presentations (e.g., clarify and defend ideas, expand on a <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">topic, use logical arguments, modify organization, evaluate effectiveness <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">of images, set goals for future presentations). <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">range of genres (e.g., personal narrative, biography, poem, fiction, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">drama, creative nonfiction, summary, literary analysis essay, research <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">report, or work-related text): pieces that serve a variety of purposes <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">(e.g., expressive, informative, creative, and persuasive) and that use a <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">variety of organizational patterns (e.g., autobiography, free verse, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">dialogue, comparison/contrast, definition, or cause and effect). <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">will be explored and supported by analyzing different perspectives, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">resolving inconsistencies, and writing about those differences in a <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">structure appropriate for the audience (e.g., argumentative essay that <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">avoids inconsistencies in logic and develops a single thesis; exploratory <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">essay that explains differences and similarities and raises additional <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">questions). <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">response groups, work teams, discussion groups, and committees) — <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">fulfilling roles and responsibilities, posing relevant questions, giving and <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">following instructions, acknowledging and building on ideas and <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">contributions of others to answer questions or to solve problems, and <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">offering dissent courteously. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">formal presentations (e.g., considering accuracy, relevance, clarity, and <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">delivery; types of arguments used; and relationships among purpose, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">audience, and content). <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">(media images, painting, film, and graphic arts) and verbal <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">communication. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">discussion, or work team behavior by listening attentively and with civility <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">to the ideas of others, gaining the floor in respectful ways, posing <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">appropriate questions, and tolerating ambiguity and lack of consensus. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">(e.g., monitor message for clarity and understanding, ask relevant <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">questions, provide verbal and nonverbal feedback, notice cues such as <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">change of pace or emphasis that indicate a new point is about to be <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">made; and take notes to organize essential information). <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">large group discussions about literature (e.g., posing questions, listening <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">to others, contributing ideas, reflecting on and revising initial responses). ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">CE 2.1.2 **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Make supported inferences and draw conclusions based on
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">CE 2.1.4 **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Identify and evaluate the primary focus, logical argument,
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">CE 2.1.7 **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Demonstrate understanding of written, spoken, or visual
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">CE 3.1.2 **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Demonstrate an understanding of literary characterization,
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">CE 3.1.3 **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Recognize a variety of plot structures and elements… and
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">CE 2.1.3 **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words, specialized
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">CE 3.1.1 **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Interpret literary language (e.g., imagery, allusions, symbolism,
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">CE 3.1.3 **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Recognize a variety of plot structures and elements (e.g., story
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">CE 2.1.5 **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Analyze and evaluate the components of multiple organizational
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">CE 3.2.1 **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Recognize a variety of literary genres and forms… and
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">CE 3.2.2 **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Identify different types of poetry (e.g., epic, lyric, sonnet, free
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">CE 1.5.1 **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Use writing, speaking, and visual expression to develop
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">CE 1.5.3 **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Select format and tone based on the desired effect and
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">CE 1.5.5 **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Respond to and use feedback to strengthen written and
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">CE 1.3.1 **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Compose written, spoken, and/or multimedia compositions in a
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">CE 1.4.3 **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Develop and refine a position, claim, thesis, or hypothesis that
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">CE 1.3.7 **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Participate collaboratively and productively in groups (e.g.,
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">CE 1.3.8 **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Evaluate own and others’ effectiveness in group discussions and
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">CE 2.1.9 **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Examine the intersections and distinctions between visual
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">CE 2.1.11 **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Demonstrate appropriate social skills of audience, group
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">CE 2.1.12 **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Use a variety of strategies to enhance listening comprehension
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">CE 3.2.4 **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">Respond by participating actively and appropriately in small and