Florida Department of Education

 

Grade 10 Reading Sunshine State Standards

Assessed by FCAT

 

 

SUNSHINE STATE STANDARD BENCHMARKS – GRADE 10 READING

LA.A.1.4.2 Selects and uses strategies to understand words and text, and

to make and confirm inferences from what is read, including interpreting

diagrams, graphs, and statistical illustration.

 

LA.A.2.2.7 Recognizes the use of comparison and contrast

 

LA.A.2.4.1 Determines the main idea and identifies relevant details,

methods of development, and their effectiveness in a variety of types of

written material.

  

LA.A.2.4.2

Determines the author’s purpose and point of view and their

effects on the text. (Includes LA.A.2.4.5 Identifies devices of persuasion and

methods of appeal and their effectiveness.)

 

LA.A.2.4.4

Locates, gathers, analyzes, and evaluates written information

for a variety of purposes, including research projects, real-world tasks, and

self-improvement. (Includes LA.A.2.4.6 Selects and uses appropriate study

and research skills and tools according to the type of information being

gathered or organized, including almanacs, government publications,

microfiche, news sources, and information services.)

 

LA.A.2.4.7

Analyzes the validity and reliability of primary source information

and uses the information appropriately.

 

LA.A.2.4.8 Synthesizes

information

from multiple sources to draw

conclusions

 

LA.E.2.2.1 Recognizes

cause-and-effect relationships in literary texts.

[Applies to fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.]

 

LA.E.2.4.1 Analyzes the effectiveness of complex elements of plot, such as

setting, major events, problems, conflicts, and resolutions.

 

 

 

 

LA.A.1.4.3

 

Subject:

LA = Lang Arts

 

Strand:

A = Reading

E = Literature

Standard Number

Level:

4 = Grades 9-12

 

Benchmark

Number

Source: FCAT Test Item and Performance Task Specifications

(www.firn.edu/doe/sas/fcat/fcatis01.htm)