English II (Mississippi CCR Standards)

Reading Literature (RL)

• RL.10.1 Use strong, thorough text evidence to support analysis of stated and inferred meaning.
• RL.10.2 Trace how a theme or central idea develops through details, and summarize accurately.
• RL.10.3 Analyze how complex characters develop, interact, and move the plot or theme forward.
• RL.10.4 Work out word meanings, including figurative ones, and the combined effect of word choice on tone.
• RL.10.5 Analyze how structure, event order, and handling of time, such as flashbacks, create tension or surprise.
• RL.10.6 Analyze a viewpoint or cultural experience in world literature from outside the United States.
• RL.10.7 Compare how a subject or key scene is shown in two art forms and what each stresses or leaves out.
• RL.10.8 (Not applicable to literature.)
• RL.10.9 Analyze how an author reworks source material, such as a later writer using Shakespeare.
• RL.10.10 Read literature at the top of the grade 9–10 band on their own.

Reading Informational Text (RI)

• RI.10.1 Use strong, thorough text evidence to support analysis of an informational text.
• RI.10.2 Trace how central ideas develop through details, and summarize accurately.
• RI.10.3 Analyze how an author orders and develops a series of ideas or events and links them.
• RI.10.4 Work out word meanings, including technical ones, and the combined effect of word choice on tone.
• RI.10.5 Analyze how sentences, paragraphs, or sections develop and refine the author's claims.
• RI.10.6 Identify the author's view or purpose and how rhetoric advances it.
• RI.10.7 Compare accounts of a subject in different media and which details each stresses.
• RI.10.8 Outline and judge an argument's reasoning and evidence, and spot false statements and fallacies.
• RI.10.9 Analyze key U.S. documents of historical and literary importance and the ideas they address.
• RI.10.10 Read nonfiction at the top of the grade 9–10 band on their own.

Writing (W)

• W.10.1 Write arguments analyzing substantive topics or texts, with valid reasoning and enough evidence.
  • a. State precise claims, set them against opposing claims, and organize the links among them.
  • b. Develop claims and counterclaims fairly, weighing the strengths and limits of each for the audience.
  • c. Use linking words to join sections and connect claims, reasons, evidence, and counterclaims.
  • d. Keep a formal style and objective tone that fit the subject's conventions.
  • e. End with a conclusion that supports the argument.
• W.10.2 Write informative or explanatory texts that convey complex ideas clearly and accurately.
  • a. Introduce the topic, organize complex ideas to show connections, and use headings, graphics, or media.
  • b. Develop the topic with well-chosen facts, definitions, details, quotations, and examples.
  • c. Use varied transitions to join sections and clarify how complex ideas relate.
  • d. Use exact language and subject vocabulary to handle a complex topic.
  • e. Keep a formal style and objective tone that fit the subject's conventions.
  • f. End with a conclusion that supports the explanation, for example by noting its significance.
• W.10.3 Write real or imagined narratives with good technique, telling details, and a clear sequence.
  • a. Open with a problem or situation, set one or more points of view, and introduce characters.
  • b. Use dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and more than one plot line.
  • c. Sequence events so each builds on the last into a coherent whole.
  • d. Use exact words, telling details, and sensory language for a vivid picture.
  • e. End with a conclusion that reflects on what happened or was resolved.
• W.10.4 Write clearly and coherently, matching development and style to task, purpose, and audience.
• W.10.5 Improve writing by planning and revising, focusing on what matters most for the purpose and audience.
• W.10.6 Use technology to produce, publish, and update solo or shared writing, linking to other information.
• W.10.7 Carry out short and longer research projects, adjust the inquiry, and combine several sources.
• W.10.8 Use advanced searches of authoritative sources, judge their usefulness, and cite them without plagiarism.
• W.10.9 Draw on evidence from literary or informational texts in analysis and research.
  • a. Apply grade 9–10 literature reading standards in writing.
  • b. Apply grade 9–10 informational reading standards in writing.
• W.10.10 Write regularly, over both long and short time frames, for many tasks and audiences.

Speaking and Listening (SL)

• SL.10.1 Start and take part in a range of discussions on grade 9–10 topics, building on others' ideas persuasively.
  • a. Prepare for discussions and draw on evidence to spark a thoughtful exchange.
  • b. Agree rules for discussion and decisions with peers, plus goals, deadlines, and roles.
  • c. Move talk forward with questions tied to broader themes, bring others in, and test ideas.
  • d. Respond to diverse views, sum up agreement and disagreement, and adjust their own views.
• SL.10.2 Combine information from several media and formats, judging how credible and accurate each is.
• SL.10.3 Judge a speaker's view, reasoning, evidence, and rhetoric, spotting fallacies or distorted evidence.
• SL.10.4 Present findings clearly and logically so listeners can follow, suited to purpose and audience.
• SL.10.5 Use digital media strategically in presentations to aid understanding and add interest.
• SL.10.6 Adjust speech to the context and task, using formal English when suitable.

Language (L)

• L.10.1 Use standard English grammar and usage in writing and speech.
  • a. Use parallel structure.
  • b. Use different types of phrases and clauses to add meaning and variety.
• L.10.2 Use standard capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in writing.
  • a. Use a semicolon, sometimes with a conjunctive adverb, to join closely related independent clauses.
  • b. Use a colon before a list or quotation.
  • c. Spell words correctly.
• L.10.3 Use knowledge of how language works in different contexts to make effective choices.
  • a. Write and edit to follow a style manual suited to the subject, such as MLA.
• L.10.4 Work out unknown and multiple-meaning words using a range of strategies.
  • a. Use context as a clue to word meaning.
  • b. Use Greek and Latin roots and affixes as clues.
  • c. Use general and specialized reference works to check pronunciation, meaning, part of speech, or origin.
  • d. Check a guessed meaning in context or a dictionary.
• L.10.5 Understand figurative language, word relationships, and shades of meaning.
  • a. Interpret figures of speech such as euphemism and oxymoron and their role in a text.
  • b. Analyze small differences between words with similar definitions.
• L.10.6 Learn and use academic and subject words at a college and career level, building vocabulary on their own.