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Florida 10th Grade ELA B.E.S.T. Standards

All 24 Florida English language arts standards for 10th grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is one click away under each one.

24 standards

Reading

12 standards
Reading Prose and Poetry
ELA.10.R.1.1
Analyze how elements like plot, characterization, point of view and tone build layers of meaning or style in a novel, play, story or poem.
Official wording
Analyze how key elements enhance or add layers of meaning and/or style in a literary text.
ELA.10.R.1.2
Analyze and compare universal themes in a story, like humans against nature and the search for understanding, and how each one develops.
Official wording
Analyze and compare universal themes and their development throughout a literary text.
ELA.10.R.1.3
Analyze how a text shows the experience of growing up and how the author presents clashing viewpoints, like a teen at odds with family.
Official wording
Analyze coming of age experiences reflected in a text and how the author represents conflicting perspectives.
ELA.10.R.1.4
Analyze how poets build several layers of meaning or deliberate ambiguity into a single poem.
Official wording
Analyze how authors create multiple layers of meaning and/or ambiguity in a poem.
Reading Informational Text
ELA.10.R.2.1
Analyze how a nonfiction text combines structures, like cause and effect with chronology, and what its features, like footnotes, add.
Official wording
Analyze the impact of multiple text structures and the use of features in text(s).
ELA.10.R.2.2
Analyze the main ideas of speeches and essays from American history, like George Washington's Farewell Address.
Official wording
Analyze the central idea(s) of historical American speeches and essays.
ELA.10.R.2.3
Analyze the choices authors of historical American speeches and essays make to set and reach a purpose, like appeals to logic, credibility or emotion.
Official wording
Analyze an author’s choices in establishing and achieving purpose(s) in historical American speeches and essays.
ELA.10.R.2.4
Compare two opposing arguments on one topic, judging the strength and soundness of each claim and how both sides use the same facts toward different goals.
Official wording
Compare the development of two opposing arguments on the same topic, evaluating the effectiveness and validity of the claims and analyzing the ways in which the authors use the same information to achieve different ends.
Reading Across Genres
ELA.10.R.3.1
Analyze how figures of speech build mood in a text, like understatement that makes a disaster feel eerily calm.
Official wording
Analyze how figurative language creates mood in text(s).
ELA.10.R.3.2
Recast a tenth grade passage in your own words while keeping every idea, like rewording a section of an American essay in everyday language.
Official wording
Paraphrase content from grade-level texts.
ELA.10.R.3.3
Analyze how myths, classical works or religious texts have been adapted, like a film or novel that updates an ancient Greek story.
Official wording
Analyze how mythical, classical, or religious texts have been adapted.
ELA.10.R.3.4
Analyze how an author uses rhetoric, judging how well the appeals and devices like irony or synecdoche suit the purpose.
Official wording
Analyze an author’s use of rhetoric in a text.

Communication

9 standards
Communicating Through Writing
ELA.10.C.1.2
Write stories paced to build tension, mood or tone, like slowing a scene down just before a key reveal.
Official wording
Write narratives using an appropriate pace to create tension, mood, and/or tone.
ELA.10.C.1.3
Argue a position in a formal, objective tone, backing claims with logic and credible sources, rebutting opposing claims with evidence and organizing ideas clearly.
Official wording
Write to argue a position, supporting claims using logical reasoning and credible evidence from multiple sources, rebutting counterclaims with relevant evidence, using a logical organizational structure, elaboration, purposeful transitions, and maintaining a formal and objective tone.
ELA.10.C.1.4
Explain and analyze information from several sources in an organized essay, linking ideas with purposeful transitions in a tone and voice that suit the task.
Official wording
Write expository texts to explain and analyze information from multiple sources, using a logical organization, purposeful transitions, and a tone and voice appropriate to the task.
ELA.10.C.1.5
Revise writing to meet the needs of a particular audience, using feedback from teachers, peers or online editing tools.
Official wording
Improve writing by considering feedback from adults, peers, and/or online editing tools, revising to address the needs of a specific audience.
Communicating Orally
ELA.10.C.2.1
Deliver an organized, focused talk that uses trustworthy evidence and a consistent viewpoint, like a presentation arguing for a local recycling plan.
Official wording
Present information orally, with a logical organization and coherent focus, with credible evidence, creating a clear perspective.
Following Conventions
ELA.10.C.3.1
Write with correct grammar, punctuation, capitalization and spelling for tenth grade, like using parallel structure and a mix of phrases and clauses.
Official wording
Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.
Researching
ELA.10.C.4.1
Research a question, adjusting its scope to fit the findings and combining information from several reliable sources into one answer.
Official wording
Conduct research to answer a question, refining the scope of the question to align with findings and synthesizing information from multiple reliable and valid sources.
Creating and Collaborating
ELA.10.C.5.1
Create a digital presentation that helps an audience understand findings, the reasoning behind them and the evidence.
Official wording
Create digital presentations to improve understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence.
ELA.10.C.5.2
Write collaboratively on online platforms and export a publication-ready piece for a target audience that blends in images, audio or video.
Official wording
Use online collaborative platforms to create and export publication-ready quality writing tailored to a specific audience, integrating multimedia elements.

Vocabulary

3 standards
Finding Meaning
ELA.10.V.1.1
Draw on academic words used across subjects, like valid, consequence and premise, in discussions, presentations and essays.
Official wording
Integrate academic vocabulary appropriate to grade level in speaking and writing.
ELA.10.V.1.2
Use a word's history and the way it was formed from other words to find its meaning, like salary tracing back to the Latin word for salt.
Official wording
Apply knowledge of etymology and derivations to determine meanings of words and phrases in grade-level content.
ELA.10.V.1.3
Use text clues, figurative language, word relationships, reference tools or background knowledge to tell what a word means and implies, like assertive versus pushy.
Official wording
Apply knowledge of context clues, figurative language, word relationships, reference materials, and/or background knowledge to determine the connotative and denotative meaning of words and phrases, appropriate to grade level.

The official Florida documents

Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, Florida Department of Education.

The plain-English lines are EMStudio's own explanations, shown beside the official wording. They are not part of the standards.