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Georgia 10th Grade ELA Standards

All 106 Georgia English language arts standards for 10th grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Georgia Department of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

106 standards

Engagement & Intention for Comprehension & Composition

26 standards
Reader & Writer Identity
10.P.EICC.1.a
Set personal and school goals for reading and writing, track and talk about progress toward them, and change the goals when needed.
10.P.EICC.1.b
Describe, aloud or in writing, favorite kinds of reading and writing, naming the genres, topics, forms and author techniques that appeal most.
10.P.EICC.1.c
Choose, read and write texts that match personal interests and connect to the books and topics studied in grade 10.
10.P.EICC.1.d
Build a toolkit of reading and writing strategies, like annotating or outlining, and pull from it to make sense of texts and to write them.
10.P.EICC.1.e
Take part in a class community of readers and writers by helping set group rules, discussing books, sharing drafts, listening to peers and trading feedback.
10.P.EICC.1.f
Become a more independent, self-directed reader and writer, relying less on teacher direction as the year goes on.
Engagement & Intention
10.P.EICC.2.a
Read and write texts that tell true or made-up stories to share experiences, like a memoir chapter or a short story.
10.P.EICC.2.b
Use texts to learn about a subject, build skills, make sound choices and pass on facts and ideas, like reading reviews before choosing a college.
10.P.EICC.2.c
Read and write texts that explain how something works or what an idea means as a way to learn it, like a lab report or a how-to guide.
10.P.EICC.2.d
Read and write texts as tools for analyzing and judging other texts and ideas, like a critical essay about a novel.
10.P.EICC.2.e
Read, view and create texts that solve a problem or sway a decision, like a proposal to the school board or a persuasive letter.
Comprehension Strategies
10.P.EICC.3.a
Decide why to read a text and what to get from it, check understanding along the way, and change approach when meaning breaks down.
10.P.EICC.3.b
Preview a text by scanning and skimming it, noting the headings, sections and structures likely to be most helpful.
10.P.EICC.3.c
Connect what is already known to what a text says, compare the two, sort out contradictions or gaps, and add the new knowledge.
10.P.EICC.3.d
Summarize and picture parts of a text while reading to keep track of meaning, like jotting a chapter summary or sketching a scene.
10.P.EICC.3.e
Predict what will happen or what information will come next, then follow those predictions as reading goes on.
10.P.EICC.3.f
Draw inferences about a text's surface and deeper meanings, keep track of them, and back them up with details from the text.
10.P.EICC.3.g
Work out unfamiliar words and ideas using context clues, known academic vocabulary and word parts like prefixes and roots.
Writing Processes
10.P.EICC.4.a
Decide the purpose and goals of a piece of writing and who it is written for before starting.
10.P.EICC.4.b
Plan a piece of writing by choosing the mode, genre and structure that best fit its purpose and readers, like a compare-and-contrast essay.
10.P.EICC.4.c
Come up with ideas for writing by recalling what is already known, gathering facts from sources and talking with others.
10.P.EICC.4.d
Match ideas and information to the writing plan, giving the most relevant and powerful points the strongest place.
10.P.EICC.4.e
Write a first draft that weaves ideas and information together, with words, sentences and craft moves suited to the purpose and readers.
10.P.EICC.4.f
Judge how well a draft works, alone or with feedback from others, and whether it meets the writing's purpose and goals.
10.P.EICC.4.g
Revise a draft using self-review or feedback, reworking its organization, ideas, facts, word choice and craft to make it stronger.
10.P.EICC.4.h
Edit writing to fix grammar, spelling, punctuation and other rules of written English.

Situating Texts

6 standards
Context
10.P.ST.1.a
Use background knowledge, research and discussion to pin down which parts of a text's context matter most, like its time period or culture.
10.P.ST.1.b
Think about how a text's context, like its time or place, shapes why an author writes it and why an audience reads it.
10.P.ST.1.c
Explore how context shapes an author's choices and readers' reactions, both when reading texts and when writing them.
Author, Audience, & Purpose
10.P.ST.2.a
Use what is known about the author, audience and context to identify or set a text's purpose and judge how well the text achieves it.
10.P.ST.2.b
Use what is known about the author, audience and context to form a clear point of view or fresh perspective when reading and writing.
10.P.ST.2.c
Study how authors weigh context and audience to choose which ideas to stress, how to lay out a text, and which words, sentences and techniques work best.

Author’s Craft

12 standards
Reading like a Writer
10.P.AC.1.a
Identify, use and analyze literary, informational and rhetorical elements, like an appeal to authority, and explain how each affects readers and serves the purpose.
10.P.AC.1.b
Spot, try out and analyze powerful word choices in texts, explaining how specific words affect readers and serve the author's purpose.
10.P.AC.1.c
Explain and judge how an author's sentence structure and syntax affect readers and serve the text's purpose, like short sentences building tension.
10.P.AC.1.d
Describe and evaluate how a text is designed and organized, showing how its formats, structures and features shape readers, ease of reading and purpose.
Writing like a Reader
10.P.AC.2.a
Weave literary, informational and rhetorical elements into writing to reach a chosen audience and purpose, like a vivid anecdote in a speech.
10.P.AC.2.b
Choose and shape words and phrases to steer how readers react, think and decide, in service of a specific purpose.
10.P.AC.2.c
Choose sentence structures and syntax on purpose to suit and sway the audience, like a long, winding sentence that builds suspense.
10.P.AC.2.d
Organize writing with deliberate formats, structures and features, like headings or a problem-solution order, so it reaches readers and is easy to follow.
Text Design
10.P.AC.3.a
Read and create texts in many modes and genres, learning how their features shape meaning, tone, style, purpose and audience.
10.P.AC.3.b
Use knowledge of mode and genre to decide what kinds of ideas and facts belong in a text, like data in a report versus memories in a memoir.
10.P.AC.3.c
Use knowledge of mode and genre to decide how ideas and facts are ordered and arranged, like a news story leading with the key facts.
10.P.AC.3.d
Read, view and make multimodal texts that blend genres, features and craft techniques to reach an audience, like a video essay or an infographic.

Collaboration & Presentation

9 standards
Collaboration
10.P.CP.1.a
Come to discussions and group meetings ready to take part, with the reading done and ideas prepared.
10.P.CP.1.b
Work with a group to agree on norms, goals and steps for a shared project, and keep the work moving.
10.P.CP.1.c
Add to group discussions and projects by sharing ideas, listening to others and giving useful feedback.
10.P.CP.1.d
Work in teams to talk through topics, research questions, tackle problems and explore or make texts, like a group investigating a local issue.
Presentation
10.P.CP.2.a
Speak clearly when presenting ideas, information and texts, like a book talk or a research presentation.
10.P.CP.2.b
Choose and combine the modes and genres that best suit a presentation's purpose and audience, like slides plus a short video clip.
10.P.CP.2.c
Adjust tone of voice, speaking speed and body language to fit the purpose and audience of a presentation.
10.P.CP.2.d
Interact with an audience during a presentation by asking them questions and answering theirs.
10.P.CP.2.e
Recite important poems and speeches, in full or as excerpts, to build background knowledge, like a Shakespeare sonnet.

Grammar Conventions

7 standards
Grammar, Usage, & Mechanics
10.L.GC.1.60
Master correct use of dashes, like setting off an aside or adding a dramatic pause in a sentence.
10.L.GC.1.61
Master using a style guide, like MLA or APA, to settle tricky questions of grammar, usage and punctuation.
Syntax
10.L.GC.2.a
Use sentence-structure knowledge to understand, analyze and judge a wide range of texts, including how parallel structure works in them.
10.L.GC.2.b
Write with varied sentences, reshaping them for effect while keeping verb tense, aspect and mood consistent.
10.L.GC.2.c
Keep verbs in the active voice throughout a piece on purpose, like writing the team won the game rather than the game was won.
10.L.GC.2.d
Develop ideas and information with added details and descriptions to meet a purpose or draw readers in.
10.L.GC.2.e
Spot and write parallel structure inside a paragraph so related ideas line up in balanced, matching forms.

Vocabulary

10 standards
General, Academic, & Specialized Vocabulary
10.L.V.1.a
Learn general, academic, subject-specific, technical and workplace words through grade 10 reading in print, online and in other media.
10.L.V.1.b
Use grade 10 general, academic, subject, technical and workplace vocabulary to speak and write clearly and precisely, adjusting style to the setting.
Word Analysis
10.L.V.2.a
Break apart unknown words using word history, Greek and Latin roots, base words and affixes to find their meaning in grade 10 texts.
10.L.V.2.b
Figure out what a word or phrase means in context by looking at the part of speech it plays in the sentence.
10.L.V.2.c
Build words from Greek and Latin roots, base words and affixes, like bio plus logy, and use them correctly in writing.
10.L.V.2.d
Use knowledge of parts of speech to choose precise, effective words and phrases when writing.
Meaning & Purpose
10.L.V.3.b
Analyze how words relate to each other to find their literal and emotional meanings across different contexts.
10.L.V.3.c
Analyze the shades of feeling in words with similar dictionary meanings, like thrifty versus cheap.
10.L.V.3.d
Use print and digital tools, like dictionaries, style guides or online searches, to find, clarify or check the meaning of unknown or multiple-meaning words.
10.L.V.3.e
Choose words carefully in writing and speech by using print or digital resources to pin down fine differences between similar words, like assert versus claim.

Context

7 standards
Purposes & Audiences
10.T.C.1.a
Use knowledge of whether a text was written for a subject area, a personal reason or a technical task to help understand it.
10.T.C.1.b
Evaluate how a text's context and language affect the way its audience receives it, like a speech landing differently today than when first given.
10.T.C.1.c
Create and self-assess multimodal texts or presentations that serve more than one purpose for a specific audience, using clear features of each mode.
Authors & Speakers
10.T.C.2.a
Compare and contrast perspectives on one topic across several texts, analyzing how each text builds its view to shape readers' beliefs.
10.T.C.2.b
Identify obvious commercial influences on texts in video, audio and digital media, like sponsored posts or product placement.
10.T.C.2.c
Explain how historical, subject-area and other contexts shape perspectives over time and what that means for how texts are created.
10.T.C.2.d
Combine information from several credible sources to answer research questions on school topics and personal interests.

Structure & Style

7 standards
Organization
10.T.SS.1.a
Analyze and judge how well a text's structure meets its audience's needs or serves its purpose.
10.T.SS.1.b
Write and organize texts with a structure and features that fit the mode, genre, purpose and audience, like headings in a report.
10.T.SS.1.c
Use a variety of transitions, including between paragraphs and sections, to lead readers smoothly through a text.
10.T.SS.1.d
Write well-organized texts with an engaging introduction that sets the focus, purposefully developed facts, reasons, details or events, and a memorable ending.
Craft
10.T.SS.2.a
Analyze how figurative, connotative or rhetorical language builds meaning, tone or mood in many kinds of texts, like a metaphor creating dread.
10.T.SS.2.b
Use literary devices, figurative language and rhetorical appeals in writing to create effects that suit the purpose and audience.
10.T.SS.2.c
Use a formal style in speech and writing to sound credible and set the right tone.

Techniques

14 standards
Narrative Techniques
10.T.T.1.a
Evaluate how narrative techniques like archetypes, multiple points of view, plot structure and symbolism work together, using evidence from the text.
10.T.T.1.b
Evaluate and critique how an author's purpose drives choices of plot, conflict, narrative devices, wording and other craft in a story.
10.T.T.1.c
Analyze and evaluate how a theme develops across a text and why it matters to society, comparing passages within and across texts with reasons and evidence.
10.T.T.1.d
Analyze how literature borrows themes, plot patterns or character types from earlier periods, like a modern novel using the trickster figure.
10.T.T.1.e
Use narrative techniques skillfully to write complex characters who change, settings that create mood, and a theme built through metaphor that engages readers.
Expository Techniques
10.T.T.2.a
Evaluate and critique the techniques and organizational patterns of informational texts, discussing how clearly they present information.
10.T.T.2.b
Analyze texts that conflict or take opposing sides and pinpoint where they disagree on facts or on interpretation.
10.T.T.2.d
Write cohesive informational texts that show how ideas connect, include varied types of information and adjust tone for different audiences and purposes.
Argumentative Techniques
10.T.T.3.a
Read, discuss and critique many kinds of arguments, weighing how their techniques and design shape their meaning or central idea.
10.T.T.3.b
Analyze how texts use rhetorical appeals like ethos, pathos and logos, and identify the logical fallacies in them.
10.T.T.3.c
Use argument techniques strategically, like anticipating a counterclaim, to strengthen writing and engage readers.
10.T.T.3.d
Combine several rhetorical devices or appeals with purpose, like pairing a statistic with an emotional story.
Poetic Techniques
10.T.T.4.a
Read, discuss and critique many kinds of poems, weighing how poetic techniques shape their meaning or theme.
10.T.T.4.b
Write poetry for a set purpose by applying poetic techniques and conventions, like meter, rhyme or line breaks.

Research & Analysis

6 standards
Research & Inquiry
10.T.RA.1.a
Write questions that guide research, connect complex topics, explore creative solutions, narrow a focus or refine a piece of writing.
10.T.RA.1.b
Use findings from analysis to support a research question or thesis, citing sources correctly.
10.T.RA.1.c
Blend paraphrases, summaries and quotations into original writing in ways that strengthen it, crediting sources in MLA format.
Curating Sources & Evidence
10.T.RA.2.a
Find relevant information on an argument, topic or question using credible print and digital sources, including academic databases.
10.T.RA.2.b
Analyze information from several sources, spotting misconceptions, conflicting claims and author bias, and check that it is valid, relevant and accurate.
10.T.RA.2.c
Follow MLA rules when citing text evidence or answering inference questions, listing every source on a works cited page.

Periods & Movements

2 standards
10.T.PM.1.a
Explain how a modern author reworks an archetypal story, myth, event or figure for new purposes, like a novel retelling a Greek myth today.
10.T.PM.1.b
Identify and talk about important writers and works from two eras of English and American literature, with their key themes and stylistic traits.

The official Georgia documents

The plain-English lines on this page are EMStudio's own explanations of Georgia's standards, not the official wording, which Georgia Department of Education publishes in the documents above. Codes and strand names identify each standard.