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Virginia Standards

10th Grade English SOL

All 18 Virginia English standards for 10th grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Virginia Department of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

18 standards

Developing Skilled Readers and Building Reading Stamina

1 standard
10.DSR
Read texts at the hard end of the grades 9 to 10 range fluently, cite exact evidence and where it sits, read linked texts across a unit, and question the text when stuck.

Reading and Vocabulary

1 standard
10.RV.1
Clarify hard words with roots and etymology, read literal and figurative meaning in context, explain idioms and connotations, and analyze allusions like forbidden fruit.

Reading Literary Text

3 standards
10.RL.1
Analyze universal themes like coming of age in world literature, explain how each plot event sets up the next, and how foils, tragic heroes and soliloquies serve theme.
10.RL.2
Explain how a poem builds part by part, analyze how allegory, allusion and paradox shape meaning, how tone reveals viewpoint, and how satire and irony hide true meaning.
10.RL.3
Analyze how era and culture shape a text's style and characters, compare how plays and novels build character and plot, and contrast literature across cultures and eras.

Reading Informational Text

3 standards
10.RI.1
Explain how authors order and link points, interpret data in charts and timelines, and test arguments for valid logic, relevant evidence and unsupported claims.
10.RI.2
Analyze how a text's sections build its concepts, unpack technical terms in science and history readings, and explain why authors use hyperbole, analogy or paradox.
10.RI.3
Evaluate how authors on one topic, like two editorials on a new law, shape views with facts, opinion and reasoning, and analyze why their conclusions match or differ.

Writing

3 standards
10.W.1
Write sourced explanatory essays, arguments that refute counterclaims, reflections comparing several texts, and short or long pieces with a voice suited to each audience.
10.W.2
Plan essays for a set audience with a clear thesis, credible evidence defending the position, anecdotes to enrich it, smooth transitions and deliberate wording.
10.W.3
Revise until content is accurate and fully developed, trade peer feedback that praises strengths and suggests fixes, and edit for conventions, style and language.

Language Usage

2 standards
10.LU.1
Fix parallel structure, write complex sentences with subordinate clauses, use active or passive voice for effect, join ideas with appositives, and keep tense steady.
10.LU.2
Use colons correctly before lists, quotations or a second complete thought, punctuate and format quotations in MLA or APA style, and verify spelling with references.

Communication and Multimodal Literacies

4 standards
10.C.1
Collaborate by setting norms and roles, drawing in every member, answering other views with evidence, using information accurately for a shared goal and self-reflecting.
10.C.2
Deliver a talk with tone and words suited to the audience, stay aware of posture and facial cues, evaluate presentations, and recite a memorized speech with conviction.
10.C.3
Combine modes like graphics, video and music so each carries part of the message, track several information streams at once, and create media for varied audiences.
10.C.4
Analyze the viewpoint and motives behind ads, blogs and websites, spot fallacies like straw man and red herring, and describe how media coverage can steer public opinion.

Research

1 standard
10.R.1
Narrow a research question, objectively weigh source reliability, limits and bias, blend sources for claims and counterclaims, cite in MLA or APA, and avoid plagiarism.

The official Virginia documents

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