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English Language Arts and Literacy | Grade : 9-10

Strand - Writing

Cluster - Text Types and Purposes

[W.9-10.2] - Write informative/explanatory texts (e.g., essays, oral reports, biographical feature articles) to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

Resources:


  • Analysis (Analyze)
    In general, a careful examination of the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another; in language arts, a study of how words, sentences, paragraphs, stanzas, or sections of a text affect its meaning.
  • Explanation
    Is designed to make a subject, concept, or process clear and understandable to the intended audience using one or more of the following methods: identification, definition, classification, illustration, comparison, and/or analysis
  • Grade 10 Annotated Personal Essay
  • Grade 10 Unmarked Personal Essay
  • Informational text
    In this document, nonfiction in narrative or non-narrative form.

Predecessor Standards:

  • W.8.2
    Write informative/explanatory texts (e.g., essays, oral reports, biographical feature articles) to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.

Successor Standards:

  • W.11-12.2
    Write informative/explanatory texts (e.g., essays, oral reports, biographical feature articles) to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

Same Level Standards:

  • W.9-10.4
    Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in Writing Standards 1-3.)