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McDougal Littell Language Network, Grade 10 correlated to theLouisiana Grade-Level Expectations for English Language Arts, Tenth Grade

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McDougal LittellLanguage Network

Grade 10

correlated to the

LouisianaGrade-Level Expectations

English Language Arts

Tenth Grade

Reading and RespondingStandard 11. Extend basic and technical vocabulary using a variety of strategies, including:

• use of context clues

PE/TE: 567-568, 570, 576Add’l TE: 481F

• use of knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and affixes

PE/TE: 569-570, 577Add’l TE: 481F

• use of denotative and connotative meanings

PE/TE: 393, 572, 577Add’l TE: 481F

• tracing etymology (ELA-1-H1)

PE/TE: 573Add’l TE: 481F


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2. Analyze the development of story elements, including:• characterization

PE/TE: 404-411, 420-427, 460, 461

• plot and subplot(s)

PE/TE: 404-411, 420-427, 460, 461

• theme

PE/TE: 404-411, 420-427

• mood/atmosphere (ELA-1-H2)

PE/TE: 404-411, 420-427, 460, 461

3. Analyze the significance within a context of literary devices, including:• imagery

PE/TE: 389, 394, 412-419, 454-458

• symbolism

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• irony, ambiguity, contradiction

• allegory

PE/TE: Opportunities to address this objective can be found on the followingpages: 420-427, 456

• tone

PE/TE: 44, 47, 389, 398-399

• dead metaphor

PE/TE: 396-397

• personification, including pathetic fallacy (ELA-1-H2)

PE/TE: 395, 457


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4. Draw conclusions and make inferences about ideas and information in grade-appropriate texts in oral and written responses, including:• short stories/novels

PE/TE: 405-406, 634-635

• nonfiction works

PE/TE: 413-414, 421-422, 437-438, 447, 465-466

• five-act plays

PE/TE: Opportunities to address this objective can be found on the followingpage: 461

• poetry/epics

PE/TE: 455-456

• film/visual texts

PE/TE: Opportunities to address this objective can be found on the followingpages: 542-543

• consumer/instructional materials

PE/TE: 513

• public documents (ELA-1-H3)

PE/TE: Opportunities to address this objective can be found in teacher-provided materials.

5. Analyze ways in which ideas and information in texts, such as almanacs, microfiche,news sources, technical documents, Internet sources, and literary texts, connect toreal-life situations and other texts or represent a view or comment on life (ELA-1-H4)

PE/TE: 409, 417, 425, 433, 443, 451, 539-541, 542-544, 545-546


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Standard 66. Compare and/or contrast cultural elements including a group’s history, perspectives,

and language found in multicultural texts in oral and written responses (ELA-6-H1)

PE/TE: Opportunities to address this objective can also be found in The Languageof Literature.

Add’l TE: 546

7. Analyze connections between historical contexts and the works of authors, includingSophocles and Shakespeare (ELA-6-H2)

8. Analyze recurrent themes in world literature (ELA-6-H2)

9. Analyze, in oral and written responses, distinctive elements, including theme andstructure, of literary forms and types, including:• essays by early and modern writers

PE/TE: 417, 425, 433, 451, 636-637, 638-639, 640-641, 644-645

• lyric, narrative, and dramatic poetry

PE/TE: 454-456

• drama, including ancient, Renaissance, and modern

• short stories, novellas, and novels

PE/TE: Opportunities to address this objective can be found on the followingpages: 409, 634-635

• biographies and autobiographies

PE/TE: 409, 410, 634-635

• speeches (ELA-6-H3)

PE/TE: 527, 533


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10. Identify and explain in oral and written responses the ways in which particular genresreflect life experiences, for example:• an essay expresses a point of view

PE/TE: 417, 421-422, 425, 433, 437-438, 443, 447, 451, 636-637, 638-639,640-641, 644-645

• a legend chronicles the life of a cultural hero

PE/TE: Opportunities to address this objective can be found on the followingpages: 409, 634-635

• a short story or novel provides a vicarious life experience (ELA-6-H4)

PE/TE: Opportunities to address this objective can be found on the followingpages: 410, 460

Standard 711. Demonstrate understanding of information in grade-appropriate texts using a variety

of reasoning strategies, including:• summarizing and paraphrasing information and story elements

PE/TE: 420-427, 470-471

• comparing and contrasting information in various texts (e.g., televised news, newsmagazines, documentaries, online information)

PE/TE: 539-541, 545-547, 549

• comparing and contrasting complex literary elements, devices, and ideas withinand across texts

PE/TE: 404-411, 454-463

• examining the sequence of information and procedures in order to critique thelogic or development of ideas in texts

PE/TE: 413-414, 429-430, 437-438, 502-503, 527


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• making inferences and drawing conclusions

PE/TE: 446-450, 505-506

• making predictions and generalizations (ELA-7-H1)

PE/TE: 405-406, 507

12. Solve problems using reasoning skills, including:• using supporting evidence to verify solutions

PE/TE: 446-453, 644-645

• analyzing the relationships between prior knowledge and life experiences andinformation in texts

PE/TE: 420-427, 464-479, 500-501

• using technical information in specialized software programs, manuals,interviews, surveys, and access guides to Web sites (ELA-7-H2)

PE/TE: 488, 489-491, 494-495, 528-529

13. Use knowledge of an author’s background, culture, and philosophical assumptions toanalyze the relationship of his/her works to the themes and issues of the historicalperiod in which he/she lived (ELA-7-H3)

PE/TE: 409, 410, 420-427, 634-635

14. Evaluate the effects of an author’s life in order to interpret universal themes andmessages across different works by the same author (ELA-7-H3)

PE/TE: 409, 410, 420-427, 634-635


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15. Analyze information within and across grade-appropriate texts using variousreasoning skills, including:• identifying cause-effect relationships

PE/TE: 429-430, 433, 502, 514, 595, 640-641Add’l TE: 431

• raising questions

PE/TE: 310, 467-468, 495

• reasoning inductively and deductively

PE/TE: 428-435, 502, 505-507

• generating a theory or hypothesis

PE/TE: 446-453, 464-479

• distinguishing facts from opinions and probability (ELA-7-H4)

PE/TE: 500-501

WritingStandard 216. Develop organized, coherent paragraphs that include the following:

• topic sentences

PE/TE: 328-329

• logical sequence

PE/TE: 324-325, 330, 331, 332, 333, 335

• transitional words and phrases

PE/TE: 330, 331, 332, 333, 350-351, 353

• appropriate closing sentences

PE/TE: 345-346

• parallel construction where appropriate (ELA-2-H1)

PE/TE: 379-380, 408


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17. Develop multiparagraph compositions organized with the following:• a clearly stated central idea/thesis statement

PE/TE: 340-342, 404-411, 412-419, 420-427, 428-435, 436-445, 446-453,454-463, 464-479

• a clear, overall structure that includes an introduction, a body, and an appropriateconclusion

PE/TE: 338-339, 340-342, 343-344, 345-346, 352

• supporting paragraphs appropriate to the topic organized in a logical sequence(e.g., spatial order, order of importance, ascending/descending order,chronological order, parallel construction)

PE/TE: 330-333, 347, 348-349, 379-380, 404-411, 412-419, 420-427, 428-435, 436-445, 446-453, 454-463, 464-479

• transitional words and phrases that unify throughout (ELA-2-H1)

PE/TE: 330, 331, 332, 333, 350-351, 353, 319, 411, 419, 427, 435, 445, 453,463, 479, 525-526, 532

18. Develop complex compositions on student- or teacher-selected topics that are suitedto an identified audience and purpose and that include the following:• word choices appropriate to the identified audience and/or purpose

PE/TE: 300, 315, 358, 389, 392-393, 394, 404-411, 412-419, 420-427, 428-435, 436-445, 446-453, 454-463, 464-479

• vocabulary selected to clarify meaning, create images, and set a tone

PE/TE: 360, 389, 390-391, 392-393, 404-411, 412-419, 420-427, 428-435,436-445, 446-453, 454-463, 464-479

• information/ideas selected to engage the interest of the reader

PE/TE: 360-361, 362-363, 366, 404-411, 412-419, 420-427, 428-435, 436-445, 446-453, 454-463, 464-479

• clear voice (individual personality) (ELA-2-H2)

PE/TE: 315, 398-399, 400, 404-411, 412-419, 420-427, 428-435, 436-445,446-453, 454-463, 464-479


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19. Develop complex compositions using writing processes, including:• selecting topic and form

PE/TE: 308-310, 404-411, 412-419, 420-427, 428-435, 436-445, 446-453,454-463, 464-479

• determining purpose and audience

PE/TE: 309, 404-411, 412-419, 420-427, 428-435, 436-445, 446-453, 454-463, 464-479

• prewriting (e.g., brainstorming, clustering, outlining, generating main idea/thesisstatements)

PE/TE: 308-311, 404-411, 412-419, 420-427, 428-435, 436-445, 446-453,454-463, 464-479

• drafting

PE/TE: 312-313, 404-411, 412-419, 420-427, 428-435, 436-445, 446-453,454-463, 464-479

• conferencing (e.g., with peers and teachers)

PE/TE: 313, 321, 404-411, 412-419, 420-427, 428-435, 436-445, 446-453,454-463, 464-479

• revising for content and structure based on feedback

PE/TE: 314-316, 321, 404-411, 412-419, 420-427, 428-435, 436-445, 446-453, 454-463, 464-479

• proofreading/editing to improve conventions of language

PE/TE: 317-318, 404-411, 412-419, 420-427, 428-435, 436-445, 446-453,454-463, 464-479

• publishing using technology (ELA-2-H3)

PE/TE: 319, 404-411, 412-419, 420-427, 428-435, 436-445, 446-453, 454-463, 464-479


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20. Develop complex paragraphs and multiparagraph compositions using all modes ofwriting, emphasizing exposition and persuasion (ELA-2-H4)

PE/TE: 324-326, 404-411, 412-419, 420-427, 428-435, 436-445, 446-453, 454-463, 464-479

21. Use all modes to write complex compositions, including:• comparison/contrast of ideas and information in reading materials or current

issues

PE/TE: 320, 333, 335, 348, 420-427

• literary analyses that compare and contrast multiple texts

PE/TE: Opportunities to address this objective can be found on the followingpages: 420-427

• editorials on current affairs (ELA-2-H4)

PE/TE: 436-445

22. Develop writing using a variety of complex literary and rhetorical devices, includingimagery and the rhetorical question (ELA-2-H5)

PE/TE: 16, 341, 346, 352, 389, 394, 454-458

23. Develop individual writing style that includes the following:• a variety of sentence structures (e.g., parallel or repetitive) and lengths

PE/TE: 45, 108-109, 381-383, 424, 404-411, 412-419, 420-427, 428-435, 436-445, 446-453, 454-463, 464-479

• diction selected to create a tone and set a mood

PE/TE: 44, 47, 389, 390-391, 392-393, 404-411, 412-419, 420-427, 428-435,436-445, 446-453, 454-463, 464-479

Add’l TE: 313

• selected vocabulary and phrasing that reflect the character and temperament(voice) of the writer (ELA-2-H5)

PE/TE: 315, 398-399, 400, 404-411, 412-419, 420-427, 428-435, 436-445,446-453, 454-463, 464-479


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24. Write for various purposes, including:• formal and business letters, such as letters of complaint and requests for

information

PE/TE: 274-275, 494, 649

• letters to the editor

PE/TE: 443, 642-643

• job applications


• text-supported interpretations that connect life experiences to works of literature(ELA-2-H6)

PE/TE: 420-427

Writing/ProofreadingStandard 325. Apply standard rules of sentence formation, avoiding common errors, such as:

• fragments

PE/TE: 38, 92, 93, 116-119, 122-123, 126, 317, 416

• run-on sentences

PE/TE: 120-121, 122-123, 127, 255, 317, 442

• syntax problems (ELA-3-H2)

PE/TE: 78, 88, 291, 317


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26. Apply standard rules of usage, including:• making subjects and verbs agree

PE/TE: 154-155, 156-157, 158-159, 160-161, 162-163, 164-166, 167-169,170-171, 174-175, 432

• using verbs in appropriate tenses

PE/TE: 134-137, 143-145, 290, 317, 450

• making pronouns agree with antecedents

PE/TE: 188-190, 191-193, 204, 286

• using pronouns in appropriate cases (e.g., nominative and objective)

PE/TE: 178, 179-182, 183-184, 185-187, 204, 287

• using adjectives in comparative and superlative degrees

PE/TE: 215-217, 218-219, 224, 289

• using adverbs correctly

PE/TE: 20-22, 209-210, 224

• avoiding double negatives (ELA-3-H2)

PE/TE: 212

27. Apply standard rules of mechanics, including:• using commas to set off appositives or parenthetical phrases

PE/TE: 69-70, 253, 375-376, 384

• using quotation marks to set off titles of short works

PE/TE: 270, 278


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• using colons preceding a list and after a salutation in a business letter

PE/TE: 259-260

• using appropriate capitalization, including names of political and ethnic groups,religions, and continents (ELA-3-H2)

PE/TE: 228-230, 231-233, 234-236, 237-239, 240-241, 244-245

28. Use correct spelling conventions when writing and editing (ELA-3-H3)

PE/TE: 317-318, 651-654, 655, 656-661

29. Use a variety of resources, such as dictionaries, thesauruses, glossaries, technology,and textual features (e.g., definitional footnotes, sidebars), to verify word spellings(ELA-3-H3)

PE/TE: 317, 573-574

Speaking and ListeningStandard 430. Use standard English grammar, diction, and syntax when speaking in formal

presentations and informal group discussions (ELA-4-H1)

PE/TE: 319, 411, 419, 427, 435, 445, 453, 463, 479, 525-526, 530-531, 532

31. Select language appropriate to specific purposes and audiences, including:• delivering informational/book reports in class

PE/TE: 427Add’l TE: 433

• conducting interviews/surveys of classmates or the general public

PE/TE: 320, 494, 528-529

• participating in class discussions (ELA-4-H1)

PE/TE: 530-531, 532Add’l TE: 405-406, 408, 413-414, 421-422, 429-430, 437-438, 439, 444, 447-

448, 455-456, 460, 461, 465-466


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32. Listen to detailed oral instructions and presentations and carry out complexprocedures, including:• taking accurate notes

PE/TE: 520, 529, 532

• writing summaries or responses

PE/TE: 527, 529

• forming groups (ELA-4-H2)

PE/TE: 530-531, 532

33. Organize and use precise language to deliver oral directions and instructions aboutgeneral, technical, or scientific topics (ELA-4-H2)

PE/TE: 419, 435, 453, 479Add’l TE: 433

34. Deliver oral presentations that include the following:• volume, phrasing, enunciation, voice modulation, and inflection adjusted to stress

important ideas and impact audience response

PE/TE: 319, 411, 419, 427, 435, 445, 453, 463, 479, 525-526, 532

• language choices adjusted to suit the content and context

PE/TE: 319, 411, 419, 427, 435, 445, 453, 463, 479, 525-526, 532

• an organization that includes an introduction, selected details, and a conclusionarranged to impact an audience (ELA-4-H3)

PE/TE: 319, 411, 419, 427, 435, 445, 453, 463, 479, 525-526, 532

35. Use active listening strategies, including:• monitoring message for clarity

PE/TE: 520-522, 532

• selecting and organizing essential information

PE/TE: 520-522, 532


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• noting cues such as changes in pace

PE/TE: 521, 532

• generating and asking questions concerning a speaker’s content, delivery, andattitude toward the subject (ELA-4-H4)

PE/TE: 520, 527, 528-529

36. Deliver clear, coherent, and concise oral presentations and responses aboutinformation and ideas in a variety of texts (ELA-4-H4)

PE/TE: 319, 427, 435, 453, 525-526

37. Analyze media information in oral and written responses, including:• comparing and contrasting the ways in which print and broadcast media cover the

same event

PE/TE: 537-538, 545-547

• evaluating media messages for clarity, quality, effectiveness, motive, andcoherence

PE/TE: 539-541, 549

• listening to and critiquing audio/video presentations (ELA-4-H5)

PE/TE: 542-544, 545-547Add’l TE: 425, 527

38. Participate in group and panel discussions, including:• identifying the strengths and talents of other participants

PE/TE: 527, 531

• acting as facilitator, recorder, leader, listener, or mediator

PE/TE: 445, 530

• evaluating the effectiveness of participants’ performances (ELA-4-H6)

PE/TE: 445, 527, 531


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Information ResourcesStandard 539. Select and evaluate relevant information for a research project using the

organizational features of a variety of resources, including:• print texts such as prefaces, appendices, annotations, citations, bibliographic

references, and endnotes

PE/TE: 468, 484-486, 487

• electronic texts such as database keyword searches, search engines, and e-mailaddresses (ELA-5-H1)

PE/TE: 488, 489-491

40. Locate, analyze, and synthesize information from grade-appropriate resources,including:• multiple printed texts (e.g., encyclopedias, atlases, library catalogs, specialized

dictionaries, almanacs, technical encyclopedias, and periodicals)

PE/TE: 484, 486, 487

• electronic sources (e.g., Web sites and databases)

PE/TE: 488, 489-491

• other media sources (e.g., community and government data, television and radioresources, and other audio and visual materials) (ELA-5-H2)


Add’l TE: 541

41. Analyze the usefulness and accuracy of sources by determining their validity (e.g.,authority, accuracy, objectivity, publication date, coverage) (ELA-5-H2)

PE/TE: 468, 491Add’l TE: 487, 488


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42. Access information and conduct research using various grade-appropriate data-gathering strategies/tools, including:• formulating clear research questions

PE/TE: 467-468

• using research methods to gather evidence from primary and secondary sources

PE/TE: 468, 470-471

• using graphic organizers (e.g., outlining, charts, timelines, webs)

PE/TE: 310, 311, 472-473, 523Add’l TE: 347

• compiling and organizing information to support the central ideas, concepts, andthemes of a formal paper or presentation (ELA-5-H3)

PE/TE: 464-479

43. Write a variety of research reports, which include the following:• research that supports the main ideas

PE/TE: 464-479

• facts, details, examples, and explanations from multiple sources

PE/TE: 464-479

• graphics when appropriate

PE/TE: 357, 364-365, 367, 419, 445, 453, 479

• complete documentation (e.g., endnotes, parenthetical citations, works cited lists,or bibliographies) (ELA-5-H3)

PE/TE: 464-479, 662-669

44. Use word processing and/or technology to draft, revise, and publish various works,including research reports documented with parenthetical citations and bibliographiesor works cited lists (ELA-5-H4)

PE/TE: 419, 445, 453, 464-479, 557-559, 560-561Add’l TE: 416


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45. Follow acceptable use policy to document sources in research reports using variousformats, including:• preparing extended bibliographies of reference materials

PE/TE: 475-476, 662-669

• integrating quotations and citations while maintaining flow of ideas

PE/TE: 470-471, 474-475, 477

• using standard formatting for source acknowledgment according to a specifiedstyle guide

PE/TE: 475-476, 662-669

• using parenthetical documentation following MLA Guide within a literature-basedresearch report (ELA-5-H5)

PE/TE: 475-476, 662-669

46. Analyze information found in complex graphic organizers, including detailed maps,comparative charts, extended tables, graphs, diagrams, cutaways, overlays, andsidebars to determine usefulness for research (ELA-5-H6)

PE/TE: 492-493

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