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10th
Grade Student Profile
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Throughout
the year, each 10th grade student will learn and demonstrate:
LISTENING/SPEAKING
READING
- A basic understanding of culturally diverse written
texts.
- An ability to analyze and critically evaluate the written texts
and visual representations.
- Various strategies to aid in word identification, vocabulary development,
and reading comprehension.
- Identification of the relation of word meanings in analogies,
homonyms, synonyms/antonyms, and connotation/denotation.
- Identification of main ideas and their supporting details, and
summarization of texts.
- Analysis of literary elements for their contribution to the work's
meaning.
- Recognition and interpretation of poetic elements and the effect of sound
on meaning in a literary work.
- An ability to draw inferences such as conclusions, generalizations
and predictions and support them from the text.
- An interpretation of the possible influences of the historical
context on literary work.
- Analysis of the characteristics of text, including its structure,
word choices, and intended audience.
- Evaluation of the credibility of information sources and to determine
the writer's motives.
- Analysis of the text to evaluate the logical argument employed.
- Analysis of nonfiction texts and visual representations to get
the main idea of the message's content.
- An understanding and interpretation of visual representations
through an analysis of relationships, ideas, and cultures shown
in various media.
- An ability to distinguish the purposes of various media forms
as well as identifying bias and other persuasive techniques.
WRITING
- The ability to produce within a given context, an
effective composition for a specific purpose, demonstrating a command
of the conventions of spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar,
usage, and sentence structure, as well as usiing the techniques
of revision, editing, proofreading, to evaluate their work.
VIEWING/REPRESENTING
- Understand and interpret visual messages and media.
- Analyze and critique the significance of media.
- Produce visual representation that communicates
with others.
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In 10th grade your child will be given the opportunity to learn:
GEOMETRIC STRUCTURE
- Develop awareness of the structure of mathematical system, connecting
definitions, postulates, theorems, and logical reasoning
- Compare and contrast the structures and implications of Euclidean
and non-Euclidean geometries
- Use constructions to explore attributes of geometric figures and
to make conjectures
- Make conjectures about angles, lines, polygons, circles, and three-dimensional
figures, using a variety of approaches
- Determine if the converse of a conditional statement is true or
false
- Demonstrate what it means to prove mathematically that statements
are true
- Use inductive reasoning to formulate a conjecture
- Use deductive reasoning to prove a statement
- Select appropriate representation (concrete, pictorial, graphical,
verbal, or symbolic) in order to solve equations.
GEOMETRIC PATTERNS
- Use numeric and geometric patterns to make generalizations about
geometric properties
- Use properties of transformations and their compositions in applications
such as fractals or compositions
- Identify and apply patterns from right triangle to solve problems
DIMENSIONALITY AND THE GEOMETRY OF LOCATION
- Describe and draw cross sections and other slices of three-dimensional
objects
- Investigate properties of platonic solids
- Use top, front, side, and corner view of 3 dimensional objects to
solve problems
- Use one and two-dimensional coordinate systems to represent point,
line, line segments, and figures
- Use slope and equations of lines to investigate geometric relationships
CONGRUENCE AND THE GEOMETRY OF SIZE
- Find areas of polygons, composite figures, and sectors
- Find arc length of circles using proportional reasoning
- Develop, extend, and use the Pythagorean Theorem
- Find surface area and volume of prisms, pyramids, spheres, cones
and cylinders in problem situations
- Formulate and test conjectures about the properties of parallel
and perpendicular lines
- Justify and apply triangle congruence relationships
SIMILARITY AND THE GEOMETRY OF SHAPE
- Use similarity and transformations to justify conjectures about
geometric figures
- Use ratios to solve problems involving similar figures
- Apply right triangle ratios, trigonomic ratios, and Pythagorean
triples
- Describe effect on perimeter, area, and volume when length, width,
and height are changed
In the 10th grade World History, your teenager will learn:
HISTORY
GEOGRAPHY
- Explain the effects geographical influences on historical issues
and events of the world
- Use geographic tools to collect, analyze, and interpret data
- Locate and compare places and regions of the U.S. and the world
- Analyze the effects of physical and human geographic factors on
historical and contemporary events and how humans adapted and modified
the environment throughout the world
ECONOMICS
- Describe the distribution and characteristics of economics systems
throughout the world
- Understand why various sections of the world developed different
patterns of economic activity
GOVERNMENT
- Understand the foundations of varioius governments around the world,
specifically representative governments.
- Recognize the principles of the U.S. Constitution and other historic
documents in world history.
- Understand the impact of landmark Supreme Court cases
CITIZENSHIP
- Understand the rights and responsibilities of citizens of the U.S.
- Recognize the importance of the expression of different points of
view and effective leadership in government, especially in a democratic
society.
CULTURE
- Understand the ways in which cultures change and maintain continuity
- Describe the characteristics of the major religions throughout the
world
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY
- Describe the impact of science and technology on life in the U.S.
and the World
SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS
- Apply age-appropriate critical-thinking skills, communicate effectively,
and use problem-solving and decision-making processes.
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In the 10th grade a student will learn:
LAB INVESTIGATION AND SAFETY
- Laboratory investigation and safety training in the use of lab equipment
- Conservation of and disposal or recycling of materials.
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY
- The scientific method during field and laboratory investigation
- To collect and make measurements with precision
- To organize, analyze, evaluate, make inferences and communicate
valid conclusions
CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING
- Critical thinking and scientific problem solving to make informed
decisions
- To analyze, review, and critique scientific explanations, including
hypotheses and theories as to their strengths and weakness using scientific
evidence and information
BASIC STRUCTURES OF CELLS
- To identify the parts of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and investigate
cellular processes including homeostasis, permeability, energy production,
transportation of molecules, disposal of wastes, function of cellular
parts, and synthesis of new molecules
- To compare cells from different parts and plants and animals including
roots, stems, leaves, epthelia, muscles, and bone to show specialization
of structure and functoin
STRUCTURES & FUNCTIONS OF NUCLEIC ACIDS
- Components of DNA and illustrate how information how information
for specifying the traits of an organism is carried in the DNA
THEORY OF BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION
- To illustrate the results of natural selection in speciation, diversity,
phylogeny, adaptation, behavior, and extinction
APPLICATIONS OF TAXONOMY
- Relationships among organisms and develop a model of hierarchical
classification system based on similarities and differences using
taxonomic nomenclature
METABOLIC PROCESSES AND ENERGY TRANSFERS
- The structures and function of different types of biomolecules such
as carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids
LEVELS OF NATURE & LIVING SYSTEMS
- The function of systems in organism including circulatory, digestive,
nervous, endcrine, reproductive, integumentary, skeletal, respiratory,
muscular, excretory, and immune
- Relationships between internal feedback mechanisms in the maintenance
of homeostasis
INTERDEPENDANCE & INTERACTIONS OF ECOSYSTEM
- The flow of energy through various cycles including the carbon,
oxygen, nitrogen, and water cycle
- The significance of structural and physiological adaptations of
plants to their environments
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