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=Key Points for English= The Common Core Standards address these key points: **Reading**, **Writing**, **Speaking and Listening**, **Language**, and **Media** and **Technology**

=Anchor Standards for 6-12 ELA=

=Reading Standards= The standards for literature are broken into four areas: **Key Ideas** and **Details**, **Craft** and **Structure**, **Integration of Knowledge** and **Idea**s, and **Range of Reading** and **Text Complexity**

= = ==Grades 9-10 Grades 11-12==
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==Grades 9-10 Grades 11-12==

=Writing Standards= The standards for writing are broken up into**: Text Types** and **Purposes**, **Production** and **Distribution of Writing**, **Research to Build** and **Present Knowledge**, and **Range of Writing** ==Grades 9-10 Grades 11-12==

=Speaking and Listening= The standards for speaking and listening are broken into two areas: **Comprehension** and **Collaboration**, and **Presentation of Knowledge** and **Ideas** ==Grades 9-10 Grades 11-12==

=Language= The standards for language are broken into two areas: **Conventions of Standard English**, and **Knowledge of Language**

==Grades 9-10 Grades 11-12==

=Standard 10: Range, Quality, and Complexity= ==Three factors for measuring text complexity==

6-12 Texts Illustrating Standard 10
=ELA Appendix A:= Research supporting key elements of the standards and glossary of key terms =ELA Appendix B:= Text exemplars and sample Performance tasks =ELA Appendix C:= Samples of student writing