(1) The benchmark for literature content standard 4 for a student upon graduation is the ability to:

(a) select, read, listen to, and view a variety of traditional and contemporary works from diverse cultures (e.g., American Indian works) , genders, genres, historical periods, and styles;

(b) demonstrate how factors of history and culture, gender and genre, influence and give meaning to literature;

(c) create and share responses to literary works (e.g., discuss, write, move, design, compose, sing, dramatize, produce multimedia presentations) ; and

(d) analyze diverse literature to identify and compare common human experiences within and between cultures.