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TITLE 19EDUCATION
PART 2TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
CHAPTER 110TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND READING
SUBCHAPTER BMIDDLE SCHOOL
RULE §110.22English Language Arts and Reading, Grade 6, Adopted 2017

      (vi) subordinating conjunctions to form complex sentences and correlative conjunctions such as either/or and neither/nor ;

      (vii) capitalization of proper nouns, including abbreviations, initials, acronyms, and organizations;

      (viii) punctuation marks, including commas in complex sentences, transitions, and introductory elements ; and

      (ix) correct spelling, including commonly confused terms such as its/it's, affect/effect, there/their/they're, and to/two/too; and

    (E) publish written work for appropriate audiences.

  (11) Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts that are meaningful. The student is expected to:

    (A) compose literary texts such as personal narratives, fiction, and poetry using genre characteristics and craft;

    (B) compose informational texts, including multi-paragraph essays that convey information about a topic, using a clear controlling idea or thesis statement and genre characteristics and craft;

    (C) compose multi-paragraph argumentative texts using genre characteristics and craft ; and

    (D) compose correspondence that reflects an opinion, registers a complaint, or requests information in a business or friendly structure.

  (12) Inquiry and research: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student engages in both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes for a variety of purposes. The student is expected to:

    (A) generate student-selected and teacher-guided questions for formal and informal inquiry;

    (B) develop and revise a plan;

    (C) refine the major research question, if necessary, guided by the answers to a secondary set of questions;

    (D) identify and gather relevant information from a variety of sources;

    (E) differentiate between primary and secondary sources;

    (F) synthesize information from a variety of sources;

    (G) differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism when using source materials;

    (H) examine sources for:

      (i) reliability, credibility, and bias; and

      (ii) faulty reasoning such as hyperbole, emotional appeals, and stereotype;

    (I) display academic citations and use source materials ethically; and

    (J) use an appropriate mode of delivery, whether written, oral, or multimodal, to present results.


Source Note: The provisions of this §110.22 adopted to be effective September 25, 2017, 42 TexReg 4999; amended to be effective August 1, 2019, 44 TexReg 3812

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