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TITLE 19EDUCATION
PART 2TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
CHAPTER 110TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND READING
SUBCHAPTER CHIGH SCHOOL
RULE §110.36English Language Arts and Reading, English I (One Credit), Adopted 2017

      (ii) consistent, appropriate use of verb tense and active and passive voice;

      (iii) pronoun-antecedent agreement;

      (iv) correct capitalization;

      (v) punctuation, including commas, semicolons, colons, and dashes to set off phrases and clauses as appropriate; and

      (vi) correct spelling; and

    (E) publish written work for appropriate audiences.

  (10) 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 fiction and poetry using genre characteristics and craft;

    (B) compose informational texts such as explanatory essays, reports, and personal essays using genre characteristics and craft;

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

    (D) compose correspondence in a professional or friendly structure.

  (11) 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) develop questions for formal and informal inquiry;

    (B) critique the research process at each step to implement changes as needs occur and are identified;

    (C) develop and revise a plan;

    (D) modify the major research question as necessary to refocus the research plan;

    (E) locate relevant sources;

    (F) synthesize information from a variety of sources;

    (G) examine sources for:

      (i) credibility and bias, including omission; and

      (ii) faulty reasoning such as ad hominem, loaded language, and slippery slope;

    (H) display academic citations, including for paraphrased and quoted text, and use source materials ethically to avoid plagiarism; and

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


Source Note: The provisions of this §110.36 adopted to be effective November 12, 2017, 42 TexReg 6148; amended to be effective August 1, 2019, 44 TexReg 3812

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