(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,
dashes, and parentheses 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 incorrect premise, hasty
generalizations, and either-or;
(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.
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