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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 §110.37English Language Arts and Reading, English II (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, 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.


Source Note: The provisions of this §110.37 adopted to be effective November 12, 2017, 42 TexReg 6148; amended to be effective August 1, 2019, 44 TexReg 3812

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