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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 §110.39English Language Arts and Reading, English IV (One Credit), Adopted 2017

      (ii) developing an engaging idea reflecting depth of thought with effective use of rhetorical devices, details, examples, and commentary;

    (C) revise drafts to improve clarity, development, organization, style, diction, and sentence fluency, both within and between sentences;

    (D) edit drafts to demonstrate a command of standard English conventions using a style guide as appropriate; 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, resumes, and personal essays using genre characteristics and craft;

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

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

    (E) compose literary analysis using genre characteristics and craft; and

    (F) compose rhetorical analysis using genre characteristics and craft.

  (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, bias, and accuracy; and

      (ii) faulty reasoning such as straw man, false dilemma, faulty analogies, and non-sequitur;

    (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 §110.39 adopted to be effective November 12, 2017, 42 TexReg 6148; amended to be effective August 1, 2019, 44 TexReg 3812

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