IXL Skill Plan | Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): English II

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): English II

Skills available for Texas tenth-grade language arts standards

Strand

Developing and sustaining foundational language skills
Comprehension skills
Response skills
Multiple genres
Author's purpose and craft
Composition
Inquiry and research

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1-3	Developing and sustaining foundational language skills
1 Listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking--oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.
A engage in meaningful and respectful discourse by listening actively, responding appropriately, and adjusting communication to audiences and purposes;
A engage in meaningful and respectful discourse by listening actively, responding appropriately, and adjusting communication to audiences and purposes;


B follow and give complex oral instructions to perform specific tasks, answer questions, or solve problems and complex processes;
B follow and give complex oral instructions to perform specific tasks, answer questions, or solve problems and complex processes;


C give a formal presentation that incorporates a clear thesis and a logical progression of valid evidence from reliable sources and that employs eye contact, speaking rate such as pauses for effect, volume, enunciation, purposeful gestures, and conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively; and
C give a formal presentation that incorporates a clear thesis and a logical progression of valid evidence from reliable sources and that employs eye contact, speaking rate such as pauses for effect, volume, enunciation, purposeful gestures, and conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively; and


D participate collaboratively, building on the ideas of others, contributing relevant information, developing a plan for consensus building, and setting ground rules for decision making.
D participate collaboratively, building on the ideas of others, contributing relevant information, developing a plan for consensus building, and setting ground rules for decision making.

2 Listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--vocabulary. The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively.
A use print or digital resources such as glossaries or technical dictionaries to clarify and validate understanding of the precise and appropriate meaning of technical or discipline-based vocabulary;		1. Use dictionary entries 2. Use dictionary definitions 3. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage 4. Use thesaurus entries
A use print or digital resources such as glossaries or technical dictionaries to clarify and validate understanding of the precise and appropriate meaning of technical or discipline-based vocabulary;
1. Use dictionary entries 2. Use dictionary definitions 3. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage 4. Use thesaurus entries

B analyze context to distinguish among denotative, connotative, and figurative meanings of words; and		Vocabulary in context 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Connotation and denotation 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Figurative language 3. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 4. Interpret figures of speech 5. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
B analyze context to distinguish among denotative, connotative, and figurative meanings of words; and
Vocabulary in context 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Connotation and denotation 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Figurative language 3. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 4. Interpret figures of speech 5. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

C determine the meaning of foreign words or phrases used frequently in English such as pas de deux, status quo, déjà vu, avant-garde, and coup d'état.		1. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 2. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions 3. Use the correct foreign expression
C determine the meaning of foreign words or phrases used frequently in English such as pas de deux, status quo, déjà vu, avant-garde, and coup d'état.
1. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 2. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions 3. Use the correct foreign expression
3 Listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--self-sustained reading. The student reads grade-appropriate texts independently. The student is expected to self-select text and read independently for a sustained period of time.

4	Comprehension skills
4 Listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts.
A establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts;
A establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts;


B generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information;
B generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information;


C make and correct or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures;
C make and correct or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures;


D create mental images to deepen understanding;
D create mental images to deepen understanding;


E make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society;		1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Recall the source of an allusion
E make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society;
1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Recall the source of an allusion

F make inferences and use evidence to support understanding;		Text evidence 1. Identify supporting evidence in a text Text evidence in literary passages 2. Analyze short stories: set 1 3. Analyze short stories: set 2 4. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2 Arguments 6. Trace an argument: set 1 7. Trace an argument: set 2 Text evidence in nonfiction passages 8. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 9. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2
F make inferences and use evidence to support understanding;
Text evidence 1. Identify supporting evidence in a text Text evidence in literary passages 2. Analyze short stories: set 1 3. Analyze short stories: set 2 4. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2 Arguments 6. Trace an argument: set 1 7. Trace an argument: set 2 Text evidence in nonfiction passages 8. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 9. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2

G evaluate details read to determine key ideas;		Central idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Supporting details 2. Identify supporting evidence in a text Analyze literary passages 3. Analyze short stories: set 1 4. Analyze short stories: set 2 5. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 6. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2 Analyze nonfiction passages 7. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 8. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 9. Trace an argument: set 1 10. Trace an argument: set 2 11. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 12. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2
G evaluate details read to determine key ideas;
Central idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Supporting details 2. Identify supporting evidence in a text Analyze literary passages 3. Analyze short stories: set 1 4. Analyze short stories: set 2 5. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 6. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2 Analyze nonfiction passages 7. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 8. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 9. Trace an argument: set 1 10. Trace an argument: set 2 11. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 12. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2

H synthesize information from multiple texts to create new understanding; and
H synthesize information from multiple texts to create new understanding; and


I monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down.
I monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down.

5	Response skills
5 Listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.
A describe personal connections to a variety of sources, including self-selected texts;
A describe personal connections to a variety of sources, including self-selected texts;


B write responses that demonstrate understanding of texts, including comparing texts within and across genres;		Central idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Tone 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 3. Compare passages for tone Analyze literary passages 4. Analyze short stories: set 1 5. Analyze short stories: set 2 6. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 7. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2 Analyze nonfiction passages 8. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 9. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 10. Trace an argument: set 1 11. Trace an argument: set 2 12. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 13. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2 Analyze historical passages 14. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 15. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
B write responses that demonstrate understanding of texts, including comparing texts within and across genres;
Central idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Tone 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 3. Compare passages for tone Analyze literary passages 4. Analyze short stories: set 1 5. Analyze short stories: set 2 6. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 7. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2 Analyze nonfiction passages 8. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 9. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 10. Trace an argument: set 1 11. Trace an argument: set 2 12. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 13. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2 Analyze historical passages 14. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 15. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2

C use text evidence and original commentary to support an interpretive response;		Text evidence 1. Identify supporting evidence in a text Arguments 2. Trace an argument: set 1 3. Trace an argument: set 2 Supporting evidence 4. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 5. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 6. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Text evidence in literary passages 7. Analyze short stories: set 1 8. Analyze short stories: set 2 9. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 10. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2 Text evidence in nonfiction passages 11. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 12. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2
C use text evidence and original commentary to support an interpretive response;
Text evidence 1. Identify supporting evidence in a text Arguments 2. Trace an argument: set 1 3. Trace an argument: set 2 Supporting evidence 4. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 5. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 6. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Text evidence in literary passages 7. Analyze short stories: set 1 8. Analyze short stories: set 2 9. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 10. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2 Text evidence in nonfiction passages 11. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 12. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2

D paraphrase and summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order;		Central idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Text evidence 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 3. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2
D paraphrase and summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order;
Central idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Text evidence 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 3. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2

E interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating;
E interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating;


F respond using acquired content and academic vocabulary as appropriate;		Prefixes 1. Words with pre- 2. Words with re- 3. Words with sub- 4. Words with mis- 5. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- Suffixes 6. Words with -ful 7. Words with -less 8. Words with -able and -ible Greek and Latin roots 9. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 10. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 11. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 12. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 13. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Foreign words and expressions 14. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 15. Use the correct foreign expression 16. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions Word usage 17. Explore words with new or contested usages Vocabulary in context 18. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 19. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 20. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Domain-specific vocabulary 21. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects Reference skills 22. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage
F respond using acquired content and academic vocabulary as appropriate;
Prefixes 1. Words with pre- 2. Words with re- 3. Words with sub- 4. Words with mis- 5. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- Suffixes 6. Words with -ful 7. Words with -less 8. Words with -able and -ible Greek and Latin roots 9. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 10. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 11. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 12. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 13. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Foreign words and expressions 14. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 15. Use the correct foreign expression 16. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions Word usage 17. Explore words with new or contested usages Vocabulary in context 18. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 19. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 20. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Domain-specific vocabulary 21. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects Reference skills 22. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage

G discuss and write about the explicit or implicit meanings of text;		Analyze literary passages 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Analyze short stories: set 2 3. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 4. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2 Analyze nonfiction passages 5. Trace an argument: set 1 6. Trace an argument: set 2 7. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 8. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2 Analyze historical texts 9. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 10. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Central idea and supporting details 11. Determine the main idea of a passage 12. Identify supporting evidence in a text Figurative language 13. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 14. Interpret figures of speech 15. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
G discuss and write about the explicit or implicit meanings of text;
Analyze literary passages 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Analyze short stories: set 2 3. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 4. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2 Analyze nonfiction passages 5. Trace an argument: set 1 6. Trace an argument: set 2 7. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 8. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2 Analyze historical texts 9. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 10. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Central idea and supporting details 11. Determine the main idea of a passage 12. Identify supporting evidence in a text Figurative language 13. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 14. Interpret figures of speech 15. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

H respond orally or in writing with appropriate register, vocabulary, tone, and voice;		1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 3. Compare passages for tone 4. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 5. Use words accurately and precisely
H respond orally or in writing with appropriate register, vocabulary, tone, and voice;
1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 3. Compare passages for tone 4. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 5. Use words accurately and precisely

I reflect on and adjust responses when valid evidence warrants; and
I reflect on and adjust responses when valid evidence warrants; and


J defend or challenge the authors' claims using relevant text evidence.		Arguments 1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Trace an argument: set 2 Facts and opinions 3. Distinguish facts from opinions Supporting evidence 4. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 5. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 6. Identify supporting evidence in a text 7. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Counterclaims 8. Evaluate counterclaims Logical fallacies 9. Classify logical fallacies Persuasive strategies 10. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 11. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
J defend or challenge the authors' claims using relevant text evidence.
Arguments 1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Trace an argument: set 2 Facts and opinions 3. Distinguish facts from opinions Supporting evidence 4. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 5. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 6. Identify supporting evidence in a text 7. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Counterclaims 8. Evaluate counterclaims Logical fallacies 9. Classify logical fallacies Persuasive strategies 10. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 11. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing

6-7	Multiple genres
6 Listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--literary elements. The student recognizes and analyzes literary elements within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse literary texts.
A analyze how themes are developed through characterization and plot, including comparing similar themes in a variety of literary texts representing different cultures;		1. Determine the themes of short stories 2. Match the quotations with their themes
A analyze how themes are developed through characterization and plot, including comparing similar themes in a variety of literary texts representing different cultures;
1. Determine the themes of short stories 2. Match the quotations with their themes

B analyze how authors develop complex yet believable characters, including archetypes, through historical and cultural settings and events;		1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Analyze short stories: set 2 3. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 4. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2
B analyze how authors develop complex yet believable characters, including archetypes, through historical and cultural settings and events;
1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Analyze short stories: set 2 3. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 4. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2

C analyze isolated scenes and their contribution to the success of the plot as a whole; and
C analyze isolated scenes and their contribution to the success of the plot as a whole; and


D analyze how historical and cultural settings influence characterization, plot, and theme across texts.
D analyze how historical and cultural settings influence characterization, plot, and theme across texts.

7 Listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student recognizes and analyzes genre-specific characteristics, structures, and purposes within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse texts.
A read and analyze world literature across literary periods;
A read and analyze world literature across literary periods;


B analyze the effects of metrics; rhyme schemes; types of rhymes such as end, internal, slant, and eye; and other conventions in poems across a variety of poetic forms;		1. Identify elements of poetry
B analyze the effects of metrics; rhyme schemes; types of rhymes such as end, internal, slant, and eye; and other conventions in poems across a variety of poetic forms;
1. Identify elements of poetry

C analyze the function of dramatic conventions such as asides, soliloquies, dramatic irony, and satire;
C analyze the function of dramatic conventions such as asides, soliloquies, dramatic irony, and satire;


D analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational texts such as:
D analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational texts such as:

i: clear thesis, relevant supporting evidence, pertinent examples, and conclusion; and		Central idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Supporting evidence 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 3. Identify supporting evidence in a text 4. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Arguments 5. Trace an argument: set 1 6. Trace an argument: set 2 Development of ideas in nonfiction passages 7. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 8. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 9. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 10. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2
i: clear thesis, relevant supporting evidence, pertinent examples, and conclusion; and
Central idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Supporting evidence 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 3. Identify supporting evidence in a text 4. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Arguments 5. Trace an argument: set 1 6. Trace an argument: set 2 Development of ideas in nonfiction passages 7. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 8. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 9. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 10. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2
ii: the relationship between organizational design and thesis;		Organization 1. Organize information by topic Text development 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 3. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2
ii: the relationship between organizational design and thesis;
Organization 1. Organize information by topic Text development 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 3. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2

E analyze characteristics and structural elements of argumentative texts such as:
E analyze characteristics and structural elements of argumentative texts such as:

i: clear arguable claim, appeals, and convincing conclusion;		Analyze arguments 1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Trace an argument: set 2 Thesis statements 3. Identify thesis statements Supporting evidence 4. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 5. Identify supporting evidence in a text 6. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Appeals 7. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
i: clear arguable claim, appeals, and convincing conclusion;
Analyze arguments 1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Trace an argument: set 2 Thesis statements 3. Identify thesis statements Supporting evidence 4. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 5. Identify supporting evidence in a text 6. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Appeals 7. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
ii: various types of evidence and treatment of counterarguments, including concessions and rebuttals; and		Facts and opinions 1. Distinguish facts from opinions Supporting evidence 2. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 3. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 4. Identify supporting evidence in a text 5. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Counterclaims 6. Evaluate counterclaims Logical fallacies 7. Classify logical fallacies
ii: various types of evidence and treatment of counterarguments, including concessions and rebuttals; and
Facts and opinions 1. Distinguish facts from opinions Supporting evidence 2. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 3. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 4. Identify supporting evidence in a text 5. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Counterclaims 6. Evaluate counterclaims Logical fallacies 7. Classify logical fallacies
iii: identifiable audience or reader; and		1. Identify audience and purpose
iii: identifiable audience or reader; and
1. Identify audience and purpose

F analyze characteristics of multimodal and digital texts.
F analyze characteristics of multimodal and digital texts.

8	Author's purpose and craft
8 Listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses critical inquiry to analyze the authors' choices and how they influence and communicate meaning within a variety of texts. The student analyzes and applies author's craft purposefully in order to develop his or her own products and performances.
A analyze the author's purpose, audience, and message within a text;		Purpose and audience 1. Identify audience and purpose Central idea 2. Determine the main idea of a passage Arguments 3. Trace an argument: set 1 4. Trace an argument: set 2 Rhetorical strategies 5. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 6. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
A analyze the author's purpose, audience, and message within a text;
Purpose and audience 1. Identify audience and purpose Central idea 2. Determine the main idea of a passage Arguments 3. Trace an argument: set 1 4. Trace an argument: set 2 Rhetorical strategies 5. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 6. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2

B analyze use of text structure to achieve the author's purpose;		Author's purpose 1. Identify audience and purpose Analyze structure in nonfiction passages 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 3. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 4. Trace an argument: set 1 5. Trace an argument: set 2
B analyze use of text structure to achieve the author's purpose;
Author's purpose 1. Identify audience and purpose Analyze structure in nonfiction passages 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 3. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 4. Trace an argument: set 1 5. Trace an argument: set 2

C evaluate the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes;		1. Read graphic organizers 2. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects
C evaluate the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes;
1. Read graphic organizers 2. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects

D analyze how the author's use of language informs and shapes the perception of readers;		Tone 1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 3. Compare passages for tone 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Rhetorical strategies 5. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 6. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Word choice and usage 7. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 8. Explore words with new or contested usages
D analyze how the author's use of language informs and shapes the perception of readers;
Tone 1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 3. Compare passages for tone 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Rhetorical strategies 5. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 6. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Word choice and usage 7. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 8. Explore words with new or contested usages

E analyze the use of literary devices such as irony, sarcasm, and motif to achieve specific purposes;		Figurative language 1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Rhetorical strategies 3. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 4. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
E analyze the use of literary devices such as irony, sarcasm, and motif to achieve specific purposes;
Figurative language 1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Rhetorical strategies 3. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 4. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2

F analyze how the author's diction and syntax contribute to the mood, voice, and tone of a text; and		Tone 1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 3. Compare passages for tone Rhetorical strategies 4. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 5. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Word choice and usage 6. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence
F analyze how the author's diction and syntax contribute to the mood, voice, and tone of a text; and
Tone 1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 3. Compare passages for tone Rhetorical strategies 4. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 5. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Word choice and usage 6. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence

G analyze the purpose of rhetorical devices such as appeals, antithesis, parallelism, and shifts and the effects of logical fallacies.		Rhetorical strategies 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 3. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements Figurative speech 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 5. Identify sentences with parallel structure Logical fallacies 6. Classify logical fallacies
G analyze the purpose of rhetorical devices such as appeals, antithesis, parallelism, and shifts and the effects of logical fallacies.
Rhetorical strategies 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 3. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements Figurative speech 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 5. Identify sentences with parallel structure Logical fallacies 6. Classify logical fallacies

9-10	Composition
9 Listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--writing process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and use appropriate conventions.
A plan a piece of writing appropriate for various purposes and audiences by generating ideas through a range of strategies such as brainstorming, journaling, reading, or discussing;		1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Order topics from broadest to narrowest
A plan a piece of writing appropriate for various purposes and audiences by generating ideas through a range of strategies such as brainstorming, journaling, reading, or discussing;
1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Order topics from broadest to narrowest

B develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing in timed and open-ended situations by:
B develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing in timed and open-ended situations by:

i: using an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, topic, and context; and		Audience and purpose 1. Identify audience and purpose Organization 2. Organize information by topic 3. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 4. Identify thesis statements Transitions 5. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 6. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
i: using an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, topic, and context; and
Audience and purpose 1. Identify audience and purpose Organization 2. Organize information by topic 3. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 4. Identify thesis statements Transitions 5. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 6. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
ii: developing an engaging idea reflecting depth of thought with specific details, examples, and commentary;		Topic sentences and thesis statements 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Identify thesis statements Development and support 3. Distinguish facts from opinions 4. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 5. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 6. Identify supporting evidence in a text 7. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Persuasive strategies 8. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
ii: developing an engaging idea reflecting depth of thought with specific details, examples, and commentary;
Topic sentences and thesis statements 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Identify thesis statements Development and support 3. Distinguish facts from opinions 4. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 5. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 6. Identify supporting evidence in a text 7. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Persuasive strategies 8. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing

C revise drafts to improve clarity, development, organization, style, diction, and sentence effectiveness, including use of parallel constructions and placement of phrases and dependent clauses;		Revision 1. Suggest appropriate revisions Transitions 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 4. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons 5. Remove redundant words or phrases Parallel structure 6. Identify sentences with parallel structure 7. Use parallel structure Style 8. Which text is most formal? 9. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 10. Compare passages for tone Word choice and usage 11. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 12. Use words accurately and precisely 13. Replace words using a thesaurus 14. Explore words with new or contested usages 15. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage Phrases and clauses 16. Is it a phrase or a clause? 17. Identify dependent and independent clauses Modifiers 18. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 19. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 20. Are the modifiers used correctly?
C revise drafts to improve clarity, development, organization, style, diction, and sentence effectiveness, including use of parallel constructions and placement of phrases and dependent clauses;
Revision 1. Suggest appropriate revisions Transitions 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 4. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons 5. Remove redundant words or phrases Parallel structure 6. Identify sentences with parallel structure 7. Use parallel structure Style 8. Which text is most formal? 9. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 10. Compare passages for tone Word choice and usage 11. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 12. Use words accurately and precisely 13. Replace words using a thesaurus 14. Explore words with new or contested usages 15. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage Phrases and clauses 16. Is it a phrase or a clause? 17. Identify dependent and independent clauses Modifiers 18. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 19. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 20. Are the modifiers used correctly?

D edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
D edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:

i: a variety of complete, controlled sentences and avoidance of unintentional splices, run-ons, and fragments;		Sentence types 1. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 2. Commas with compound and complex sentences Sentences, fragments, and run-ons 3. Identify sentence fragments 4. Identify run-on sentences 5. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons Phrases and clauses 6. Identify dependent and independent clauses 7. Combine sentences using relative clauses 8. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
i: a variety of complete, controlled sentences and avoidance of unintentional splices, run-ons, and fragments;
Sentence types 1. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 2. Commas with compound and complex sentences Sentences, fragments, and run-ons 3. Identify sentence fragments 4. Identify run-on sentences 5. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons Phrases and clauses 6. Identify dependent and independent clauses 7. Combine sentences using relative clauses 8. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
ii: consistent, appropriate use of verb tense and active and passive voice;		Verb tense 1. Form the progressive verb tenses 2. Form the perfect verb tenses 3. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense Active and passive voice 4. Identify active and passive voice 5. Rewrite the sentence in active voice
ii: consistent, appropriate use of verb tense and active and passive voice;
Verb tense 1. Form the progressive verb tenses 2. Form the perfect verb tenses 3. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense Active and passive voice 4. Identify active and passive voice 5. Rewrite the sentence in active voice
iii: pronoun-antecedent agreement;		1. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
iii: pronoun-antecedent agreement;
1. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
iv: correct capitalization;		1. Correct capitalization errors
iv: correct capitalization;
1. Correct capitalization errors
v: punctuation, including commas, semicolons, colons, dashes, and parentheses to set off phrases and clauses as appropriate; and		Restrictive and nonrestrictive elements 1. What does the punctuation suggest? 2. Commas with nonrestrictive elements Commas 3. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases 4. Commas with series, dates, and places 5. Commas with compound and complex sentences 6. Commas with coordinate adjectives 7. Commas: review Semicolons, colons, and commas 8. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons 9. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 10. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists 11. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review Dashes, hyphens, and ellipses 12. Use dashes 13. Use hyphens in compound adjectives 14. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately Apostrophes 15. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 16. Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession Formatting 17. Formatting quotations and dialogue
v: punctuation, including commas, semicolons, colons, dashes, and parentheses to set off phrases and clauses as appropriate; and
Restrictive and nonrestrictive elements 1. What does the punctuation suggest? 2. Commas with nonrestrictive elements Commas 3. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases 4. Commas with series, dates, and places 5. Commas with compound and complex sentences 6. Commas with coordinate adjectives 7. Commas: review Semicolons, colons, and commas 8. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons 9. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 10. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists 11. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review Dashes, hyphens, and ellipses 12. Use dashes 13. Use hyphens in compound adjectives 14. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately Apostrophes 15. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 16. Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession Formatting 17. Formatting quotations and dialogue
vi: correct spelling; and		Frequently confused words 1. Use the correct frequently confused word 2. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words 3. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused pronouns and contractions Common errors 4. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words 5. Correct errors with signs 6. Correct errors in everyday use Homophones 7. Use the correct homophone 8. Identify and correct errors with homophones Plural nouns 9. Form and use plurals: review 10. Form and use plurals of compound nouns
vi: correct spelling; and
Frequently confused words 1. Use the correct frequently confused word 2. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words 3. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused pronouns and contractions Common errors 4. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words 5. Correct errors with signs 6. Correct errors in everyday use Homophones 7. Use the correct homophone 8. Identify and correct errors with homophones Plural nouns 9. Form and use plurals: review 10. Form and use plurals of compound nouns

E publish written work for appropriate audiences.
E publish written work for appropriate audiences.

10 Listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts that are meaningful.
A compose literary texts such as fiction and poetry using genre characteristics and craft;		Tone 1. Compare passages for tone 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Point of view 3. Identify the narrative point of view Poetry 4. Identify elements of poetry 5. Label the rhyme scheme Descriptive details 6. Identify sensory details 7. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 8. Use personification Dialogue 9. Formatting quotations and dialogue
A compose literary texts such as fiction and poetry using genre characteristics and craft;
Tone 1. Compare passages for tone 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Point of view 3. Identify the narrative point of view Poetry 4. Identify elements of poetry 5. Label the rhyme scheme Descriptive details 6. Identify sensory details 7. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 8. Use personification Dialogue 9. Formatting quotations and dialogue

B compose informational texts such as explanatory essays, reports, and personal essays using genre characteristics and craft;		Tone 1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone Audience and purpose 3. Identify audience and purpose Organization 4. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 5. Organize information by topic 6. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Supporting evidence 7. Distinguish facts from opinions 8. Identify supporting evidence in a text
B compose informational texts such as explanatory essays, reports, and personal essays using genre characteristics and craft;
Tone 1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone Audience and purpose 3. Identify audience and purpose Organization 4. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 5. Organize information by topic 6. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Supporting evidence 7. Distinguish facts from opinions 8. Identify supporting evidence in a text

C compose argumentative texts using genre characteristics and craft; and		Tone 1. Which text is most formal? Audience and purpose 2. Identify audience and purpose Organization 3. Organize information by topic 4. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 5. Identify thesis statements Supporting evidence 6. Distinguish facts from opinions 7. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 8. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 9. Identify supporting evidence in a text 10. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Counterclaims 11. Evaluate counterclaims Logical fallacies 12. Classify logical fallacies Persuasive strategies 13. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
C compose argumentative texts using genre characteristics and craft; and
Tone 1. Which text is most formal? Audience and purpose 2. Identify audience and purpose Organization 3. Organize information by topic 4. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 5. Identify thesis statements Supporting evidence 6. Distinguish facts from opinions 7. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 8. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 9. Identify supporting evidence in a text 10. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Counterclaims 11. Evaluate counterclaims Logical fallacies 12. Classify logical fallacies Persuasive strategies 13. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing

D compose correspondence in a professional or friendly structure.		1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone
D compose correspondence in a professional or friendly structure.
1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone

11	Inquiry and research
11 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.
A develop questions for formal and informal inquiry;
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;
B critique the research process at each step to implement changes as needs occur and are identified;


C develop and revise a plan;
C develop and revise a plan;


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


E locate relevant sources;
E locate relevant sources;


F synthesize information from a variety of sources;
F synthesize information from a variety of sources;


G examine sources for:
G examine sources for:

i: credibility and bias, including omission; and
i: credibility and bias, including omission; and

ii: faulty reasoning such as incorrect premise, hasty generalizations, and either-or;		1. Classify logical fallacies
ii: faulty reasoning such as incorrect premise, hasty generalizations, and either-or;
1. Classify logical fallacies

H display academic citations, including for paraphrased and quoted text, and use source materials ethically to avoid plagiarism; and		Citations 1. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) Plagiarism 4. Identify plagiarism
H display academic citations, including for paraphrased and quoted text, and use source materials ethically to avoid plagiarism; and
Citations 1. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) Plagiarism 4. Identify plagiarism

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