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Skill plan for the Texas Success Initiative Assessment, Version 2.0 - College Readiness Classification

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Reading
Literary Text Analysis
Explicit information		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text
Explicit information
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text

Inferences		1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Analyze short stories: set 2
Inferences
1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Analyze short stories: set 2

Author's craft		Point of view 1. Identify the narrative point of view Figures of speech 2. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 3. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement 4. Classify the figure of speech: review 5. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Tone 6. Compare passages for tone
Author's craft
Point of view 1. Identify the narrative point of view Figures of speech 2. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 3. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement 4. Classify the figure of speech: review 5. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Tone 6. Compare passages for tone

Vocabulary		1. Interpret the figure of speech 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
Vocabulary
1. Interpret the figure of speech 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
Informational Text Analysis and Synthesis
Main ideas and supporting details		1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 3. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2
Main ideas and supporting details
1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 3. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2

Inferences (single-passage)		Persuasive texts 1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Trace an argument: set 2 Claims and evidence 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 4. Classify logical fallacies
Inferences (single-passage)
Persuasive texts 1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Trace an argument: set 2 Claims and evidence 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 4. Classify logical fallacies

Author's craft		Author's purpose 1. Identify audience and purpose Tone 2. Which text is most formal? 3. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone Rhetorical strategies 4. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 5. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Persuasive strategies 6. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
Author's craft
Author's purpose 1. Identify audience and purpose Tone 2. Which text is most formal? 3. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone Rhetorical strategies 4. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 5. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Persuasive strategies 6. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements

Vocabulary		1. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 3. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context
Vocabulary
1. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 3. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context

Synthesis		1. Evaluate counterclaims
Synthesis
1. Evaluate counterclaims

Writing
Essay Revision and Editing
Development		1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 3. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
Development
1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 3. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing

Organization		Topic sentences and thesis statements 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Identify thesis statements Order 3. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 4. Organize information by topic
Organization
Topic sentences and thesis statements 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Identify thesis statements Order 3. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 4. Organize information by topic

Effective language use		Clarity and concision 1. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons Word choice 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 3. Use words accurately and precisely Transitions 4. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 5. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
Effective language use
Clarity and concision 1. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons Word choice 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 3. Use words accurately and precisely Transitions 4. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 5. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims

Standard English conventions		1. Correct errors in everyday use 2. Suggest appropriate revisions
Standard English conventions
1. Correct errors in everyday use 2. Suggest appropriate revisions
Sentence Revision, Editing, and Completion
Conventions of grammar		Subject-verb agreement 1. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement 2. Identify and correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement 3. Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects Verb tense 4. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense Run-on sentences and fragments 5. Identify sentence fragments 6. Identify run-on sentences Parallel structure 7. Use parallel structure Phrases and clauses 8. Combine sentences using relative clauses 9. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? Misplaced modifiers 10. Are the modifiers used correctly? Pronouns 11. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person 12. Identify and correct errors with subject and object pronouns
Conventions of grammar
Subject-verb agreement 1. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement 2. Identify and correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement 3. Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects Verb tense 4. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense Run-on sentences and fragments 5. Identify sentence fragments 6. Identify run-on sentences Parallel structure 7. Use parallel structure Phrases and clauses 8. Combine sentences using relative clauses 9. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? Misplaced modifiers 10. Are the modifiers used correctly? Pronouns 11. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person 12. Identify and correct errors with subject and object pronouns

Conventions of usage		Pronouns 1. Identify vague pronoun references 2. Identify all of the possible antecedents Frequently confused words 3. Use the correct frequently confused word 4. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words 5. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused pronouns and contractions
Conventions of usage
Pronouns 1. Identify vague pronoun references 2. Identify all of the possible antecedents Frequently confused words 3. Use the correct frequently confused word 4. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words 5. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused pronouns and contractions

Conventions of punctuation		Restrictive and nonrestrictive elements 1. What does the punctuation suggest? 2. Commas with nonrestrictive elements Run-on sentences and fragments 3. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons Semicolons, colons, and commas 4. Commas with compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences 5. Commas with direct addresses, introductory elements, absolute phrases, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases 6. Join sentences with semicolons, colons, and commas
Conventions of punctuation
Restrictive and nonrestrictive elements 1. What does the punctuation suggest? 2. Commas with nonrestrictive elements Run-on sentences and fragments 3. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons Semicolons, colons, and commas 4. Commas with compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences 5. Commas with direct addresses, introductory elements, absolute phrases, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases 6. Join sentences with semicolons, colons, and commas

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