English IV (Texas TEKS)

110.39(c)(1) Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking--oral language

• 110.39(c)(1) Builds oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.
• 110.39(c)(1)(A) Takes part in respectful discussion, judges how clear a speaker is, and critiques their word choice, sentence structure, and rhetoric.
• 110.39(c)(1)(B) Follows and gives complex instructions, asks questions to clarify, and responds suitably.
• 110.39(c)(1)(C) Builds sound arguments and gives speeches in the classical tradition using persuasion, rhetoric, and effective delivery.
• 110.39(c)(1)(D) Works with peers: builds on their ideas, adds relevant information, plans toward agreement, and sets ground rules for decisions.

110.39(c)(2) Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--vocabulary

• 110.39(c)(2) Uses newly learned vocabulary expressively when speaking and writing.
• 110.39(c)(2)(A) Uses print or digital resources to confirm the exact meaning of advanced vocabulary.
• 110.39(c)(2)(B) Uses context to work out subtle shades of meaning, for example in imagery.
• 110.39(c)(2)(C) Works out the meanings of foreign words and phrases often used in English.

110.39(c)(3) Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--self-sustained reading

• 110.39(c)(3) Picks own texts and reads independently for extended periods.

110.39(c)(4) Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts

• 110.39(c)(4) Uses metacognition to build and deepen understanding of increasingly complex texts.
• 110.39(c)(4)(A) Sets a reading purpose for assigned and self-chosen texts.
• 110.39(c)(4)(B) Asks questions before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gather information.
• 110.39(c)(4)(C) Predicts using text features, genre traits, and structure, then checks and adjusts the predictions.
• 110.39(c)(4)(D) Forms mental pictures to deepen understanding.
• 110.39(c)(4)(E) Links the text to own experiences, to other texts, and to society.
• 110.39(c)(4)(F) Draws inferences and backs up understanding with evidence.
• 110.39(c)(4)(G) Weighs details read to analyze the key ideas.
• 110.39(c)(4)(H) Combines information from different kinds of text to reach a new understanding.
• 110.39(c)(4)(I) Notices when understanding breaks down and fixes it, for example by rereading, using prior knowledge, asking questions, annotating, or checking outside sources.

110.39(c)(5) Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts

• 110.39(c)(5) Responds to an increasingly challenging range of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.
• 110.39(c)(5)(A) Explains personal links to a range of sources, including self-chosen texts.
• 110.39(c)(5)(B) Writes analytical responses, including comparisons within and across genres.
• 110.39(c)(5)(C) Backs up an evaluative response with evidence from the text and own commentary.
• 110.39(c)(5)(D) Paraphrases and summarizes texts in a way that keeps their meaning and logical order.
• 110.39(c)(5)(E) Engages with sources by taking notes, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating.
• 110.39(c)(5)(F) Uses newly learned subject and academic vocabulary in responses where it fits.
• 110.39(c)(5)(G) Talks and writes about what texts say directly and what they imply.
• 110.39(c)(5)(H) Responds in speech or writing with a suitable register, purposeful vocabulary, tone, and voice.
• 110.39(c)(5)(I) Reflects on and changes a response when sound evidence calls for it.
• 110.39(c)(5)(J) Supports or challenges an author's claims with relevant evidence from the text.

110.39(c)(6) Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--literary elements

• 110.39(c)(6) Recognizes and analyzes literary elements in increasingly complex literary texts.
• 110.39(c)(6)(A) Analyzes how theme develops through characters, point of view, setting, and plot.
• 110.39(c)(6)(B) Analyzes how characters' actions and motives create moral dilemmas that drive plot and theme.
• 110.39(c)(6)(C) Critiques how complex plot structures, such as subplots, move the action forward.
• 110.39(c)(6)(D) Judges how historical, social, and economic setting affects plot, characters, and theme.

110.39(c)(7) Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres

• 110.39(c)(7) Recognizes and analyzes genre traits, structures, and purposes in increasingly complex texts.
• 110.39(c)(7)(A) Reads and analyzes British literature from different literary periods.
• 110.39(c)(7)(B) Analyzes how sound, form, figurative language, graphics, and dramatic structure shape poems from different periods and cultures.
• 110.39(c)(7)(C) Analyzes and judges how dramatic elements move the plot forward.
• 110.39(c)(7)(D) Critiques the features and structure of informational texts.
• 110.39(c)(7)(D)(i) Judges the thesis, supporting evidence and examples, commentary, summary, and conclusion.
• 110.39(c)(7)(D)(ii) Judges how the way the text is organized fits the author's purpose.
• 110.39(c)(7)(E) Critiques the features and structure of argumentative texts.
• 110.39(c)(7)(E)(i) Judges the arguable thesis, appeals, structure of the argument, conclusion, and call to action.
• 110.39(c)(7)(E)(ii) Judges the kinds of evidence used and how counterarguments, concessions, and rebuttals are handled.
• 110.39(c)(7)(E)(iii) Identifies who the intended audience or reader is.
• 110.39(c)(7)(F) Critiques how well the features of multimodal and digital texts work.

110.39(c)(8) Author's purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts

• 110.39(c)(8) Uses critical inquiry to analyze an author's choices and their effect on meaning, and uses that craft in own work.
• 110.39(c)(8)(A) Judges the author's purpose, audience, and message.
• 110.39(c)(8)(B) Judges how the structure of a text serves the author's purpose.
• 110.39(c)(8)(C) Judges how print and graphic features serve particular purposes.
• 110.39(c)(8)(D) Critiques how the author's language choices shape how readers see a topic.
• 110.39(c)(8)(E) Judges how literary devices such as paradox, satire, and allegory serve the author's purpose.
• 110.39(c)(8)(F) Judges how word choice and sentence structure add to a text's effectiveness.
• 110.39(c)(8)(G) Analyzes how rhetorical devices and logical fallacies affect how a text is read and understood.

110.39(c)(9) Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--writing process

• 110.39(c)(9) Uses the writing process again and again to produce legible texts with suitable conventions.
• 110.39(c)(9)(A) Plans for different purposes and audiences by gathering ideas with a range of strategies.
• 110.39(c)(9)(B) Writes focused, organized, coherent drafts in timed and untimed situations.
• 110.39(c)(9)(B)(i) Uses an organizing structure that fits the purpose, audience, topic, and context.
• 110.39(c)(9)(B)(ii) Develops engaging ideas in depth with details, examples, and commentary.
• 110.39(c)(9)(C) Revises drafts for clarity, development, organization, style, word choice, and sentence fluency.
• 110.39(c)(9)(D) Edits drafts to show command of standard English conventions, using a style guide where suitable.
• 110.39(c)(9)(E) Publishes writing for suitable audiences.

110.39(c)(10) Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres

• 110.39(c)(10) Uses genre traits and craft to write meaningful texts.
• 110.39(c)(10)(A) Writes literary texts such as fiction and poetry using genre traits and craft.
• 110.39(c)(10)(B) Writes informational texts such as explanatory essays, reports, resumes, and personal essays.
• 110.39(c)(10)(C) Writes argumentative texts using genre traits and craft.
• 110.39(c)(10)(D) Writes letters and other correspondence in a professional or friendly format.
• 110.39(c)(10)(E) Writes a literary analysis.
• 110.39(c)(10)(F) Writes a rhetorical analysis.

110.39(c)(11) Inquiry and research: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts

• 110.39(c)(11) Carries out short and sustained inquiry, returning to earlier steps as needed, for different purposes.
• 110.39(c)(11)(A) Writes questions for formal and informal inquiry.
• 110.39(c)(11)(B) Reviews each step of the research process and changes course when needed.
• 110.39(c)(11)(C) Makes and revises a research plan.
• 110.39(c)(11)(D) Changes the main research question when needed to refocus the plan.
• 110.39(c)(11)(E) Finds relevant sources.
• 110.39(c)(11)(F) Pulls together information from a range of sources.
• 110.39(c)(11)(G) Checks sources for reliability and reasoning.
• 110.39(c)(11)(G)(i) Checks credibility, bias, and accuracy.
• 110.39(c)(11)(G)(ii) Checks for faulty reasoning such as straw man arguments, false dilemmas, faulty analogies, and non sequiturs.
• 110.39(c)(11)(H) Shows academic citations and uses sources ethically to avoid plagiarism.
• 110.39(c)(11)(I) Shares results in a suitable written, spoken, or multimodal format.