TEKS Grade 11 ELA

The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion. The student is expected to:

• 110.38(c)(1)(A)
  engage in meaningful and respectful discourse when evaluating the clarity and coherence of a speaker's message and critiquing the impact of a speaker's use of diction and syntax; engage
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• 110.38(c)(1)(B)
  follow and give complex instructions, clarify meaning by asking pertinent questions, and respond appropriately; follow
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• 110.38(c)(1)(C)
  give a formal presentation that exhibits a logical structure, smooth transitions, accurate evidence, well-chosen details, and rhetorical devices 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 give
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• 110.38(c)(1)(D)
  participate collaboratively, offering ideas or judgments that are purposeful in moving the team toward goals, asking relevant and insightful questions, tolerating a range of positions and ambiguity in decision making, and evaluating the work of the group based on agreed-upon criteria. participate
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The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively. The student is expected to:

• 110.38(c)(2)(A)
  use print or digital resources to clarify and validate understanding of multiple meanings of advanced vocabulary; use
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• 110.38(c)(2)(B)
  analyze context to draw conclusions about nuanced meanings such as in imagery; and analyze
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• 110.38(c)(2)(C)
  determine the meaning of foreign words or phrases used frequently in English such as ad hoc, faux pas, non sequitur, and modus operandi. determine
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The student reads grade-appropriate texts independently. The student is expected to self-select text and read independently for a sustained period of time.

The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts. The student is expected to:

• 110.38(c)(4)(A)
  establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts; establish
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• 110.38(c)(4)(B)
  generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information; generate
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• 110.38(c)(4)(C)
  make and correct or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures; make
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• 110.38(c)(4)(D)
  create mental images to deepen understanding; create
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• 110.38(c)(4)(E)
  make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society; make
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• 110.38(c)(4)(F)
  make inferences and use evidence to support understanding; make
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• 110.38(c)(4)(G)
  evaluate details read to understand key ideas; evaluate
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• 110.38(c)(4)(H)
  synthesize information from a variety of text types to create new understanding; and synthesize
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• 110.38(c)(4)(I)
  monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, annotating, and using outside sources when understanding breaks down. monitor
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The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed. The student is expected to:

• 110.38(c)(5)(A)
  describe personal connections to a variety of sources, including self-selected texts; describe
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• 110.38(c)(5)(B)
  write responses that demonstrate analysis of texts, including comparing texts within and across genres; write
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• 110.38(c)(5)(C)
  use text evidence and original commentary to support an analytic response; use
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• 110.38(c)(5)(D)
  paraphrase and summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order; paraphrase
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• 110.38(c)(5)(E)
  interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating; interact
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• 110.38(c)(5)(F)
  respond using acquired content and academic vocabulary as appropriate; respond
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• 110.38(c)(5)(G)
  discuss and write about the explicit and implicit meanings of text; discuss
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• 110.38(c)(5)(H)
  respond orally or in writing with appropriate register and effective vocabulary, tone, and voice; respond
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• 110.38(c)(5)(I)
  reflect on and adjust responses when valid evidence warrants; and reflect
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• 110.38(c)(5)(J)
  defend or challenge the authors' claims using relevant text evidence. defend
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The student recognizes and analyzes literary elements within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse literary texts. The student is expected to:

• 110.38(c)(6)(A)
  analyze relationships among thematic development, characterization, point of view, significance of setting, and plot in a variety of literary texts; analyze
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• 110.38(c)(6)(B)
  analyze how characters' behaviors and underlying motivations contribute to moral dilemmas that influence the plot and theme; analyze
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• 110.38(c)(6)(C)
  evaluate how different literary elements shape the author's portrayal of the plot; and evaluate
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• 110.38(c)(6)(D)
  analyze how the historical, social, and economic context of setting(s) influences the plot, characterization, and theme. analyze
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The student recognizes and analyzes genre-specific characteristics, structures, and purposes within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse texts. The student is expected to:

• 110.38(c)(7)(A)
  read and analyze American literature across literary periods; read
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• 110.38(c)(7)(B)
  analyze relationships among characteristics of poetry, including stanzas, line breaks, speaker, and sound devices in poems across a variety of poetic forms; analyze
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• 110.38(c)(7)(C)
  analyze how the relationships among dramatic elements advance the plot; analyze
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• 110.38(c)(7)(D)
  analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational texts such as: analyze
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• 110.38(c)(7)(D)(i)
  clear thesis, strong supporting evidence, pertinent examples, commentary, summary, and conclusion; and analyze
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• 110.38(c)(7)(D)(ii)
  the relationship between organizational design and author's purpose; analyze
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• 110.38(c)(7)(E)
  analyze characteristics and structural elements of argumentative texts such as: analyze
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• 110.38(c)(7)(E)(i)
  clear arguable thesis, appeals, structure of the argument, convincing conclusion, and call to action; analyze
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• 110.38(c)(7)(E)(ii)
  various types of evidence and treatment of counterarguments, including concessions and rebuttals; and analyze
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• 110.38(c)(7)(E)(iii)
  identifiable audience or reader; and analyze
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• 110.38(c)(7)(F)
  analyze the effectiveness of characteristics of multimodal and digital texts. analyze
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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. The student is expected to:

• 110.38(c)(8)(A)
  analyze the author's purpose, audience, and message within a text; analyze
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