TEKSAddressed

EnglishLanguageArts
3)Writing/WritingProcess.Studentsuseelementsofthewritingprocess(planning,
drafting,revising,editing,andpublishing)tocomposetext.Studentsareexpectedto:
(B)structureideasinasustainedandpersuasivewayanddevelopdraftsintimed
andopenendedsituationsthatincludetransitionsandtherhetoricaldevicesused
toconveymeaning
6)Writing/PersuasiveTexts.Studentswritepersuasivetextstoinfluencetheattitudesor
actionsofaspecificaudienceonspecificissues.Studentsareexpectedtowritean
argumentativeessaytotheappropriateaudiencethatincludes:
(A)aclearthesisorpositionbasedonlogicalreasonssupportedbypreciseand
relevantevidence
(B)considerationofthewholerangeofinformationandviewsonthetopicand
accurateandhonestrepresentationoftheseviews
(C)counterargumentsbasedonevidencetoanticipateandaddressobjections
(D)anorganizingstructureappropriatetothepurpose,audience,andcontextand
(E)ananalysisoftherelativevalueofspecificdata,facts,andideas.

Science
IntegratedPhysicsandChemistry
(5)Scienceconcepts.Thestudentrecognizesmultipleformsofenergyandknowsthe
impactofenergytransferandenergyconservationineverydaylife.Thestudentis
expectedto:
(A)recognizeanddemonstratethatobjectsandsubstancesinmotionhavekinetic
energysuchasvibrationofatoms,waterflowingdownastreammovingpebbles,
andbowlingballsknockingdownpins
(B)demonstratecommonformsofpotentialenergy,includinggravitational,
elastic,andchemical,suchasaballonaninclinedplane,springs,andbatteries
(D)investigatethelawofconservationofenergy
(E)investigateanddemonstratethemovementofthermalenergythroughsolids,
liquids,andgasesbyconvection,conduction,andradiationsuchasinweather,
living,andmechanicalsystems(?)
(F)evaluatethetransferofelectricalenergyinseriesandparallelcircuitsand
conduematerials
(H)analyzeenergyconversionssuchasthosefromradiant,nuclear,and
geothermalsourcesfossilfuelssuchascoal,gas,oilandthemovementofwater
orwindand

(I)critiquetheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofvariousenergysourcesandtheir
impactonsocietyandtheenvironment.ctiv

Chemistry
(11)Scienceconcepts.Thestudentunderstandstheenergychangesthatoccurin
chemicalreactions.Thestudentisexpectedto:
(A)understandenergyanditsforms,includingkinetic,potential,chemical,and
thermalenergies
(B)understandthelawofconservationofenergyandtheprocessesofheat
transfer
(C)usethermochemicalequationstocalculateenergychangesthatoccurin
chemicalreactionsandclassifyreactionsasexothermicorendothermic
(D)performcalculationsinvolvingheat,mass,temperaturechange,andspecific
heatand
(E)usecalorimetrytocalculatetheheatofachemicalprocess.

Physics
(4)Scienceconcepts.Thestudentknowsandappliesthelawsgoverningmotionina
varietyofsituations.Thestudentisexpectedto:
(A)generateandinterpretgraphsandchartsdescribingdifferenttypesofmotion,
includingtheuseofrealtimetechnologysuchasmotiondetectorsorphotogates
(5)Scienceconcepts.Thestudentknowsthenatureofforcesinthephysicalworld.The
studentisexpectedto:
(E)characterizematerialsasconductorsorinsulatorsbasedontheirelectrical
properties
(F)design,construct,andcalculateintermsofcurrentthrough,potential
differenceacross,resistanceof,andpowerusedbyelectriccircuitelements
connectedinbothseriesandparallelcombinations

SocialStudies
WorldHistory
(15)Geography.Thestudentusesgeographicskillsandtoolstocollect,analyze,and
interpretdata.Thestudentisexpectedto:
(A)createandinterpretthematicmaps,graphs,andchartstodemonstratethe
relationshipbetweengeographyandthehistoricaldevelopmentofaregionor
nationand
(B)analyzeandcomparegeographicdistributionsandpatternsinworldhistory
shownonmaps,graphs,charts,andmodels.