Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • TEKS Guide
  • TEKS
  • About
    • Texas Gateway
    • TEKS Guide
  • More
    • News
    • Help Center
    • Contact
  • Quick Links
    • Restorative Discipline Practices in Texas
    • Flashing Lights Senate Bill 30
Search

User account menu

  • Log In
  • Sign Up
Translate
Back to TEKS search
  • English Language Arts and Reading
  • Grade 8
  • Author's purpose and craft

English Language Arts and Reading.8.9

Previous Next

Author's purpose and craft: 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. The student is expected to:

A student expectation is directly related to the knowledge and skills statement, is more specific about how students demonstrate their learning, and always begins with a verb. Student expectations are further broken down into their component parts, often referred to as “breakouts.”

  • Overview
  • Alignments
  • Resources

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND READING.8.9 — Vertical Alignment

Vertical alignment shows student expectations in the same subject area at different grade levels that are related to or build upon one another.

ELA.8.9

Author's purpose and craft: 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. The student is expected to:

Gateway footer

  • About
  • Help Center
  • Contact
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service

Footer One

  • Compact with Texans
  • Encrypted Email
  • Fraud Hotline
  • Complaints
  • Public Information Requests

Footer Two

  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • ESCs
  • State of Texas
  • Texas Legislature
  • Homeland Security

Footer Three

  • Trail
  • Military Families
  • Where Our Money Goes
  • Equal Educational Opportunity
  • Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities
TEA logo
1701 N. Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas, 78701
(512) 463-9734
© 2007-2025 Texas Education Agency (TEA). All Rights Reserved.
Feedback