(12) Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts that are meaningful. The student is expected to: (A) compose literary texts such as personal narratives and poetry using genre characteristics and craft;

(6) Geometry and measurement. The student applies mathematical process standards to analyze geometric attributes in order to develop generalizations about their properties. The student is expected to: (A) identify points, lines, line segments, rays, angles, and perpendicular and parallel lines; (B) identify and draw one or more lines of symmetry, if they exist, for a two-dimensional figure; (C) apply knowledge of right angles to identify acute, right, and obtuse triangles; and (D) classify two-dimensional figures based on the presence or absence of parallel or perpendicular lines or the presence or absence of angles of a specified size. 

(7) Geometry and measurement. The student applies mathematical process standards to solve problems involving angles less than or equal to 180 degrees. The student is expected to: (A) illustrate the measure of an angle as the part of a circle whose center is at the vertex of the angle that is "cut out" by the rays of the angle. Angle measures are limited to whole numbers; (B) illustrate degrees as the units used to measure an angle, where 1/360 of any circle is one degree and an angle that "cuts" n/360 out of any circle whose center is at the angle's vertex has a measure of n degrees. Angle measures are limited to whole numbers; (C) determine the approximate measures of angles in degrees to the nearest whole number using a protractor; (D) draw an angle with a given measure; and (E) determine the measure of an unknown angle formed by two non-overlapping adjacent angles given one or both angle measures.

(5) History. The student understands important issues, events, and individuals of the 20th century in Texas. The student is expected to: (A) explain the impact of various events on life in Texas such as the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and World War II and notable individuals such as Audie Murphy, Cleto Rodríguez, and Bessie Coleman and other local individuals; and (B) explain the development and impact of the oil and gas industry on industrialization and urbanization in Texas, including Spindletop and important people such as Pattillo Higgins.

(7) Geography. The student understands the location and patterns of settlement and the geographic factors that influence where people live. The student is expected to: (A) explain the geographic factors such as landforms and climate that influence patterns of settlement and the distribution of population in Texas, past and present; and 

(17) Culture. The student understands the contributions of people of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups to Texas culture. The student is expected to: (B) summarize the contributions of artists of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups in the development of Texas culture such as Lydia Mendoza, Chelo Silva, and Julius Lorenzo Cobb Bledsoe.

(5) Recurring themes and concepts. The student understands that recurring themes and concepts provide a framework for making connections across disciplines. The student is expected to: (G) explain how factors or conditions impact stability and change in objects, organisms, and systems

(13) Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms undergo similar life processes and have structures that function to help them survive within their environments. The student is expected to: (A) explore and explain how structures and functions of plants such as waxy leaves and deep roots enable them to survive in their environment (B) differentiate between inherited and acquired physical traits of organisms

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(10) Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms undergo similar life processes and have structures and behaviors that help them survive within their environment. The student is expected to: (C) explore, illustrate, and compare life cycles in living organisms such as beetles, crickets, radishes, or lima beans.