Help your child succeed on the Texas statewide assessments with the premiere resource used by parents and teachers! With Practice More for the TAKS [grade 10, English language arts], you will strengthen your understanding of key concepts needed to succeed on the TAKS exam, studying just the subject matter you need help with. You'll gain confidence by practicing and exercising the skills learned in class, whether at home or school, alone or with friends and family to help. In Practice More for the TAKS [grade 10, English language arts] students will understand the core test objectives of the ELA portion of the exam by:
. Demonstrating a basic understanding of culturally diverse written texts
. Demonstrating an understanding of the effects of literary elements and techniques in culturally diverse written texts
. Demonstrating the ability to analyze and critically evaluate culturally diverse written texts and visual representations
. Producing an effective composition for a specific purpose that demonstrates a command of the conventions of spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, usage, and sentence structure within a given context
. Demonstrating the ability to proofread to improve the clarity and effectiveness of a piece of writing