TEKS: Chapter 110. English Language Arts and Reading See All Teacher Resources
110.14.b.22
(22) Oral and Written Conventions/Conventions. Students understand the function of and use the conventions of academic language when speaking and writing. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to:
- (A) use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking:
- (i) verbs (past, present, and future);
- (ii) nouns (singular/plural, common/proper);
- (iii) adjectives (e.g., descriptive: wooden, rectangular; limiting: this, that; articles: a, an, the);
- (iv) adverbs (e.g., time: before, next; manner: carefully, beautifully);
- (v) prepositions and prepositional phrases;
- (vi) possessive pronouns (e.g., his, hers, theirs);
- (vii) coordinating conjunctions (e.g., and, or, but); and
- (viii) time-order transition words and transitions that indicate a conclusion;
- (B) use the complete subject and the complete predicate in a sentence; and
- (C) use complete simple and compound sentences with correct subject-verb agreement.