TEKS: Chapter 110. English Language Arts and Reading See All Teacher Resources

110.15.b.20

(20) 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 (irregular verbs);
  • (ii) nouns (singular/plural, common/proper);
  • (iii) adjectives (e.g., descriptive, including purpose: sleeping bag, frying pan) and their comparative and superlative         forms (e.g., fast, faster, fastest);
  • (iv) adverbs (e.g., frequency: usually, sometimes; intensity: almost, a lot);
  • (v) prepositions and prepositional phrases to convey location, time, direction, or to provide details;
  • (vi) reflexive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves);
  • (vii) correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor); and
  • (viii) use 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.