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

110.16.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 and active voice);
  • (ii) collective nouns (e.g., class, public);
  • (iii) adjectives (e.g., descriptive, including origins: French windows, American cars) and their comparative and                 superlative forms (e.g., good, better, best);
  • (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) indefinite pronouns (e.g., all, both, nothing, anything);
  • (vii) subordinating conjunctions (e.g., while, because, although, if); and
  • (viii) transitional words (e.g., also, therefore);

• (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.