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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.