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

110.31.b.1

(1) Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing. Students are expected to:

• (A) determine the meaning of grade-level technical academic English words in multiple content areas (e.g., science, mathematics, social studies, the arts) derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes;

• (B) analyze textual context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to distinguish between the denotative and connotative meanings of words;

• (C) produce analogies that describe a function of an object or its description;

• (D) describe the origins and meanings of foreign words or phrases used frequently in written English (e.g., caveat emptor, carte blanche, tete a tete, pas de deux, bon appetit, quid pro quo); and

• (E) use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus (printed or electronic) to determine or confirm the meanings of words and phrases, including their connotations and denotations, and their etymology.