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

110.32.b.17

(17) Oral and Written Conventions/Conventions. Students understand the function of and use the conventions of academic language when speaking and writing. Students will 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) more complex active and passive tenses and verbals (gerunds, infinitives, participles);
  • (ii) restrictive and nonrestrictive relative clauses; and
  • (iii) reciprocal pronouns (e.g., each other, one another);

• (B) identify and use the subjunctive mood to express doubts, wishes, and possibilities; and

• (C) use a variety of correctly structured sentences (e.g., compound, complex, compound-complex).