TEKS: Chapter 110. English Language Arts and Reading See All Teacher Resources
110.32.b.18
(18) Oral and Written Conventions/Handwriting, Capitalization, and Punctuation. Students write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and punctuation conventions in their compositions. Students are expected to:
- (A) use conventions of capitalization; and
- (B) use correct punctuation marks including:
- (i) comma placement in nonrestrictive phrases, clauses, and contrasting expressions;
- (ii) quotation marks to indicate sarcasm or irony; and
- (iii) dashes to emphasize parenthetical information.
Aligned Resources
Teaching Guides
- Teaching Night: Virtual Field Trip
- Teaching The Tell-Tale Heart: Stuck in Medias Res with You
- Teaching The Crucible: Closing Time
- Teaching A Christmas Carol: Parable Party
- Teaching The Crucible: Dear Abby: Character Advice Columns
- Teaching Of Mice and Men: Photo Synthesis
- Teaching Othello: Creating an Insider’s Travel Guide to Othello’s Venice or Cyprus
- Teaching A Christmas Carol: Give a Little, Get a Lot
- Teaching Of Mice and Men: “To a Mouse”
- Teaching Lord of the Flies: What's Your Cover Story?
- Teaching The Tell-Tale Heart: Law and Disorder: Poe and the Insanity Defense
- Teaching Of Mice and Men: Becoming Slim (or Curley, or Candy, or Lennie, or George, or Crooks, or ...)
- Teaching The Lottery: Monstrous Acts