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

110.20.b.20

(20) Writing/Conventions of Language/Handwriting. Students write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and punctuation conventions in their compositions. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to:

  • (A) use conventions of capitalization; and
  • (B) use correct punctuation marks, including:
    • (i) commas after introductory structures and dependent adverbial clauses, and correct punctuation of complex sentences; and
    • (ii) semicolons, colons, hyphens, parentheses, brackets, and ellipses.