Texas 6th Grade ELA Standards in Oral and Written Conventions

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6 Oral and Written Conventions

• 19 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.
  • A use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking:
    • i verbs (irregular verbs and active and passive voice);
    • ii non-count nouns (e.g., rice, paper);
    • iii predicate adjectives (She is intelligent.) and their comparative and superlative forms (e.g., many, more, most);
    • iv conjunctive adverbs (e.g., consequently, furthermore, indeed);
    • v prepositions and prepositional phrases to convey location, time, direction, or to provide details;
    • vi indefinite pronouns (e.g., all, both, nothing, anything);
    • vii subordinating conjunctions (e.g., while, because, although, if); and
    • viii transitional words and phrases that demonstrate an understanding of the function of the transition related to the organization of the writing (e.g., on the contrary, in addition to);
  • B differentiate between the active and passive voice and know how to use them both; and
  • C use complete simple and compound sentences with correct subject-verb agreement.
• 20 Students write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and punctuation conventions in their compositions.
  • A use capitalization for:
    • i abbreviations;
    • ii initials and acronyms; and
    • iii organizations;
  • B recognize and use punctuation marks including:
    • i commas in compound sentences;
    • ii proper punctuation and spacing for quotations; and
    • iii parentheses, brackets, and ellipses (to indicate omissions and interruptions or incomplete statements); and
  • C use proper mechanics including italics and underlining for titles of books.
• 21 Students spell correctly.
  • A differentiate between commonly confused terms (e.g., its, it’s; affect, effect);
  • B use spelling patterns and rules and print and electronic resources to determine and check correct spellings; and
  • C know how to use the spell-check function in word processing while understanding its limitations.