Standard Alignments:

TEKS ELA: 8(10)(D)(ii)

8(10)(D)(ii) Edit drafts using standard English conventions, including consistent, appropriate use of verb tenses and active and passive voice.

Related Lessons

Use Coordination to Indicate Relationships Between Ideas
Determine the Meaning of Words Using Context Clues
Distinguish Among the Connotations of Words with Similar Denotations
Use Punctuation to Indicate a Pause or Break
Determine the Meaning of Unknown Words using Roots & Affixes
Use Compare and Contrast Relationship to Determine the Meaning of Words
Explain the Function of Verbals
Interpret the Meaning of Metaphors
Interpret the Meaning of Similes
Analyze Idioms
Write Compound Sentences
Identify Compound Sentences with Transitions
Establish Coherence Through Parallel Structure
Use Apposition to Indicate the Relationship Between Ideas
Use Subordination to Indicate Relationship Between Ideas

Related Concepts

Figurative Language Poster
Identify Homographs
Correct Shift Errors in Verb Tense
Recognize & Explain the Meaning of Idioms
Explain the Meaning of Similes & Metaphors
Use Commas Correctly
Use Effective Subordination to Write a Complex Sentence
Use Effective Coordination to Write Compound Sentences
Identify & Interpret Imagery
Identify & Interpret Personification
Identify Complex Sentences
Analyze Compound Sentences
Correct Dangling & Misplaced Modifiers
Explain the Function of Adverbial Phrases
Explain the Function of Descriptive Phrases
Express Ideas with Precise Verbs
Write Compound Sentences
Use Colons
Use Semicolons