Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
8.19.B
write complex sentences and differentiate between main versus subordinate clauses;
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
8.19.C
use a variety of complete sentences (e.g., simple, compound, complex) that include properly placed modifiers, correctly identified antecedents, parallel structures, and consistent tenses.
Arkansas Academic Standards:
8.W.6.P
Use a variety of sentence types effectively.
Arkansas Academic Standards:
8.L.7.S
Produce compound-complex sentences, using dependent clauses, subordinating conjunctions, conjunctive adverbs, correlative conjunctions, and coordinating conjunctions.