4.11.D.i
The Standard
complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading · The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Write sentences with a clear subject and predicate. Match subjects with the right verb forms and join related complete thoughts without creating fragments, comma splices, or run-ons.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student writes sentences with clear subjects and predicates and uses verbs that match the subjects. The student joins related ideas with correct punctuation and conjunctions, then spots and fixes fragments, comma splices, and run-ons.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may match a singular subject with a plural verb, especially when other nouns come between them. They may use only a comma to join two sentences, leave out a subject or predicate, or combine ideas without punctuation.
How to Assess It
- Use this exit ticket: “Edit these sentences: The dogs barks. Because Mia missed the bus. I called Sam, he answered. We packed lunch we left.” Ask students to rewrite each sentence correctly.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs sentence strips with subjects, predicates, conjunctions, and punctuation, then have them build and explain correct simple and compound sentences.
Ask students to explain how they would repair “My brother plays soccer, he practices daily,” then write two correct versions.
Play Sentence Repair Relay using cards with fragments, run-ons, agreement errors, and correct sentences for teams to sort and revise.
Have students edit a short school announcement for sentence boundaries and subject-verb agreement before reading the corrected version aloud.
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Related Standards
- 7.10.D.i
complete complex sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments
- 6.10.D.i
complete complex sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;
- 8.10.D.i
complete complex sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;
- 5.11.D.i
The 5th Grade version of this standard.
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