Priority Standards for 8th grade ELA
Reading: Reading Informational Text and Reading Literature have been combined into one reading category.
6.R.1 Questioning, Inference, and Interpretation
Key Ideas and Details: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
6.R.2 Themes and Central Ideas
Key Ideas and Details: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
Writing
W.1 Argumentative Writing
Text Types and Purposes: Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
W.2 Informative/Explanatory Writing
Text Types and Purposes: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
W.3 Narrative Writing
Text Types and Purposes: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences
Language:
L.1 Grammar
Conventions of Standard English: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.