ELA
Quarter 4
8th Grade Curriculum
Quarter 4
6 Trait Writing (Writing Standards)
➢ IXL as M-W-F warm up activity
➢ On Demand Writing Prompts T-Th
➢ Vocabulary
● Figurative Language – L.8.5; 8.5.a; 8.5.b; 8.5.c; RIT.8.4
➢ Cornell Notetaking Grammar: Verbals and Phrases
Novel: The Outsiders by SE Hinton Reading Standards
● Main Idea/Supporting Details – RIT.8.2; RL.8.2
RI.8.2 – Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objectivesummary of the text.
RL.8.2 – Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot;provide an objective summary of the text.
● Paraphrasing and summarizing and making inferences – RL.8.1; RIT.8.1
RL.8.1 – Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
RI.8.1 – Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
● Theme/Central Idea RL.8.2
RL.8.2 – Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot;provide an objective summary of the text.
● Story ElementsRL.8.3
RL.8.3 – Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
● PointsofViewRL.8.6
RL.8.6 – Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects assuspense or humor.
● Compare and Contrast Multiple Forms of Media RL.8.7
● RL.8.7 – Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by thedirector or actors.
Banned book report project as iMovie trailer
Speaking & Listening SL.8.1