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