Essential Standards

Language Arts 8 Essential Standards

Essential Standards (ESs) are the skills and objectives we plan on mastering during the duration of this course.

Course Objectives (taken from the Utah State Core)

Speaking and Listening

Students will learn to collaborate, express and listen to ideas, integrate and evaluate information from various sources, use media and visual displays as well as language and grammar strategically to help achieve communicative purposes, and adapt to context and task.

Reading

Students will learn to proficiently read and comprehend grade level literature and informational text, including seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance, at the high end of the grade level text complexity band, with scaffolding as needed.

Writing

Students will learn to write for a variety of tasks, purposes, and audiences using appropriate grammar/conventions, syntax, and style.