Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
8.W.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information.
8.W.3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
8.W.4
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
With some guidance and support, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.
8.W.6
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
8.W.7
Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
8.W.8
Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
8.W.10
Write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames.
8.SL.1
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on grade 8 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
8.SL.2
Analyze the purpose of information presented in diverse media and formats and evaluate the motives behind its presentation.
8.SL.3
Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims, evaluating the soundness of the reasoning and relevance and sufficiency of the evidence and identifying when irrelevant evidence is introduced.
8.SL.4
Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with relevant evidence, sound valid reasoning, and well-chosen details.
8.SL.5
Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest.
8.SL.6
Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
8.L.2
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
8.L.3
Use knowledge of the language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
8.L.4
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 8 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
8.L.5
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
8.L.6
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.