8th+Grade+Language+Arts

 8th Grade Language Arts

Period 6 1:39 - 2:29 Write to Learn Language Arts Games Eight Parts of Speech   a. Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.  b. Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text. c. Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.  d. Establish and maintain a formal style.  e. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented. ||  a. Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.  b. Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.  c. Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> e. Establish and maintain a formal style. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> f. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> a. Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> c. Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence, signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another, and show the relationships among experiences and events. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> d. Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> e. Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grade 8 on page 52.) || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> a. Apply grade 8 Reading standards to literature (e.g., “Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new”). <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> b. Apply grade 8 Reading standards to literary nonfiction (e.g., “Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced”) || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> a. Explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and their function in particular sentences. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> b. Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> c. Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> d. Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> a. Use punctuation (comma, ellipsis, dash) to indicate a pause or break. b. Use an ellipsis to indicate an omission. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> c. Spell correctly. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> a. Use verbs in the active and passive voice and in the conditional and subjunctive mood to achieve particular effects (e.g., emphasizing the actor or the action; expressing uncertainty or describing a state contrary to fact). || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> a. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> b. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede). <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> c. Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech. d. Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary). || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> a. Interpret figures of speech (e.g. verbal irony, puns) in context. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> b. Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of the words. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> c. Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., bullheaded, willful, firm, persistent, resolute). || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> b. Follow rules for collegial discussions and decision-making, track progress toward specific goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> c. Pose questions that connect the ideas of several speakers and respond to others’ questions and comments with relevant evidence, observations, and ideas. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> d. Acknowledge new information expressed by others, and, when warranted, qualify or justify their own views in light of the evidence presented. || ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15px;">The Language Arts Writing, Listening and Viewing, and Speaking Content Standards are addressed through grammar study, written and oral communication, and creative writing. Creative writings include various styles of poetry and narrative, descriptive, persuasive, and expository essays. ==
 * ** 8th Grade Language Arts Common Core Standards ** ||
 * ** Writing Standards: ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">8.W.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">8.W.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">8.W.2 Write informative/ explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">8.W.3. Write narratives to develop realm or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">8.W.4 - Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1-3 above.) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">8.W.5 With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">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. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">8.W.7 Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">8.W.8 Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source;
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">8.W.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
 * ** Language Standards: ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">8.L.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">8.L.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">8.L.3 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">8.L.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases based on grade 8 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">8.L.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">8.L.6 Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering
 * ** Speaking & Listening Standards: ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">8.SL.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly. a. Come to discussions prepared, having read or researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence on the topic, text, or issue to probe and reflect on ideas under discussion.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">8.SL.2 Analyze the purpose of information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and evaluate the motives (e.g., social, commercial, political) behind its presentation. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">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. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">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; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">8.SL.5 Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">8.SL.6 Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. (See grade 8 Language standards 1 and 3 on page 52 for specific expectations.) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Students begin each class day with conversational journaling. Writing to Win short journaling, process writing, and sentence building techniques are used. Daily Grammar Practice reinforces punctuation and capitalization, parts of speech, and sentence structure. **