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TX.110.24.English Language Arts and Reading, Grade 8, Adopted 2017

English Language Arts and Reading, Grade 8, Adopted 2017
8.1. Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking--oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion. The student is expected to:
8.1.C. Advocate a position using anecdotes, analogies, and/or illustrations employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, a variety of natural gestures, and conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Speaking
 
8.1.D. Participate collaboratively in discussions, plan agendas with clear goals and deadlines, set time limits for speakers, take notes, and vote on key issues.
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8.10. Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--writing process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions. The student is expected t
8.10.A. Plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as discussion, background reading, and personal interests.
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8.10.D. Edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
8.10.D.i. Complete complex sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Compound and Complex Sentences
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Subject and Verb Agreement
 
8.10.D.iii. Prepositions and prepositional phrases and their influence on subject-verb agreement.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Subject and Verb Agreement
 
8.11. Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts that are meaningful. The student is expected to:
8.11.D. Compose correspondence that reflects an opinion, registers a complaint, or requests information in a business or friendly structure.
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8.12. Inquiry and research: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student engages in both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes for a variety of purposes. The student is expected to:
8.12.F. Synthesize information from a variety of sources.
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8.12.I. Display academic citations and use source materials ethically.
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8.12.J. Use an appropriate mode of delivery, whether written, oral, or multimodal, to present results.
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8.2. Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--vocabulary. The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively. The student is expected to:
8.2.A. Use print or digital resources to determine the meaning, syllabication, pronunciation, word origin, and part of speech.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Adding New Words to Our Language
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Dictionary Skills
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Reading-Structural Analysis
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Structural Analysis
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8.2.B. Use context within or beyond a paragraph to clarify the meaning of unfamiliar or ambiguous words.
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8.2.C. Determine the meaning and usage of grade-level academic English words derived from Greek and Latin roots such as ast, qui, path, mand/mend, and duc.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Reading-Structural Analysis
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Structural Analysis
 
8.5. Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts. The student is expected to:
8.5.A. Establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts.
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8.5.F. Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Expository Text
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8.5.G. Evaluate details read to determine key ideas.
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8.5.H. Synthesize information to create new understanding.
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8.6. Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed. The student is expected to:
8.6.C. Use text evidence to support an appropriate response.
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8.6.G. Discuss and write about the explicit or implicit meanings of text.
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8.6.H. Respond orally or in writing with appropriate register, vocabulary, tone, and voice.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Speaking
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Thinking Skills
 
8.6.I. Reflect on and adjust responses as new evidence is presented.
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8.6.J. Defend or challenge the authors' claims using relevant text evidence.
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8.7. Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--literary elements. The student recognizes and analyzes literary elements within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse li
8.7.A. Analyze how themes are developed through the interaction of characters and events.
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8.7.B. Analyze how characters’ motivations and behaviors influence events and resolution of the conflict.
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8.7.D. Explain how the setting influences the values and beliefs of characters.
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8.8. Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student recognizes and analyzes genre-specific characteristics, structures, and purposes within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporar
8.8.C. Analyze how playwrights develop dramatic action through the use of acts and scenes.
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8.8.D. Analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational text, including:
8.8.D.i. The controlling idea or thesis with supporting evidence.
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8.8.E. Analyze characteristics and structures of argumentative text by:
8.8.E.iii. Identifying the intended audience or reader.
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8.9. Author's purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses critical inquiry to analyze the authors' choices and how they influence and communicate meaning within a variety of texts. The student a
8.9.A. Explain the author's purpose and message within a text.
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8.9.C. Analyze the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes.
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8.9.D. Describe how the author's use of figurative language such as extended metaphor achieves specific purposes.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Reading-Figurative Language
 
8.9.F. Analyze how the author's use of language contributes to the mood, voice, and tone.
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8.9.G. Explain the purpose of rhetorical devices such as analogy and juxtaposition and of logical fallacies such as bandwagon appeals and circular reasoning.
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