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8th Grade English Language Arts Bundle 2 Reading Focus: Reading is interactive! Vocabulary Writing Focus: Writing is personal! Composition (16) Writing. Students write about their own experiences. Students are expected to: (2) Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing. Students are expected to: 8.16 write a personal narrative that has a clearly defined focus and Readiness communicates the importance of or reasons for actions and/or 8.2 (A) determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words consequences. derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes 8.2 (B) use context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to determine or clarify the meaning of unfamiliar or ambiguous words or words with novel meanings Recognizing that: Connotative Meaning of Words/Phrases/Sentences is the emotional content, significance or implied meaning of a word, phrase, or sentence. Denotative Meaning of Words/Phrases/Sentences is the actual, literal, explicit meaning of a word, phrase, or sentence. 8.2 (C) complete analogies that describe a function or its description (e.g., pen:paper as chalk: ______ or soft:kitten as hard: ______); 8.2 (D) identify common words or word parts from other languages that are used in written English (e.g., phenomenon, charisma, chorus, passé, flora, fauna); 8.2 (E) use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus (printed or electronic) to determine the meanings, syllabication, pronunciations, alternate word choices, and parts of speech of words. Stephenville ISD Edited July 2013 8th Grade English Language Arts Bundle 2 Grammar (19) Oral and Written Conventions/Conventions. Students understand the function of and use the conventions of academic language when speaking and writing. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to: 8.19 (B) write complex sentences and differentiate between main versus subordinate clauses; and 8.19 (C) use a variety of complete sentences (e.g., simple, compound, complex) that include properly placed modifiers, correctly identified antecedents, parallel structures, and consistent tenses. 8.20 (B) (ii) semicolons, colons, hyphens, parentheses, brackets, and ellipses. (Stop and teach: colon to introduce items in a series.) Figure 19 (1) Reading/Fluency (8) Comprehension of Literary Text/ Sensory Language (26) Listening and Speaking: Listening (27) Listening and Speaking: Speaking (28) Listening and Speaking: Teamwork Suggested: SCOPE Magazine I-Station Stephenville ISD Spelling (21) Oral and Written Conventions/Spelling. Students spell correctly. Students are expected to: 8.21 spell correctly, including using various resources to determine and check correct spellings. On-Going Process Skills (14) Writing/Writing Process (19) Oral and Written Conventions/Conventions (20) Writing/Conventions of Language/ Handwriting (21) Oral and Written Conventions/Spelling Resources Instructional Resources / Textbook Correlations Suggested: Bell Ringers Texas Writing Coach (Prentice Hall) Edited July 2013 8th Grade English Language Arts Bundle 2 Picture Books Webster’s Intermediate Dictionary Everyday Spelling (Scott Foresman) Web Links / Other Resources Academic Language / Language of Instruction Assessments Formative Summative Formative Summative Other Curricular Connection (ELA, Math, SS) Technology Applications: (1) Creativity and innovation. The student uses creative thinking and innovative processes to construct knowledge, generate new ideas, and create products. Students are expected to: (B) create, present, and publish original works as a means of personal or group expression; (K) use keyboarding techniques and ergonomic strategies while building speed and accuracy; (L) create and edit files with productivity tools, including: (i) a word processing document using digital typography standards such as page layout, font formatting, paragraph formatting, mail merge, and list attributes Exemplar Lessons Stephenville ISD Edited July 2013