| California Content Standards |
| English and Language Arts |
| Grade Eight |
| Reading |
| ELA.8.1.0 Word Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary Development |
| Vocabulary and Concept Development |
 |
ELA.8.1.1. Analyze idioms, analogies, metaphors, and similes to infer the literal and figurative meanings of phrases.
|
| ELA.8.2.0 Reading Comprehension (Focus on Informational Materials) |
| Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text |
|
ELA.8.2.3. Find similarities and differences between texts in the treatment, scope, or organization of ideas.
|
| ELA.8.3.0 Literary Response and Analysis |
| Structural Features of Literature |
|
ELA.8.3.1. Determine and articulate the relationship between the purposes and characteristics of different forms of poetry (e.g., ballad, lyric, couplet, epic, elegy, ode, sonnet).
|
| Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text |
|
ELA.8.3.2. Evaluate the structural elements of the plot (e.g., subplots, parallel episodes, climax), the plot's development, and the way in which conflicts are (or are not) addressed and resolved.
|
|
ELA.8.3.3. Compare and contrast motivations and reactions of literary characters from different historical eras confronting similar situations or conflicts.
|
|
ELA.8.3.4. Analyze the relevance of the setting (e.g., place, time, customs) to the mood, tone, and meaning of the text.
|
|
ELA.8.3.5. Identify and analyze recurring themes (e.g., good versus evil) across traditional and contemporary works.
|
|
ELA.8.3.6. Identify significant literary devices (e.g., metaphor, symbolism, dialect, irony) that define a writer's style and use those elements to interpret the work.
|
| Writing |
| ELA.8.1.0 Writing Strategies |
| Organization and Focus |
|
ELA.8.1.1. Create compositions that establish a controlling impression, have a coherent thesis, and end with a clear and well-supported conclusion.
|
|
ELA.8.1.2. Establish coherence within and among paragraphs through effective transitions, parallel structures, and similar writing techniques.
|
|
ELA.8.1.3. Support theses or conclusions with analogies, paraphrases, quotations, opinions from authorities, comparisons, and similar devices.
|
| Research and Technology |
|
ELA.8.1.4. Plan and conduct multiple-step information searches by using computer networks and modems.
|
|
ELA.8.1.5. Achieve an effective balance between researched information and original ideas.
|
| Evaluation and Revision |
|
ELA.8.1.6. Revise writing for word choice; appropriate organization; consistent point of view; and transitions between paragraphs, passages, and ideas.
|
| ELA.8.2.0 Writing Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics) |
|
ELA.8.2.1. Write biographies, autobiographies, short stories, or narratives:
a. Relate a clear, coherent incident, event, or situation by using well-chosen details.
b. Reveal the significance of, or the writer's attitude about, the subject.
c. Employ narrative and descriptive strategies (e.g., relevant dialogue, specific action, physical description, background description, comparison or contrast of characters).
|
|
ELA.8.2.2. Write responses to literature:
a. Exhibit careful reading and insight in their interpretations.
b. Connect the student's own responses to the writer's techniques and to specific textual references.
c. Draw supported inferences about the effects of a literary work on its audience.
d. Support judgments through references to the text, other works, other authors, or to personal knowledge.
|
| Written and Oral English Language Conventions |
| ELA.8.1.0 Written and Oral English Language Conventions |
| Sentence Structure |
|
ELA.8.1.1. Use correct and varied sentence types and sentence openings to present a lively and effective personal style.
|
| Grammar |
|
ELA.8.1.4. Edit written manuscripts to ensure that correct grammar is used.
|
| Punctuation and Capitalization |
|
ELA.8.1.5. Use correct punctuation and capitalization.
|
| Spelling |
|
ELA.8.1.6. Use correct spelling conventions.
|
| Listening and Speaking |
| ELA.8.2.0 Speaking Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics) |
|
ELA.8.2.2. Deliver oral responses to literature:
a. Interpret a reading and provide insight.
b. Connect the students' own responses to the writer's techniques and to specific textual references.
c. Draw supported inferences about the effects of a literary work on its audience.
d. Support judgments through references to the text, other works, other authors, or personal knowledge.
|
Subscribe
