Common Core State Standard: RL.8.1
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Key Ideas and Details
Standard Description: Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Common Core State Standard: RL.8.2
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Key Ideas and Details
Standard Description: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
Common Core State Standard: RL.8.3
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Key Ideas and Details
Standard Description: Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
Common Core State Standard: RL.8.4
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Craft and Structure
Standard Description: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
Common Core State Standard: RL.8.5
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Craft and Structure
Standard Description: Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.
Common Core State Standard: RL.8.6
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Craft and Structure
Standard Description: Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.
Common Core State Standard: RL.8.7
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard Description: Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.
Common Core State Standard: RL.8.9
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: RL.8.10
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
Standard Description: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 6
Common Core State Standard: RI.8.1
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Key Ideas and Details
Standard Description: Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Common Core State Standard: RI.8.2
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Key Ideas and Details
Standard Description: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
Common Core State Standard: RI.8.3
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Key Ideas and Details
Standard Description: Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).
Common Core State Standard: RI.8.4
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Craft and Structure
Standard Description: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
Common Core State Standard: RI.8.5
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Craft and Structure
Standard Description: Analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph in a text, including the role of particular sentences in developing and refining a key concept.
Common Core State Standard: RI.8.6
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Craft and Structure
Standard Description: Determine an author
Common Core State Standard: RI.8.7
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard Description: Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g., print or digital text, video, multimedia) to present a particular topic or idea.
Common Core State Standard: RI.8.8
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: RI.8.9
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard Description: Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.
Common Core State Standard: RI.8.10
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
Standard Description: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 6
Common Core State Standard: W.8.1
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.1.A
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.1.B
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.1.C
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.1.D
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Establish and maintain a formal style.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.1.E
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.2
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.2.A
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.2.B
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.2.C
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.2.D
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.2.E
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Establish and maintain a formal style.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.2.F
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.3
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.3.A
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.3.B
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.3.C
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.3.D
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.3.E
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.4
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Production and Distribution of Writing
Standard Description: 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
Common Core State Standard: W.8.5
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Production and Distribution of Writing
Standard Description: With some guidance and support from peers and adults, 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. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1
Common Core State Standard: W.8.6
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Production and Distribution of Writing
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.7
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.8
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.9
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Standard Description: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.9.A
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Standard Description: Apply grade 8 Reading standards to literature (e.g.,
Common Core State Standard: W.8.9.B
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Standard Description: Apply grade 8 Reading standards to literary nonfiction (e.g.,
Common Core State Standard: W.8.10
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Range of Writing
Standard Description: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.1
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.1.A
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and their function in particular sentences.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.1.B
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.1.C
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.1.D
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood.*
Common Core State Standard: L.8.2
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.2.A
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Use punctuation (comma, ellipsis, dash) to indicate a pause or break.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.2.B
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Use an ellipsis to indicate an omission.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.2.C
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Spell correctly.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.3
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Knowledge of Language
Standard Description: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.3.A
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Knowledge of Language
Standard Description: 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).
Common Core State Standard: L.8.4
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.4.A
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word
Common Core State Standard: L.8.4.B
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede).
Common Core State Standard: L.8.4.C
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.4.D
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: 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).
Common Core State Standard: L.8.5
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.5.A
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: Interpret figures of speech (e.g. verbal irony, puns) in context.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.5.B
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of the words.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.5.C
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., bullheaded, willful, firm, persistent, resolute).
Common Core State Standard: L.8.6
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: RL.8.1
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Key Ideas and Details
Standard Description: Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Common Core State Standard: RL.8.2
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Key Ideas and Details
Standard Description: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
Common Core State Standard: RL.8.3
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Key Ideas and Details
Standard Description: Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
Common Core State Standard: RL.8.4
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Craft and Structure
Standard Description: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
Common Core State Standard: RL.8.5
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Craft and Structure
Standard Description: Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.
Common Core State Standard: RL.8.6
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Craft and Structure
Standard Description: Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.
Common Core State Standard: RL.8.7
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard Description: Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.
Common Core State Standard: RL.8.9
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: RL.8.10
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
Standard Description: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Common Core State Standard: RI.8.1
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Key Ideas and Details
Standard Description: Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Common Core State Standard: RI.8.2
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Key Ideas and Details
Standard Description: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
Common Core State Standard: RI.8.3
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Key Ideas and Details
Standard Description: Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).
Common Core State Standard: RI.8.4
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Craft and Structure
Standard Description: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
Common Core State Standard: RI.8.5
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Craft and Structure
Standard Description: Analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph in a text, including the role of particular sentences in developing and refining a key concept.
Common Core State Standard: RI.8.6
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Craft and Structure
Standard Description: Determine an author"s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
Common Core State Standard: RI.8.7
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard Description: Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g., print or digital text, video, multimedia) to present a particular topic or idea.
Common Core State Standard: RI.8.8
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: RI.8.9
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard Description: Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.
Common Core State Standard: RI.8.10
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
Standard Description: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.1
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.1.A
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.1.B
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.1.C
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.1.D
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Establish and maintain a formal style.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.1.E
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.2
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.2.A
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.2.B
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.2.C
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.2.D
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.2.E
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Establish and maintain a formal style.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.2.F
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.3
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.3.A
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.3.B
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.3.C
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.3.D
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.3.E
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.4
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Production and Distribution of Writing
Standard Description: 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.)
Common Core State Standard: W.8.5
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Production and Distribution of Writing
Standard Description: With some guidance and support from peers and adults, 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. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grade 8 on page 53.)
Common Core State Standard: W.8.6
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Production and Distribution of Writing
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.7
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.8
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.9
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Standard Description: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Common Core State Standard: W.8.9.A
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Standard Description: 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").
Common Core State Standard: W.8.9.B
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Standard Description: 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").
Common Core State Standard: W.8.10
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Range of Writing
Standard Description: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.1
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.1.A
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and their function in particular sentences.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.1.B
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.1.C
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.1.D
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood.*
Common Core State Standard: L.8.2
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.2.A
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Use punctuation (comma, ellipsis, dash) to indicate a pause or break.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.2.B
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Use an ellipsis to indicate an omission.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.2.C
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Spell correctly.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.3
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Knowledge of Language
Standard Description: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.3.A
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Knowledge of Language
Standard Description: 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).
Common Core State Standard: L.8.4
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.4.A
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.4.B
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede).
Common Core State Standard: L.8.4.C
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.4.D
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: 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).
Common Core State Standard: L.8.5
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.5.A
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: Interpret figures of speech (e.g. verbal irony, puns) in context.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.5.B
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of the words.
Common Core State Standard: L.8.5.C
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., bullheaded, willful, firm, persistent, resolute).
Common Core State Standard: L.8.6
Grade: 8
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: 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.
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