Grade+8


 * Embedded Skills || Entering Skills || Exiting Skills || Modes of Writing || Assessments/Products ||
 * Construct a thesis and support with fact || Construct a main idea and support with specific details || State a main idea and support with evidence from text || Expository

Persuasive

Literary Analysis || *
 * Five Paragraph Esssy


 * Ad Writing

Expository Persuasive Literary Analysis Imaginative/Creative/Expressive || * All writing || Imaginative/Creative/Expressive
 * [[file:Reading and Writing Cooperative Activity.doc]] ||
 * Construct fluent sentences || Apply conventions of grammar to construct clear and detailed sentences || Express thought utilizing meaning and structure || Narrative/Descriptive
 * Critique || Evaluate own and others’ writings for strengths and weaknesses || Recognize merit and be able to analyze main idea || Literary Analysis || * Seedfolks Character Sketch
 * [[file:Directions for individual final projects.doc]]
 * [[file:ELA 8 Final Exam Anne Frank Essay 2010.doc]] ||
 * Establish a consistent point of view in writing || Select and maintain a consistent perspective in writing || Determine appropriate audience while maintaining consistent voice and verb tense || Narrative/Descriptive

Expository

Persuasive Literary Analysis || * Short story writing assignment
 * Poetry Project
 * [[file:WRITING YOUR HERO ESSAY.docm]]
 * [[file:Feedback Sheet Worksheet.doc]]

Literary Analysis
 * Photostory Project ||
 * Generate ideas/brainstorm || Produce and refine ideas using a variety of developmental strategies || Produce, organize, and prioritize ideas using a variety of developmental strategies || Persuasive

Expository

Narrative/Descriptive Imaginative/Creative/Expressive || * Expository
 * Photostory Project
 * [[file:A Bunch of Questions You Can Ask Almost Anyone.doc]]
 * [[file:prediction2.pdf]]
 * [[file:Paper Wads of Poetry Ideas Activity.doc]] ||
 * Make effective word choices || Select appropriate words to express detailed ideas to a specific audience || Recognize power of connotation and imagery in upgrading choice of language || Narrative/Descriptive

Persuasive Literary Analysis Imaginative/Creative/Expressive || * All writing
 * [[file:simile and mood.doc]]
 * Photostory Project ||
 * Note-taking || Identify and summarize important information in a concise and organized format || Discriminate between essential and supplemental information and summarize in a concise and organized format || Expository

Persuasive Literary Analysis || * Photostory Project Expository Persuasive Literary Analysis Imaginative/Creative/Expressive || * All writing
 * [[file:Project directions packet.doc]]
 * [[file:PhotoStory Poem & Song project directions.docm]]
 * Other research ||
 * Organize writing || Construct writing that adheres to a clear organizational strategy || Design product to express ideas in a cohesive manner || Narrative/Descriptive
 * [[file:Extra Credit Project.doc]]
 * [[file:Create a Character.doc]]
 * [[file:Story Steps.doc]] ||
 * Recall fact and details from oral text || Respond meaningfully to essential elements demonstrating understanding of oral text || Respond using essential elements to demonstrate thorough understanding of oral text || Expository

Persuasive Literary Analysis || *
 * Student presentation of topic
 * [[file:ReadWriteThink Lesson Plan A Directed Listening–Thinking Activity for iThe Tell-Tale Heart-i.mht]] ||
 * Recognize different levels of meaning in oral text || Identify the pronounced and subtle meanings within the text, including the literal and the implied || Identify the pronounced and subtle meanings within the text, including the literal, the figurative, the explicit (specific), and the implied || Expository

Persuasive Literary Analysis || * || Persuasive Literary Analysis || * Expository Persuasive Literary Analysis Imaginative/Creative/Expressive || * All writing || Persuasive
 * Set purpose for listening || Differentiate between listening for information, listening for response, or listening for enjoyment || Identify information to anticipate the author’s central message || Expository
 * Journal Writing ||
 * Use conventions of English language || Adhere to conventional spelling, grammar, usage, paragraphing, punctuation, and capitalization || Adhere to conventional spelling, grammar, usage, paragraphing, punctuation, and capitalization || Narrative/Descriptive
 * Use effective writer’s voice || Express an individual and appropriate voice in writing || Identify appropriate audience and consistent voice ||  || * [[file:Creative Writing Assignment Prompts and Rubric.doc]] ||
 * Use graphic organizers || Recognize different organizers and their uses || Select appropriate organizational mode for task || Expository

Literary Analysis

Imaginative/Creative/Expressive Narrative/Descriptive || *
 * [[file:Character_map_boy.pdf]]
 * Compare & Contrast Essay

recognizing context-appropriate language || Narrative/Descriptive Expository Persuasive Literary Analysis Imaginative/Creative/Expressive || *
 * [[file:ELA 8 Final Exam Essay Anne Frank Cover 2010.doc]] ||
 * Use sophisticated vocabulary || Use varied and effective language appropriate to the task and audience || Extend word base while evaluating shades of meaning and
 * [[file:vocab.pdf]]
 * [[file:Define.doc]]
 * All writing ||
 * Determine theme || Recognize common life lessons and identify them within texts || Determine author’s message and the author’s purpose and establish connection to their own lives || Imaginative/Creative/Expressive

Narrative/Descriptive Expository Persuasive Literary Analysis || * Expository Persuasive Literary Analysis Imaginative/Creative/Expressive || *
 * [[file:Crush Poems.doc]]
 * [[file:Treasures Poem.doc]] ||
 * Use supporting details || Support a main idea with details that are specific and relevant || Prioritize and classify supporting details || Narrative/Descriptive
 * [[file:causeeffect_events.pdf]]
 * [[file:mainidea.pdf]]
 * All writing ||