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8th Grade Introduction
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by Jason Stephenson 10 months ago
Introduction to 8th Grade
In grade 8, students analyze high-quality, complex nonfiction texts and great works of literature. Students who leave grade 8 know how to cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis or critique and are primed to question an author’s assumptions and assess the accuracy of his or her claims as the writing focus continues to be argumentation. Instruction focuses on helping students become adept at reading closely and uncovering evidence to use in their own writing. Students can, for instance, analyze in writing two or more texts that provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify whether the disagreement is over facts or interpretation. They can analyze how point of view can be manipulated to create specific effects such as dramatic irony and investigate how particular passages within a text connect to one another to advance the plot, reveal a character, or highlight an idea. Students develop a rich vocabulary of academic words, which they use to speak and write with more precision.
Students write with increasing sophistication, focusing on organizing ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories; choosing relevant facts well; using varied transitions to clarify or show the relationships among elements: and manipulating their own use of active and passive voice. The Writing Standards specify that students should be able to distinguish their claims from alternate or opposing claims and use words and phrases to clarify the relationships and transitions among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
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2021 Resources
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Objective Analysis |
The 8 overarching standards are broken down into specific objectives. Each objective is analyzed with student actions, teacher actions, recommendations, and key terms and related objectives. |
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Literacy Progressions |
24 major literacy skills from PK-12 are vertically aligned with commentary on the development and implications for classroom teaching. |
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Proficiency Levels |
Student skill levels for each objective from the standards are shown at the developing, approaching, understanding, and extending stages. |
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UDL Lesson
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Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a research-based framework for improving student learning experiences and outcomes through careful instructional planning focused on the varied needs of all students, including students with visible and non-visible disabilities, advanced and gifted learners, and English learners.
Some general ideas for implementing the UDL lens in an ELA lesson, PK-12, are provided in this chart.
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Writing Resources
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This suite of writing resources includes:
- student-friendly checklists for the narrative, informative, argumentative, and research modes
- editing checklists for the beginning and middle of the school year
- examples of teacher feedback on student writing
- a peer feedback lesson plan with a slideshow and handout
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