“Think before you speak. Read before you think.”
-Fran Lebowitz
Reading Literature and Reading for Information in Grade 8:
Standard Code: LAFS.8.RL.4.10
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.
Standard Code: LAFS.8.RI.4.10
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.
CPALMS.org information on 8th grade standards
Reading Literature and Reading for Information in Grade 8:
Standard Code: LAFS.8.RL.4.10
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.
Standard Code: LAFS.8.RI.4.10
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.
CPALMS.org information on 8th grade standards
"The difference between almost the right word and the right word is really a large matter-it's like the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning."
-Mark Twain
Writing Expectations in Grade 8:
- Efficient planning, drafting, revising, and editing
- clear and consistent focus on the topic
- Effective organization for the writing purpose, including internal transitions that help the reader understand how paragraphs work together, reference one another, and build to a larger point
- Sufficient, specific, and relevant development of support, i.e., elaboration that includes concrete details and pertinent information that helps the reader construct mental images; clear, precise word choice that provides a natural, reasonable, and consistent tone to the response, rather than sudden bursts of elevated, contrived use of vocabulary, or discordant use of creative writing strategies
- Various sentence structures and styles that add compositional facility and rhythm to the response, allow emphasis of critical points, and create interest for the reader
- Overall control of the basic conventions of standard English
- Purposeful use of elements that promote the intended argumentation, or informational purpose for writing.