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Eighth Grade READ 180
Students’ third nine weeks grade will be based on evidence
they are able to do the following:
1.
Select and write an appropriate summary statement based upon
a text
2.
Identify and use multiple-meaning words in context
3.
Identify and use correct verb tense
4.
Identify and use commas correctly
5.
State a point of view and support it using text
6.
Identify the correct use of adverbs, prepositions,
interjections, and conjunctions
7. Make
inferences from selected texts
8. Read
and use information from a map
9. Plan
and write a personal narrative in first person point of view
10.
Identify examples of similes, metaphors, alliteration,
onomatopoeia, personification, and hyperbole
11.
Identify examples of sound devices such as rhyme,
alliteration, assonance, slant rhyme, repetition, and
internal rhyme
12.
Identify examples of bias and stereotyping
13.
Identify levels of reliability of resources such as
eyewitness account, newspaper account, tabloids, and
Internet sources
14.
Identify the correct use of quotation marks and colons
15.
Recognize and use appropriate vocabulary (i.e. allusion,
antecedent, bias, composition structure, cross-reference,
derivation, gerund/gerund phrase, infer from unstated
assumptions, logic (inductive/deductive reasoning),
participial phrase/participle, reliability, shades of
meaning, synthesize/analyze)
Students’ second nine weeks grade will be based on evidence
they are able to do the following ( #14-21 are in constant
reinforcement & are carried over from the first nine-weeks):
1.
Replace unknown words with synonyms or antonyms
2.
Recognize first person point of view
3.
Identify plot, character, & setting of a story
4.
Understand the differences among genres
5.
Recognize cause and effect relationships in a passage
6.
Recognize implied themes
7.
Identify how an author reveals character traits
8.
Identify foreshadowing
9.
Select an appropriate thesis statement
10.
Identify the correct use of commas
11.
Identify the correct use of nouns, pronouns, verbs, and
adjectives
12.
Identify sentences that do not fit the flow of a paragraph
13.
Choose the supporting sentence that best fits the flow of a
paragraph
14.
Form questions while reading to help in understanding the
text being read.
15.
Identify an author’s audience and purpose (i.e. to inform,
to persuade, to entertain, to share emotions)
16.
Recognize and use appropriate vocabulary (i.e.
assumption/assume, clarify, documentary, expository writing,
expression, fluency, generalization, inconsistency, literary
elements, projection, prose, revision, sentence structure,
stereotype, viewpoint)
17. Use
dictionaries, thesauruses, and electronic sources to
identify meanings of new words.
18.
Complete a graphic organizer
19.
Integrate all steps of the writing process (prewriting,
drafting, revising, editing, and publishing).
20.
Identify correctly and incorrectly spelled words.
21. Use
context clues (reading around the word) to determine or
predict meaning of unfamiliar words.
Students’ first nine weeks grade will be based on
evidence they are able to do the following:
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Find
the main idea and details of a passage.
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Form
questions while reading to help in understanding the
text being read.
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Identify an author’s audience and purpose (i.e. to
inform, to persuade, to entertain, to share emotions)
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Determine sequence of events in a story/passage.
Re-arrange written work in a logical order.
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Find
information using timelines, graphs, headings, and
subheadings within a reading.
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Identify appropriate synonyms and antonyms.
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Identify root words and affixes (prefixes & suffixes) to
understand meaning of new words.
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Use
context clues (reading around the word) to determine or
predict meaning of unfamiliar words.
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Use
dictionaries, thesauruses, and electronic sources to
identify meanings of new words.
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Complete a graphic organizer (i.e. clustering, listing,
mapping, and webbing)
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Write a well-organized paragraph(s)
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Choose
the supporting sentence that best fits the flow of ideas in
a paragraph
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Select/write an appropriate concluding sentence to a
paragraph.
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Select the best way to combine sentences by using
transitional words within writing.
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Select the most appropriate way to correct a run-on
sentence.
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Identify correct subject/verb agreement.
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Integrate all steps of the writing process (prewriting,
drafting, revising, editing, and publishing).
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Identify correctly and incorrectly spelled words.
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Recognize and use appropriate vocabulary while reading
and writing. (i.e. analyze, compare, contrast, critique,
define, describe, discuss, evaluate, explain,
illustrate, interpret, justify, persuade, respond,
state, summarize, trace)
(these may differ slightly according to grade
level)
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