English Language Arts Curriculum

8th Grade

Course Purpose:

 Students will debate significant global issues through comparing, contrasting, and presenting solutions via various media sources and fiction/nonfiction text.

Outcomes and Components:

LA.8.11

Students will determine the main idea of nonfiction texts by analyzing text evidence and structure.

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Standard(s)
 

LA.8.11.1

Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

8.RI.1
 

LA.8.11.2

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.

8.RI.2
 

LA.8.11.3

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.

8.RI.4
 

LA.8.11.4

Read and comprehend literary nonfiction independently and proficiently at grade level.

8.RI.10

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