State Standards/Pacing Guide
English Language Arts TNREADY BLUEPRINT - Grade 8
Reading and Vocabulary
Resources: Blueprint, Florida Testing Portal, Utah Testing Portal, Pearson, Text Pacing, School Board Approved Texts
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Standards
Essential Skills and Knowledge
Resources
*Prentice Hall Literature Book (Teacher’s Edition)
1st Six Weeks
RL. 8.1
(On going)
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
*Unit 2: Short Stories
Big Question:
Can all conflicts be resolved?
Better Lesson
RL. 8.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
*Unit 2: Short Stories
Big Question:
Can all conflicts be resolved?
Teaching Channel Themes
RL. 8.3
Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
*Unit 2: Short Stories
Big Question:
Can all conflicts be resolved?
L.8.4 a-d
(on-going)
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases based on grade 8 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
*Unit 2: Short Stories
Big Question:
Can all conflicts be resolved?
*Vocabulary Practice
L.8.4 b- See Index of Skills (pg. R56): Word Origins (Etymology);
*Vocabulary Workshops: pgs 216-17, 446-47, 622-23, 788-89, 994-95, 1164-65
*See all Units prefixes, suffixes, and roots
L.8.5 a-c
(on-going)
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Big Question:
Can all conflicts be resolved?
http://www.poetry.org/
Read Works-Poetry
Review: Test Practice: pgs. 306-07, 406-407; Cumulative Review: pgs 450-55; Performance Tasks: pgs 454-455
Test: Unit Test, tests over Unit 2 Short Stories--(these can be found in the Teacher Resource Workbooks that Supplement the TE)
English Language Arts TNREADY BLUEPRINT
Reading and Vocabulary
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Standards
Essential Skills and Knowledge
** Link for explanation
Resources
*Prentice Hall Literature Book (Teacher’s Edition)
2nd Six Weeks
RL. 8.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
*Unit 5: Drama
Big Question:
Is it our differences or our similarities that matter most?
http://www.poetry.org/
Read Works-Poetry
RL. 8.5
Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.
*Unit 5: Drama
Big Question:
Is it our differences or our similarities that matter most?
Example from Unit 5: Compare and Contrast the structure of The Diary of Anne Frank (the play) and the excerpt from Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl
RL. 8.6
Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.
*Unit 5: Drama
Big Question:
Is it our differences or our similarities that matter most?
RL. 8.9
Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new.
*Unit 5: Drama
Big Question:
Is it our differences or our similarities that matter most?
Review: Test Practices pgs 828-29, 960-61; Cumulative Review pgs 998-1001; Performance Tasks pgs 1002-1003
Test: Cumulative test over Unit 5, tests/quizzes over Unit 5 selections--(these can be found in the Teacher Resource Workbooks that Supplement the TE)
English Language Arts TNREADY BLUEPRINT
Reading and Vocabulary
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Standards
Essential Skills and Knowledge
** Link for explanation
Resources
*Prentice Hall Literature Book (Teacher’s Edition)
3rd Six Weeks
RI. 8.1
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
*Unit 1: Fiction and Nonfiction
Big Question:
Is truth the same for everyone?
**Focus on nonfiction selections during unit**
newsela
http://tweentribune.com/
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
RI. 8.2
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.
Unit 1: Fiction and Nonfiction
Big Question:
Is truth the same for everyone?
**Focus on nonfiction selections during unit**
newsela
http://tweentribune.com/
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.fr/2012/06/five-simple-close-reading-strategies.html?m=1
RI.8.3
Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).
*Unit 1: Fiction and Nonfiction
Big Question:
Is truth the same for everyone?
**Focus on nonfiction selections during unit**
newsela
http://tweentribune.com/
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.fr/2012/06/five-simple-close-reading-strategies.html?m=1
RI.8.4
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.
*Unit 1: Fiction and Nonfiction
Big Question:
Is truth the same for everyone?
**Focus on nonfiction selections during unit**
newsela
http://tweentribune.com/
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
RI.8.5
Analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph in a text, including the role of particular sentences in developing and refining a key concept.
*Unit 1: Fiction and Nonfiction
Big Question:
Is truth the same for everyone?
**Focus on nonfiction selections during unit**
newsela
http://tweentribune.com/
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.fr/2012/06/five-simple-close-reading-strategies.html?m=1
Review: Test Practices: pgs 80-81, 180-81; Cumulative Review: pgs 220-23; Performance Tasks: pgs 224-25
Test: Cumulative test over Unit 1, tests/quizzes over Unit 1 selections--(these can be found in the Teacher Resource Workbooks that Supplement the TE)
English Language Arts TNREADY BLUEPRINT
Reading and Vocabulary
TNReady
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Standards
Essential Skills and Knowledge
** Link for explanation
Resources
*Prentice Hall Literature Book (Teacher’s Edition)
4th Six Weeks
RI.8.6
Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
*Unit 3: Types of Nonfiction
Big Question:
How much information is enough?
newsela
http://tweentribune.com/
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
RI.8.8
Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.
*Unit 3: Types of Nonfiction
Big Question:
How much information is enough?
newsela
http://tweentribune.com/
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
RI.8.9
Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.
Unit 3: Types of Nonfiction
Big Question:
How much information is enough?
newsela
http://tweentribune.com/
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
Review: Test Practices: pgs 526-527, 590-91; Cumulative Review: pgs 626-29 ; Performance Tasks: pgs 630-31; MICA test items
Test: Cumulative test over Unit 3, tests/quizzes over Unit 3 selections--(these can be found in the Teacher Resource Workbooks that Supplement the TE)
Part I Test
English Language Arts TNREADY BLUEPRINT
Reading and Vocabulary
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Standards
Essential Skills and Knowledge
** Link for explanation
Resources
5th Six Weeks
Review and Test Prep
Review: Continue to review literature, informational text standards, and all on-going standards from previous six weeks.
Prephttp://www.tncore.org/sites/www/Uploads/Assessment/Non.Summative.Toolkit.Literacy.pdf
Test:
English Language Arts TNREADY BLUEPRINT
Reading and Vocabulary
TNReady Part I, Part II, Both
Tennessee
Standards
Essential Skills and Knowledge
** Link for explanation
Resources
6th Six Weeks
Review and Test
Test:
English Language Arts TNREADY BLUEPRINT
Writing and Language
TNReady Part I, Part II, Both
Tennessee
Standards
Essential Skills and Knowledge
** Link for explanation
Resources
1st Six Weeks
W.8.3 (a-e)
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
a. Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.
b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
c. Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another, and show the relationships among experiences and events.
d. Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
e. Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
Elements of Language pgs 530-557
Links:
WritingFix: prompts, lessons, and resources for writing …
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/685/04/
(a) Prentice Hall pgs 232-234, 312-329, 462-463
Link:
https://www.curriculumassociates.com/educator-resources/write/Graphic_Org/fhGrades6-8.htm
(b) Prentice Hall pgs 86-103, 232-243
(c) Prentice Hall pgs 208-215, 327, 438-445, 785, 989
Link:
http://www.smart-words.org/linking-words/transition-words.html
(d) Prentice Hall pgs 105-106
Link:
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/picture-worth-thousand-words-116.html
(e) Prentice Hall pg 550
Links:
http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/conclusions/
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/conclude.html
L.8.1 (b-d)
ongoing
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
b. Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice.
c. Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood.
d. Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood.
(b) Elements of Language pgs 246-247,
622,623
Prentice Hall pg 711
Links:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/539/
http://www.englishgrammar.org/active-passive-voice-worksheet-2/
(c) Prentice Hall pgs 327-329, 404
Elements of Language pg 242
Links:
https://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/grammar_moods.html
ppt moods in verbs lesson
(d) Prentice Hall pgs 105, 212, 329
Link:
http://srjcwritingcenter.com/clearsentcs/shifts/shifts.html
L.8.2 (a,c)
ongoing
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
a. Use punctuation (comma, ellipsis, dash) to indicate a pause or break.
c. Spell correctly.
(a) Elements of Language pgs 406,
359-372, 888-889
Link:
http://www.be-a-better-writer.com/punctuate-dialogue.html
(c) Spelling Textbook,
Prentice Hall pgs 109,331, 713, 847
Links:
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/spelling.html
L.8.3
ongoing
Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
a. Use verbs in the active and passive voice and in the conditional and subjunctive mood to achieve particular effects (e.g., emphasizing the actor or the action; expressing uncertainty or describing a state contrary to fact).
(a) Elements of Language pgs 242, 246-247, 622-623
Prentice Hall pgs 329, 404, 711
Links:
Conditional & Subjunctive Mood
Review Writing practice available on TNCore.org, MICA test items
Test Prentice Hall “Common Core Assessment Workshop: Performance Tasks” per unit, Learning.com writing prompts
English Language Arts TNREADY BLUEPRINT
Writing and Language
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Essential Skills and Knowledge
** Link for explanation
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2nd Six Weeks
W.8.7
Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
Elements of Language pgs 683-710
Prentice Hall pgs 182-189,
982-993, 1084-1089, 1109
Links:
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/scaffolding-methods-research-paper-1155.html?tab=1#tabs
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2011/12/common-core-research-ideas
L.8.2 (b)
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
b. Use an ellipsis to indicate an omission.
Links:
http://betterlesson.com/lesson/603903/mentor-text-ellipsis
http://www.k12reader.com/worksheet/dot-dot-dot-the-ellipsis/view/
Review Writing practice available on TNCore.org, MICA test items
Test Prentice Hall “Common Core Assessment Workshop: Performance Tasks” per unit, Learning.com writing prompts
English Language Arts TNREADY BLUEPRINT
Writing and Language
TNReady
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Standards
Essential Skills and Knowledge
** Link for explanation
Resources
3rd Six Weeks
W.8.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
a. Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
b. Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
c. Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
e. Establish and maintain a formal style.
f. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
Elements of Language pgs 562-590, 611-625, 640-656
Links:
ReadWorks.org | The Solution to Reading Comprehension
Essay Map
(a) Elements of Language pgs 709-710,
Prentice Hall 53,79, 1084-1089
Links:
https://www.aea267.k12.ia.us/english-language-arts/writing/text-types-and-purposes/informational-writing/
http://www.bwschools.net/HMS/Department/155-Professional-Resources/3856-Graphic-Organizers.html
(b) Prentice Hall pgs 548-553
Developing a Topic
(c) Elements of Language pgs 515-516
Prentice Hall pgs 212, 785
Link:
Transition Words Lesson
(d) Prentice Hall (Introductory Unit) “Building Academic Vocabulary pgs l, lv-lviii, l-liv
Link:
http://www.englishcompanion.com/pdfDocs/acvocabulary2.pdf
TN Academic Vocabulary
(e) Elements of Language pgs 612-613, 878
(f) Elements of Language pgs 505-506
Prentice Hall pg 550
Review Writing practice available on TNCore.org, MICA test items
Test Prentice Hall “Common Core Assessment Workshop: Performance Tasks” per unit, Learning.com writing prompts
English Language Arts TNREADY BLUEPRINT
Writing and Language
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Standards
Essential Skills and Knowledge
** Link for explanation
Resources
4th Six Weeks
W.8.1 (a-e)
ongoing through 5th six weeks
Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
a. Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
b. Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
c. Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
d. Establish and maintain a formal style.
e. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented
(a) Prentice Hall pgs 571, 614-621, 630-631
Links:
http://readingandwritingproject.org/resources/assessments/reading-writing-assessments
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/argument.html
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/picture-this-combining-infographics-31135.html
Persuasion Map
http://pencilsandpancakes.com/2012/12/13/how-to-teach-counterclaim/
(b) Prentice Hall pgs 528, 962, 968
Link:
http://www.readwritethink.org/professional-development/strategy-guides/developing-evidence-based-arguments-31034.html
(c) Prentice Hall pgs 208-215, 327, 438-445, 785, 989
Links:
http://www.syracusecityschools.com/tfiles/folder714/unit04-persuasivewritingvocab.pdf
http://eoisjwritingskills.blogspot.com/2011/03/useful-phrases-for-writing.html
(d) Elements of Language pgs 612-613, 878
Link:
https://learnzillion.com/lessons/2143-revise-writing-to-establish-a-formal-style
(e) Elements of Language pgs 505-506
Prentice Hall pg 550
Link:
http://www.foothill.edu/bss/people/peterson-david/ct/tutorial/conclude.htm
L.8.1 (a)
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
a. Explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and their function in specific sentences.
(a) Elements of Language pgs 147-156, 906,
370-371, 918-921
Link:
http://www.slideshare.net/gerryhill/grammar-lesson-10-verbals
Review Writing practice available on TNCore.org, MICA test items
Test: Prentice Hall “Common Core Assessment Workshop: Performance Tasks” per unit, Learning.com writing prompt
English Language Arts TNREADY BLUEPRINT
Writing and Language
TNReady Part I, Part II, Both
Tennessee
Standards
Essential Skills and Knowledge
** Link for explanation
Resources
5th Six Weeks
Continue Writing and Language standards from 4th six weeks
Review and Test Prep
Review: Countdown to Testing in Elements of Language TE, Writing practice available on TNCore.org, MICA test items
Test Prentice Hall “Common Core Assessment Workshop: Performance Tasks” per unit, Learning.com writing prompts
English Language Arts TNREADY BLUEPRINT
Writing and Language
TNReady
Tennessee
Standards
Essential Skills and Knowledge
** Link for explanation
Resources
6th Six Weeks
Review and Test Prep
Review Writing practice available on TNCore.org, MICA test items
Test: Prentice Hall “Common Core Assessment Workshop: Performance Tasks” per unit, Learning.com writing prompts
Reading and Vocabulary
Resources: Blueprint, Florida Testing Portal, Utah Testing Portal, Pearson, Text Pacing, School Board Approved Texts
TNReady
Tennessee
Standards
Essential Skills and Knowledge
Resources
*Prentice Hall Literature Book (Teacher’s Edition)
1st Six Weeks
RL. 8.1
(On going)
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
*Unit 2: Short Stories
Big Question:
Can all conflicts be resolved?
- *Supplemental Literature Workbooks (Prentice Hall Teacher’s Resources)
- Grade appropriate novel or short stories with text-dependent questions and writing prompts that require supporting evidence and internal citations.
Better Lesson
RL. 8.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
*Unit 2: Short Stories
Big Question:
Can all conflicts be resolved?
- *Supplemental Literature Workbooks (Prentice Hall Teacher’s Resources)
- Grade appropriate novel or short stories with text-dependent questions and writing prompts.
Teaching Channel Themes
RL. 8.3
Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
*Unit 2: Short Stories
Big Question:
Can all conflicts be resolved?
- Grade appropriate novel or short stories with text-dependent questions and writing prompts.
L.8.4 a-d
(on-going)
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases based on grade 8 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
- Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
- Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede).
- Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech.
- Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).
*Unit 2: Short Stories
Big Question:
Can all conflicts be resolved?
*Vocabulary Practice
L.8.4 b- See Index of Skills (pg. R56): Word Origins (Etymology);
*Vocabulary Workshops: pgs 216-17, 446-47, 622-23, 788-89, 994-95, 1164-65
*See all Units prefixes, suffixes, and roots
- *Supplemental Literature Workbooks (Prentice Hall Teacher’s Resources)
- Grade appropriate novel or short stories with text-dependent questions and writing prompts.
L.8.5 a-c
(on-going)
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
- Interpret figures of speech (e.g. verbal irony, puns) in context.
- Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of the words.
- Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., bullheaded, willful, firm, persistent, resolute).
Big Question:
Can all conflicts be resolved?
- *Supplemental Literature Workbooks (Prentice Hall Teacher’s Resources)
- Grade appropriate novel or short stories with text-dependent questions and writing prompts.
http://www.poetry.org/
Read Works-Poetry
Review: Test Practice: pgs. 306-07, 406-407; Cumulative Review: pgs 450-55; Performance Tasks: pgs 454-455
Test: Unit Test, tests over Unit 2 Short Stories--(these can be found in the Teacher Resource Workbooks that Supplement the TE)
English Language Arts TNREADY BLUEPRINT
Reading and Vocabulary
TNReady
Tennessee
Standards
Essential Skills and Knowledge
** Link for explanation
Resources
*Prentice Hall Literature Book (Teacher’s Edition)
2nd Six Weeks
RL. 8.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
*Unit 5: Drama
Big Question:
Is it our differences or our similarities that matter most?
- *Supplemental Literature Workbooks (Prentice Hall Teacher’s Resources)
- Grade appropriate novel, play, or short stories with text-dependent questions and writing prompts.
http://www.poetry.org/
Read Works-Poetry
RL. 8.5
Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.
*Unit 5: Drama
Big Question:
Is it our differences or our similarities that matter most?
Example from Unit 5: Compare and Contrast the structure of The Diary of Anne Frank (the play) and the excerpt from Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl
- *Supplemental Literature Workbooks (Prentice Hall Teacher’s Resources)
- Grade appropriate novel or short stories with text-dependent questions and writing prompts.
RL. 8.6
Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.
*Unit 5: Drama
Big Question:
Is it our differences or our similarities that matter most?
- *Supplemental Literature Workbooks (Prentice Hall Teacher’s Resources)
- Grade appropriate novel or short stories with text-dependent questions and writing prompts.
RL. 8.9
Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new.
*Unit 5: Drama
Big Question:
Is it our differences or our similarities that matter most?
- *Supplemental Literature Workbooks (Prentice Hall Teacher’s Resources)
- Grade appropriate novel or short stories with text-dependent questions and writing prompts.
Review: Test Practices pgs 828-29, 960-61; Cumulative Review pgs 998-1001; Performance Tasks pgs 1002-1003
Test: Cumulative test over Unit 5, tests/quizzes over Unit 5 selections--(these can be found in the Teacher Resource Workbooks that Supplement the TE)
English Language Arts TNREADY BLUEPRINT
Reading and Vocabulary
TNReady
Tennessee
Standards
Essential Skills and Knowledge
** Link for explanation
Resources
*Prentice Hall Literature Book (Teacher’s Edition)
3rd Six Weeks
RI. 8.1
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
*Unit 1: Fiction and Nonfiction
Big Question:
Is truth the same for everyone?
**Focus on nonfiction selections during unit**
- *Supplemental Literature Workbooks (Prentice Hall Teacher’s Resources)
- Grade appropriate nonfiction books/articles with text dependent questions and writing prompts that require supporting evidence and internal citations.
newsela
http://tweentribune.com/
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
RI. 8.2
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.
Unit 1: Fiction and Nonfiction
Big Question:
Is truth the same for everyone?
**Focus on nonfiction selections during unit**
- Supplemental Literature Workbooks (Prentice Hall Teacher’s Resources)
- Grade appropriate nonfiction books/articles with text dependent questions and writing prompts.
newsela
http://tweentribune.com/
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.fr/2012/06/five-simple-close-reading-strategies.html?m=1
RI.8.3
Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).
*Unit 1: Fiction and Nonfiction
Big Question:
Is truth the same for everyone?
**Focus on nonfiction selections during unit**
- Supplemental Literature Workbooks (Prentice Hall Teacher’s Resources)
- Grade appropriate nonfiction books/articles with text dependent questions and writing prompts.
newsela
http://tweentribune.com/
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.fr/2012/06/five-simple-close-reading-strategies.html?m=1
RI.8.4
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.
*Unit 1: Fiction and Nonfiction
Big Question:
Is truth the same for everyone?
**Focus on nonfiction selections during unit**
- Supplemental Literature Workbooks (Prentice Hall Teacher’s Resources)
- Grade appropriate nonfiction books/articles with text dependent questions and writing prompts.
newsela
http://tweentribune.com/
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
RI.8.5
Analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph in a text, including the role of particular sentences in developing and refining a key concept.
*Unit 1: Fiction and Nonfiction
Big Question:
Is truth the same for everyone?
**Focus on nonfiction selections during unit**
- Supplemental Literature Workbooks (Prentice Hall Teacher’s Resources)
- Grade appropriate nonfiction books/articles with text dependent questions and writing prompts.
newsela
http://tweentribune.com/
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.fr/2012/06/five-simple-close-reading-strategies.html?m=1
Review: Test Practices: pgs 80-81, 180-81; Cumulative Review: pgs 220-23; Performance Tasks: pgs 224-25
Test: Cumulative test over Unit 1, tests/quizzes over Unit 1 selections--(these can be found in the Teacher Resource Workbooks that Supplement the TE)
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*Prentice Hall Literature Book (Teacher’s Edition)
4th Six Weeks
RI.8.6
Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
*Unit 3: Types of Nonfiction
Big Question:
How much information is enough?
- *Supplemental Literature Workbooks (Prentice Hall Teacher’s Resources)
- Grade appropriate nonfiction books/articles with text dependent questions and writing prompts.
newsela
http://tweentribune.com/
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
RI.8.8
Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.
*Unit 3: Types of Nonfiction
Big Question:
How much information is enough?
- *Supplemental Literature Workbooks (Prentice Hall Teacher’s Resources)
- Grade appropriate nonfiction books/articles with text dependent questions and writing prompts.
newsela
http://tweentribune.com/
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
RI.8.9
Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.
Unit 3: Types of Nonfiction
Big Question:
How much information is enough?
- Supplemental Literature Workbooks (Prentice Hall Teacher’s Resources)
- Grade appropriate nonfiction books/articles with text dependent questions and writing prompts.
newsela
http://tweentribune.com/
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
Review: Test Practices: pgs 526-527, 590-91; Cumulative Review: pgs 626-29 ; Performance Tasks: pgs 630-31; MICA test items
Test: Cumulative test over Unit 3, tests/quizzes over Unit 3 selections--(these can be found in the Teacher Resource Workbooks that Supplement the TE)
Part I Test
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5th Six Weeks
Review and Test Prep
Review: Continue to review literature, informational text standards, and all on-going standards from previous six weeks.
Prephttp://www.tncore.org/sites/www/Uploads/Assessment/Non.Summative.Toolkit.Literacy.pdf
Test:
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6th Six Weeks
Review and Test
Test:
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1st Six Weeks
W.8.3 (a-e)
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
a. Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.
b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
c. Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another, and show the relationships among experiences and events.
d. Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
e. Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
Elements of Language pgs 530-557
Links:
WritingFix: prompts, lessons, and resources for writing …
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/685/04/
(a) Prentice Hall pgs 232-234, 312-329, 462-463
Link:
https://www.curriculumassociates.com/educator-resources/write/Graphic_Org/fhGrades6-8.htm
(b) Prentice Hall pgs 86-103, 232-243
(c) Prentice Hall pgs 208-215, 327, 438-445, 785, 989
Link:
http://www.smart-words.org/linking-words/transition-words.html
(d) Prentice Hall pgs 105-106
Link:
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/picture-worth-thousand-words-116.html
(e) Prentice Hall pg 550
Links:
http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/conclusions/
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/conclude.html
L.8.1 (b-d)
ongoing
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
b. Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice.
c. Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood.
d. Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood.
(b) Elements of Language pgs 246-247,
622,623
Prentice Hall pg 711
Links:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/539/
http://www.englishgrammar.org/active-passive-voice-worksheet-2/
(c) Prentice Hall pgs 327-329, 404
Elements of Language pg 242
Links:
https://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/grammar_moods.html
ppt moods in verbs lesson
(d) Prentice Hall pgs 105, 212, 329
Link:
http://srjcwritingcenter.com/clearsentcs/shifts/shifts.html
L.8.2 (a,c)
ongoing
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
a. Use punctuation (comma, ellipsis, dash) to indicate a pause or break.
c. Spell correctly.
(a) Elements of Language pgs 406,
359-372, 888-889
Link:
http://www.be-a-better-writer.com/punctuate-dialogue.html
(c) Spelling Textbook,
Prentice Hall pgs 109,331, 713, 847
Links:
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/spelling.html
L.8.3
ongoing
Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
a. Use verbs in the active and passive voice and in the conditional and subjunctive mood to achieve particular effects (e.g., emphasizing the actor or the action; expressing uncertainty or describing a state contrary to fact).
(a) Elements of Language pgs 242, 246-247, 622-623
Prentice Hall pgs 329, 404, 711
Links:
Conditional & Subjunctive Mood
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Test Prentice Hall “Common Core Assessment Workshop: Performance Tasks” per unit, Learning.com writing prompts
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2nd Six Weeks
W.8.7
Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
Elements of Language pgs 683-710
Prentice Hall pgs 182-189,
982-993, 1084-1089, 1109
Links:
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/scaffolding-methods-research-paper-1155.html?tab=1#tabs
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2011/12/common-core-research-ideas
L.8.2 (b)
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
b. Use an ellipsis to indicate an omission.
Links:
http://betterlesson.com/lesson/603903/mentor-text-ellipsis
http://www.k12reader.com/worksheet/dot-dot-dot-the-ellipsis/view/
Review Writing practice available on TNCore.org, MICA test items
Test Prentice Hall “Common Core Assessment Workshop: Performance Tasks” per unit, Learning.com writing prompts
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3rd Six Weeks
W.8.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
a. Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
b. Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
c. Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
e. Establish and maintain a formal style.
f. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
Elements of Language pgs 562-590, 611-625, 640-656
Links:
ReadWorks.org | The Solution to Reading Comprehension
Essay Map
(a) Elements of Language pgs 709-710,
Prentice Hall 53,79, 1084-1089
Links:
https://www.aea267.k12.ia.us/english-language-arts/writing/text-types-and-purposes/informational-writing/
http://www.bwschools.net/HMS/Department/155-Professional-Resources/3856-Graphic-Organizers.html
(b) Prentice Hall pgs 548-553
Developing a Topic
(c) Elements of Language pgs 515-516
Prentice Hall pgs 212, 785
Link:
Transition Words Lesson
(d) Prentice Hall (Introductory Unit) “Building Academic Vocabulary pgs l, lv-lviii, l-liv
Link:
http://www.englishcompanion.com/pdfDocs/acvocabulary2.pdf
TN Academic Vocabulary
(e) Elements of Language pgs 612-613, 878
(f) Elements of Language pgs 505-506
Prentice Hall pg 550
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4th Six Weeks
W.8.1 (a-e)
ongoing through 5th six weeks
Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
a. Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
b. Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
c. Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
d. Establish and maintain a formal style.
e. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented
(a) Prentice Hall pgs 571, 614-621, 630-631
Links:
http://readingandwritingproject.org/resources/assessments/reading-writing-assessments
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/argument.html
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/picture-this-combining-infographics-31135.html
Persuasion Map
http://pencilsandpancakes.com/2012/12/13/how-to-teach-counterclaim/
(b) Prentice Hall pgs 528, 962, 968
Link:
http://www.readwritethink.org/professional-development/strategy-guides/developing-evidence-based-arguments-31034.html
(c) Prentice Hall pgs 208-215, 327, 438-445, 785, 989
Links:
http://www.syracusecityschools.com/tfiles/folder714/unit04-persuasivewritingvocab.pdf
http://eoisjwritingskills.blogspot.com/2011/03/useful-phrases-for-writing.html
(d) Elements of Language pgs 612-613, 878
Link:
https://learnzillion.com/lessons/2143-revise-writing-to-establish-a-formal-style
(e) Elements of Language pgs 505-506
Prentice Hall pg 550
Link:
http://www.foothill.edu/bss/people/peterson-david/ct/tutorial/conclude.htm
L.8.1 (a)
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
a. Explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and their function in specific sentences.
(a) Elements of Language pgs 147-156, 906,
370-371, 918-921
Link:
http://www.slideshare.net/gerryhill/grammar-lesson-10-verbals
Review Writing practice available on TNCore.org, MICA test items
Test: Prentice Hall “Common Core Assessment Workshop: Performance Tasks” per unit, Learning.com writing prompt
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5th Six Weeks
Continue Writing and Language standards from 4th six weeks
Review and Test Prep
Review: Countdown to Testing in Elements of Language TE, Writing practice available on TNCore.org, MICA test items
Test Prentice Hall “Common Core Assessment Workshop: Performance Tasks” per unit, Learning.com writing prompts
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6th Six Weeks
Review and Test Prep
Review Writing practice available on TNCore.org, MICA test items
Test: Prentice Hall “Common Core Assessment Workshop: Performance Tasks” per unit, Learning.com writing prompts