8.2B: use context within or beyond a paragraph to clarify the meaning of unfamiliar or ambiguous words

8.5E: make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society

8.5F: make inferences and use evidence to support understanding

8.5G: evaluate details read to determine key ideas

8.8D(i): analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational text, including the controlling idea or thesis with supporting evidence

8.5H: synthesize information to create new understanding

8.8E(i): analyze characteristics & structures of argumentative text by identifying the claim and analyzing the argument

8.9A: explain the author's purpose and message within a text

8.10A: plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as discussion, background reading, and personal interests

8.10B(i): develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction, transitions, coherence within and across paragraphs, and a conclusion

8.10B(ii): develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by developing an engaging idea reflecting depth of thought with specific facts, details, and examples

8.10C: revise drafts for clarity, development, organization, style, word choice, and sentence variety

8.10D(ii): edit drafts using standard English conventions, including consistent, appropriate use of verb tenses and active and passive voice

8.10D(iv): edit drafts using standard English conventions including pronoun-antecedent agreement

8.12A: generate student-selected and teacher-guided questions for formal and informal inquiry

8.12H(i): examine sources for reliability, credibility, and bias

8.2A: use print or digital resources to determine the meaning, syllabication, pronunciation, word origin, and part of speech

8.2C: determine the meaning and usage of grade-level academic English words derived from Greek and Latin roots such as ast, qui, path, mand/mend, and duc

8.3A: adjust fluency when reading grade-level text based on the reading purpose

8.4A: self-select text and read independently for a sustained period of time

8.5A: establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected text

8.10E: publish written work for appropriate audiences

8.5B: generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information

8.5C: make and correct or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures

8.5D: create mental images to deepen understanding

8.5I: monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down

8.6A: describe personal connections to a variety of sources, including self-selected texts

8.6C: use text evidence to support an appropriate response

8.6E: interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating

8.6F: respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate

8.6H: respond orally or in writing with appropriate register, vocabulary, tone, and voice

8.6J: defend or challenge the authors' claims using relevant text evidence

8.7A: analyze how themes are developed through the interaction of characters and events

8.7B: analyze how characters' motivations and behaviors influence events and resolution of the conflict

8.8B: analyze the effect of graphical elements such as punctuation and line length in poems across a variety of poetic forms such as epic, lyric, and humorous poetry

8.9B: analyze how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose

8.9C: analyze the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes

8.11A: compose literary texts such as personal narratives, fiction, and poetry using genre characteristics and craft

8.12C: refine the major research question, if necessary, guided by the answers to a secondary set of questions

8.12D: identify and gather relevant information from a variety of sources

8.12J: use an appropriate mode of delivery, whether written, oral, or multimodal, to present results

8.2B: use context within or beyond a paragraph to clarify the meaning of unfamiliar or ambiguous words

8.5E: make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society

8.5F: make inferences and use evidence to support understanding

8.5G: evaluate details read to determine key ideas

8.5H: synthesize information to create new understanding

8.6D: paraphrase and summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order

8.8D(i): analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational text, including the controlling Idea or thesis with supporting evidence

8.8D(iii): analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational text, including multiple organizational patterns within a text to develop the thesis

8.8E(i): analyze characteristics & structures of argumentative text by identifying the claim and analyzing the argument

8.8E(ii): analyze characteristics and structures of argumentative text by identifying and explaining the counter argument

8.8E(iii): analyze characteristics & structures of argumentative text by identifying the intended audience or reader

8.9A: explain the author's purpose and message within a text

8.9F: analyze how the author's use of language contributes to the mood, voice, and tone

8.10A: plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as discussion, background reading, and personal interests

8.10B(i): develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction, transitions, coherence within and across paragraphs, and a conclusion

8.10B(ii): develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by developing an engaging idea reflecting depth of thought with specific facts, details, and examples

8.10C: revise drafts for clarity, development, organization, style, word choice, and sentence variety

8.10D(i): edit drafts using standard English conventions, including complete complex sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments

8.10D(v): edit drafts using standard English conventions, including correct capitalization

8.10D(vi): edit drafts using standard English conventions, including punctuation, including commas in nonrestrictive phrases and clauses, semicolons, colons, and parentheses

8.12A: generate student-selected and teacher-guided questions for formal and informal inquiry

8.2C: determine the meaning and usage of grade-level academic English words derived from Greek and Latin roots such as ast, qui, path, mand/mend, and duc

8.5B: generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information

8.5C: make and correct or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures

8.5I: monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down

8.6C: use text evidence to support an appropriate response

8.6F: respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate

8.6G: discuss and write about the explicit or implicit meanings of text

8.6J: defend or challenge the authors' claims using relevant text evidence

8.7B: analyze how characters' motivations and behaviors influence events and resolution of the conflict

8.7D: explain how the setting influences the values and beliefs of characters

8.8A: demonstrate knowledge of literary genres such as realistic fiction, adventure stories, historical fiction, mysteries, humor, fantasy, science fiction, and short stories

8.8C: analyze how playwrights develop dramatic action through the use of acts and scenes

8.9C: analyze the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes

8.9D: describe how the author's use of figurative language such as extended metaphor achieves specific purposes

8.9E: identify and analyze the use of literary devices, including multiple points of view and irony

8.9G: explain the purpose of rhetorical devices such as analogy and juxtaposition and of logical fallacies such as bandwagon appeals and circular reasoning

8.11A: compose literary texts such as personal narratives, fiction, and poetry using genre characteristics and craft

8.11C: compose multi-paragraph argumentative texts using genre characteristics and craft

8.12B: develop and revise a plan

8.12C: refine the major research question, if necessary, guided by the answers to a secondary set of questions

8.12E: differentiate between primary and secondary sources

8.12F: synthesize information from a variety of sources

8.12G: differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism when using source materials

8.12I: display academic citations and use source materials ethically