IXL skill plan | 8th grade plan for EL Education

Skill plan for EL Education - 8th grade

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1	Module 1 Folklore of Latin America
Unit 1 - Build Background Knowledge: Read and Analyze Summer of the Mariposas
Module lessons: 1—16		Reading literary 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 3. Match the quotations with their themes 4. Analyze short stories Grammar and mechanics 5. Combine sentences using relative clauses 6. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 7. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that 8. Identify adjectives 9. Identify adverbs 10. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 11. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 12. Formatting quotations and dialogue Language 13. Classify figures of speech 14. Interpret figures of speech 15. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 16. Words with -able and -ible 17. Choose the synonym 18. Describe the difference between related words 19. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 20. Use dictionary definitions
Module lessons: 1—16
Reading literary 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 3. Match the quotations with their themes 4. Analyze short stories Grammar and mechanics 5. Combine sentences using relative clauses 6. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 7. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that 8. Identify adjectives 9. Identify adverbs 10. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 11. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 12. Formatting quotations and dialogue Language 13. Classify figures of speech 14. Interpret figures of speech 15. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 16. Words with -able and -ible 17. Choose the synonym 18. Describe the difference between related words 19. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 20. Use dictionary definitions
Unit 2 - Theme and Summary in Summer of the Mariposas: Narrative Writing
Module lessons: 1—11		Reading literary 1. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 1 2. Determine the themes of short stories Writing 3. Use personification 4. Identify sensory details 5. Create varied sentences based on models 6. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 7. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Grammar and mechanics 8. Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence 9. Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence 10. Identify dependent and independent clauses 11. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 12. Identify the verb mood 13. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters 14. Correct capitalization errors Language 15. Find words using context
Module lessons: 1—11
Reading literary 1. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 1 2. Determine the themes of short stories Writing 3. Use personification 4. Identify sensory details 5. Create varied sentences based on models 6. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 7. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Grammar and mechanics 8. Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence 9. Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence 10. Identify dependent and independent clauses 11. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 12. Identify the verb mood 13. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters 14. Correct capitalization errors Language 15. Find words using context
Unit 3 - Compare and Contrast Essay: Summer of the Mariposas and Latin American Folklore
Module lessons: 1—14		Reading literary 1. Compare two texts with different genres 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts 3. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 2 Writing 4. Identify text structures 5. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons 6. Which sentence is more formal? 7. Suggest appropriate revisions 8. Remove the sentence that does not belong Grammar and mechanics 9. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement 10. Use the correct frequently confused word 11. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 12. Is it a phrase or a clause? Language 13. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions
Module lessons: 1—14
Reading literary 1. Compare two texts with different genres 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts 3. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 2 Writing 4. Identify text structures 5. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons 6. Which sentence is more formal? 7. Suggest appropriate revisions 8. Remove the sentence that does not belong Grammar and mechanics 9. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement 10. Use the correct frequently confused word 11. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 12. Is it a phrase or a clause? Language 13. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions

2	Module 2 Food Choices
Unit 1 - Build Background: Food Choices
Module lessons: 1—15		Reading informational 1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Determine the author's point of view 3. Identify counterclaims 4. Determine the main idea of a passage 5. Identify supporting details in informational texts 6. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 7. Compare information from two texts 8. Trace an argument Writing 9. Use coordinating conjunctions Grammar and mechanics 10. Is it a direct object or an indirect object? 11. Is the word an adjective or adverb? 12. Identify gerunds and their functions 13. Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases Language 14. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational
Module lessons: 1—15
Reading informational 1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Determine the author's point of view 3. Identify counterclaims 4. Determine the main idea of a passage 5. Identify supporting details in informational texts 6. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 7. Compare information from two texts 8. Trace an argument Writing 9. Use coordinating conjunctions Grammar and mechanics 10. Is it a direct object or an indirect object? 11. Is the word an adjective or adverb? 12. Identify gerunds and their functions 13. Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases Language 14. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational
Unit 2 - Research Access to Healthy Food
Module lessons: 1—14		Reading informational 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Read and understand informational passages Writing 3. Identify relevant sources 4. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 5. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 6. Identify plagiarism 7. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 8. Organize information by topic 9. Which text is most formal? 10. Identify thesis statements Grammar and mechanics 11. Correct errors with frequently confused words 12. Identify active and passive voice 13. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person 14. Correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement
Module lessons: 1—14
Reading informational 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Read and understand informational passages Writing 3. Identify relevant sources 4. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 5. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 6. Identify plagiarism 7. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 8. Organize information by topic 9. Which text is most formal? 10. Identify thesis statements Grammar and mechanics 11. Correct errors with frequently confused words 12. Identify active and passive voice 13. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person 14. Correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement
Unit 3 - Write an Argument: Healthy Food Choices
Module lessons: 1—14		Reading informational 1. Read graphic organizers Writing 2. Choose evidence to support a claim 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 4. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims Grammar and mechanics 5. Identify participles and what they modify 6. Correct errors with signs 7. Correct errors in everyday use Language 8. Positive and negative connotation
Module lessons: 1—14
Reading informational 1. Read graphic organizers Writing 2. Choose evidence to support a claim 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 4. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims Grammar and mechanics 5. Identify participles and what they modify 6. Correct errors with signs 7. Correct errors in everyday use Language 8. Positive and negative connotation

3	Module 3 Voices of the Holocaust
Unit 1 - Build Background Knowledge: The Holocaust
Module lessons: 1—10		Reading literary 1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects 2. Compare passages for tone 3. Recall the source of an allusion 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 5. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1 Grammar and mechanics 6. Rewrite the sentence in active voice Language 7. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 8. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
Module lessons: 1—10
Reading literary 1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects 2. Compare passages for tone 3. Recall the source of an allusion 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 5. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1 Grammar and mechanics 6. Rewrite the sentence in active voice Language 7. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 8. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
Unit 2 - The Holocaust: Voices of Victims and Survivors
Module lessons: 1—14		Reading literary 1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Determine the themes of short stories Reading informational 3. Analyze passages from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Part 1 Writing 4. Identify audience and purpose 5. Use words accurately and precisely 6. Identify supporting details in literary texts 7. Use the correct frequently confused word 8. Suggest appropriate revisions Grammar and mechanics 9. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? 10. Correct errors with verb mood Language 11. Interpret figures of speech 12. Classify figures of speech
Module lessons: 1—14
Reading literary 1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Determine the themes of short stories Reading informational 3. Analyze passages from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Part 1 Writing 4. Identify audience and purpose 5. Use words accurately and precisely 6. Identify supporting details in literary texts 7. Use the correct frequently confused word 8. Suggest appropriate revisions Grammar and mechanics 9. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? 10. Correct errors with verb mood Language 11. Interpret figures of speech 12. Classify figures of speech
Unit 3 - Narrative Writing: Voices of Upstanders
Module lessons: 1—14		Reading informational 1. Analyze passages from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Part 2 Writing 2. Formatting quotations and dialogue 3. Identify sensory details Grammar and mechanics 4. Use dashes 5. Commas with compound and complex sentences 6. Commas: review 7. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately 8. What does the punctuation suggest? 9. Commas with nonrestrictive elements 10. Correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement 11. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense Language 12. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Module lessons: 1—14
Reading informational 1. Analyze passages from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Part 2 Writing 2. Formatting quotations and dialogue 3. Identify sensory details Grammar and mechanics 4. Use dashes 5. Commas with compound and complex sentences 6. Commas: review 7. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately 8. What does the punctuation suggest? 9. Commas with nonrestrictive elements 10. Correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement 11. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense Language 12. Use context to identify the meaning of a word

4	Module 4 Lessons from Japanese American Internment
Unit 1 - Build Background Knowledge: Lessons from Japanese American Internment
Module lessons: 1—12		Reading informational 1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts 3. Compare two texts with different genres 4. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 1 Grammar and mechanics 5. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 6. Identify prepositional phrases Language 7. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context
Module lessons: 1—12
Reading informational 1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts 3. Compare two texts with different genres 4. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 1 Grammar and mechanics 5. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 6. Identify prepositional phrases Language 7. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context
Unit 2 - Write a Literary Argument: Significant Ideas in Farewell to Manzanar
Module lessons: 1—19		Reading informational 1. Analogies 2. Identify the narrative point of view Writing 3. Distinguish facts from opinions 4. Identify thesis statements 5. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 6. Choose evidence to support a claim 7. Identify counterclaims Grammar and mechanics 8. Use the correct homophone Language 9. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 10. Words with -ful
Module lessons: 1—19
Reading informational 1. Analogies 2. Identify the narrative point of view Writing 3. Distinguish facts from opinions 4. Identify thesis statements 5. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 6. Choose evidence to support a claim 7. Identify counterclaims Grammar and mechanics 8. Use the correct homophone Language 9. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 10. Words with -ful
Unit 3 - Investigate, Discover, and Apply Lessons from Japanese American Internment
Module lessons: 1—11		Reading informational 1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Determine the author's point of view Writing 3. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational 4. Remove redundant words or phrases Grammar and mechanics 5. Combine sentences using relative clauses Language 6. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words
Module lessons: 1—11
Reading informational 1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Determine the author's point of view Writing 3. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational 4. Remove redundant words or phrases Grammar and mechanics 5. Combine sentences using relative clauses Language 6. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words

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