IXL skill plan | English language arts 8th grade plan for the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System

Skill plan for the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System - English language arts 8th grade

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Reading
Reading: Literature
Key Ideas and Details		Analyze texts 1. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1 2. Analyze short stories Inference and analysis 3. Determine the themes of short stories • Coming soon: Draw inferences from literary texts
Key Ideas and Details
Analyze texts 1. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1 2. Analyze short stories Inference and analysis 3. Determine the themes of short stories • Coming soon: Draw inferences from literary texts

Craft and Structure		1. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 2 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Craft and Structure
1. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 2 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas		1. Compare two texts with different genres 2. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
1. Compare two texts with different genres 2. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects
Reading: Informational Text
Key Ideas and Details		Analyze texts 1. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 1 Central idea 2. Determine the central idea of a passage Text relationships 3. Compare and contrast in informational texts 4. Match causes and effects in informational texts 5. Match problems with their solutions
Key Ideas and Details
Analyze texts 1. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 1 Central idea 2. Determine the central idea of a passage Text relationships 3. Compare and contrast in informational texts 4. Match causes and effects in informational texts 5. Match problems with their solutions

Craft and Structure		Word choice 1. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 2 Author's purpose and point of view 2. Identify the author's purpose 3. Determine the author's point of view
Craft and Structure
Word choice 1. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 2 Author's purpose and point of view 2. Identify the author's purpose 3. Determine the author's point of view

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas		Trace and evaluate an argument 1. Trace an argument 2. Classify logical fallacies Compare texts 3. Compare information from two texts
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Trace and evaluate an argument 1. Trace an argument 2. Classify logical fallacies Compare texts 3. Compare information from two texts

Language
Conventions of Standard English
Sentence Structure		1. Create varied sentences based on models
Sentence Structure
1. Create varied sentences based on models

Grammar and Usage		Pronouns and antecedents 1. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent Combine sentences 2. Combine sentences using relative clauses Verb voice 3. Rewrite the sentence in active voice
Grammar and Usage
Pronouns and antecedents 1. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent Combine sentences 2. Combine sentences using relative clauses Verb voice 3. Rewrite the sentence in active voice

Capitalization		1. Correct capitalization errors
Capitalization
1. Correct capitalization errors

Punctuation		1. Commas: review 2. Use dashes 3. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately
Punctuation
1. Commas: review 2. Use dashes 3. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately

Spelling		1. Correct errors with frequently confused words
Spelling
1. Correct errors with frequently confused words
Knowledge of Language
Language		1. Which sentence is more formal? 2. Compare passages for tone
Language
1. Which sentence is more formal? 2. Compare passages for tone
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Vocabulary		Vocabulary in context 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 4. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Greek and Latin roots 5. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Multiple-meaning words 6. Which definition matches the sentence? Figurative language 7. Interpret figures of speech Connotation 8. Positive and negative connotation
Vocabulary
Vocabulary in context 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 4. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Greek and Latin roots 5. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Multiple-meaning words 6. Which definition matches the sentence? Figurative language 7. Interpret figures of speech Connotation 8. Positive and negative connotation

Writing
Argumentative Essay
Ideas and Development		1. Identify thesis statements 2. Choose evidence to support a claim 3. Identify counterclaims
Ideas and Development
1. Identify thesis statements 2. Choose evidence to support a claim 3. Identify counterclaims

Text Evidence		1. Identify supporting details in literary texts
Text Evidence
1. Identify supporting details in literary texts

Organization		1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
Organization
1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims

Expression of Ideas		1. Use words accurately and precisely
Expression of Ideas
1. Use words accurately and precisely
Informative/Explanatory Essay
Ideas and Development		1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the central idea 2. Remove the sentence that does not belong
Ideas and Development
1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the central idea 2. Remove the sentence that does not belong

Text Evidence		1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Identify plagiarism
Text Evidence
1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Identify plagiarism

Organization		1. Organize information by topic 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Organization
1. Organize information by topic 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

Expression of Ideas		1. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational
Expression of Ideas
1. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational
Narrative Essay
Narrative Elements		1. Formatting quotations and dialogue
Narrative Elements
1. Formatting quotations and dialogue

Organization		1. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions
Organization
1. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions

Expression of Ideas		1. Use personification
Expression of Ideas
1. Use personification

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