IXL skill plan | 8th grade plan for myPerspectives English Language Arts Texas

Skill plan for myPerspectives English Language Arts Texas - 8th grade

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1	Unit 1 Rites of Passage
Whole-class learning
The Medicine Bag		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories 2. Determine the themes of short stories Word study 3. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Conventions 4. Identify pronouns and their antecedents 5. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent
The Medicine Bag
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories 2. Determine the themes of short stories Word study 3. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Conventions 4. Identify pronouns and their antecedents 5. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent

The Banana Tree		1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
The Banana Tree
1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Bird, Ode to Teachers		1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Interpret figures of speech
Bird, Ode to Teachers
1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Interpret figures of speech

Performance Task		Write a personal narrative 1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 2. Create varied sentences based on models 3. Use personification 4. Suggest appropriate revisions 5. Commas with nonrestrictive elements
Performance Task
Write a personal narrative 1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 2. Create varied sentences based on models 3. Use personification 4. Suggest appropriate revisions 5. Commas with nonrestrictive elements
Peer-group learning
from The Song of Hiawatha		1. Use dictionary entries
from The Song of Hiawatha
1. Use dictionary entries

You Are the Electric Boogaloo, Just Be Yourself!		1. Classify figures of speech 2. Simple past, present, and future tense: review
You Are the Electric Boogaloo, Just Be Yourself!
1. Classify figures of speech 2. Simple past, present, and future tense: review

The Setting Sun and the Rolling World		1. Identify the narrative point of view
The Setting Sun and the Rolling World
1. Identify the narrative point of view

2	Unit 2 Learning from History
Whole-class learning
The Diary of Anne Frank, Act I		Word study 1. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 2. Choose the synonym Conventions 3. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?
The Diary of Anne Frank, Act I
Word study 1. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 2. Choose the synonym Conventions 3. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?

The Diary of Anne Frank, Act II		1. Identify supporting details in literary texts
The Diary of Anne Frank, Act II
1. Identify supporting details in literary texts

Frank Family and World War II Timeline		1. Read graphic organizers
Frank Family and World War II Timeline
1. Read graphic organizers

Performance Task		Write an informational essay 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Identify supporting details in informational texts 3. Organize information by topic 4. Which sentence is more formal? 5. Commas with compound and complex sentences 6. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 7. Correct capitalization errors
Performance Task
Write an informational essay 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Identify supporting details in informational texts 3. Organize information by topic 4. Which sentence is more formal? 5. Commas with compound and complex sentences 6. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 7. Correct capitalization errors
Peer-group learning
from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl		1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context

from Acceptance Speech for the Nobel Peace Prize		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Form the perfect verb tenses
from Acceptance Speech for the Nobel Peace Prize
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Form the perfect verb tenses

from Maus		1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects
from Maus
1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects

3	Unit 3 What Matters
Whole-class learning
The Horned Toad		Analyze and interpret 1. Determine the themes of short stories Word study 2. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Conventions 3. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement
The Horned Toad
Analyze and interpret 1. Determine the themes of short stories Word study 2. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Conventions 3. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement

Three Cheers for the Nanny State		1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Evaluate counterclaims 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim
Three Cheers for the Nanny State
1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Evaluate counterclaims 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim

Ban the Ban!, Soda's a Problem but...		Analyze and interpret 1. Compare information from two texts 2. Distinguish facts from opinions 3. Classify logical fallacies 4. Trace an argument Word study 5. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational
Ban the Ban!, Soda's a Problem but...
Analyze and interpret 1. Compare information from two texts 2. Distinguish facts from opinions 3. Classify logical fallacies 4. Trace an argument Word study 5. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational

Performance Task		Write an argument 1. Choose evidence to support a claim 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 3. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing 4. Identify counterclaims 5. Which text is most formal? 6. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 7. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists
Performance Task
Write an argument 1. Choose evidence to support a claim 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 3. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing 4. Identify counterclaims 5. Which text is most formal? 6. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 7. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists
Peer-group learning
Briar Rose		Word study 1. Use dictionary definitions Conventions 2. Use hyphens in compound adjectives 3. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
Briar Rose
Word study 1. Use dictionary definitions Conventions 2. Use hyphens in compound adjectives 3. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person

Awake		1. Which definition matches the sentence? 2. Match the quotations with their themes
Awake
1. Which definition matches the sentence? 2. Match the quotations with their themes

Words Do Not Pay		Analyze and interpret 1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Word study 3. Words with mis- 4. Identify adjectives
Words Do Not Pay
Analyze and interpret 1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Word study 3. Words with mis- 4. Identify adjectives

The Bystander Effect: Why You Don't Stand Up When You Should		Analyze and interpret 1. Compare passages for tone 2. Match problems with their solutions 3. Identify text structures Word study 4. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
The Bystander Effect: Why You Don't Stand Up When You Should
Analyze and interpret 1. Compare passages for tone 2. Match problems with their solutions 3. Identify text structures Word study 4. Use context to identify the meaning of a word

4	Unit 4 Human Intelligence
Whole-class learning
Flowers for Algernon		Analyze and interpret 1. Identify supporting details in literary texts 2. Identify the narrative point of view Word study 3. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 4. Words with sub-
Flowers for Algernon
Analyze and interpret 1. Identify supporting details in literary texts 2. Identify the narrative point of view Word study 3. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 4. Words with sub-

A Computer in Your Head?		Analyze and interpret 1. Compare and contrast in informational texts Conventions 2. Identify dependent and independent clauses 3. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? Composition 4. Correct errors with frequently confused words
A Computer in Your Head?
Analyze and interpret 1. Compare and contrast in informational texts Conventions 2. Identify dependent and independent clauses 3. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? Composition 4. Correct errors with frequently confused words

Performance Task		Write a formal research paper 1. Identify thesis statements 2. Identify supporting details in informational texts 3. Use words accurately and precisely 4. Remove redundant words or phrases 5. Identify plagiarism 6. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 7. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Performance Task
Write a formal research paper 1. Identify thesis statements 2. Identify supporting details in informational texts 3. Use words accurately and precisely 4. Remove redundant words or phrases 5. Identify plagiarism 6. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 7. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Peer-group learning
from Blue Nines and Red Words		1. Word pattern sentences 2. Identify sensory details
from Blue Nines and Red Words
1. Word pattern sentences 2. Identify sensory details

Gut Math		1. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
Gut Math
1. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1

The Theory of Multiple Intelligences		1. Read graphic organizers
The Theory of Multiple Intelligences
1. Read graphic organizers

Two Entries from an Encyclopedia of Logic		1. Classify logical fallacies
Two Entries from an Encyclopedia of Logic
1. Classify logical fallacies

5	Unit 5 Pushing Boundaries
Whole-class learning
Uncle Marcos		1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Analyze short stories
Uncle Marcos
1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Analyze short stories

To Fly		Analyze and interpret 1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Determine the main idea of a passage Conventions 3. Identify vague pronoun references 4. Identify all of the possible antecedents
To Fly
Analyze and interpret 1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Determine the main idea of a passage Conventions 3. Identify vague pronoun references 4. Identify all of the possible antecedents

Performance Task		Write a short story 1. Identify sensory details 2. Identify prepositional phrases 3. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement 4. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 5. Formatting quotations and dialogue
Performance Task
Write a short story 1. Identify sensory details 2. Identify prepositional phrases 3. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement 4. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 5. Formatting quotations and dialogue
Peer-group learning
Nikola Tesla: The Greatest Inventor of All?		1. Which sentence matches the definition? 2. Identify text structures 3. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
Nikola Tesla: The Greatest Inventor of All?
1. Which sentence matches the definition? 2. Identify text structures 3. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses

from The Invention of Everything Else		Analyze and interpret 1. Classify figures of speech 2. Compare two texts with different genres Word study 3. Find words using context 4. Positive and negative connotation
from The Invention of Everything Else
Analyze and interpret 1. Classify figures of speech 2. Compare two texts with different genres Word study 3. Find words using context 4. Positive and negative connotation

Welcome to Origami City		1. Read and understand informational passages
Welcome to Origami City
1. Read and understand informational passages

Icarus and Daedalus		1. Use thesaurus entries 2. Describe the difference between related words
Icarus and Daedalus
1. Use thesaurus entries 2. Describe the difference between related words

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