IXL skill plan | NM-MSSA English language arts 8th grade plan for the New Mexico Statewide Student Assessment Program

Skill plan for the New Mexico Statewide Student Assessment Program - NM-MSSA English language arts 8th grade

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Reading
Text Type - Literary Text
Reading Strategy - Comprehension		Inference 1. Determine the themes of short stories • Coming soon: Draw inferences from literary texts Vocabulary 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 3. Positive and negative connotation 4. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 5. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context
Reading Strategy - Comprehension
Inference 1. Determine the themes of short stories • Coming soon: Draw inferences from literary texts Vocabulary 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 3. Positive and negative connotation 4. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 5. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context

Reading Strategy - Analysis and Interpretation		1. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 2 3. Analyze short stories 4. Compare two texts with different genres
Reading Strategy - Analysis and Interpretation
1. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 2 3. Analyze short stories 4. Compare two texts with different genres
Text Type - Informational Text
Reading Strategy - Comprehension		Main idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Text relationships 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts 3. Match causes and effects in informational texts 4. Match problems with their solutions Text structure 5. Identify text structures Vocabulary 6. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 7. Which definition matches the sentence? 8. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 9. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Author's purpose and point of view 10. Identify the author's purpose 11. Determine the author's point of view
Reading Strategy - Comprehension
Main idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Text relationships 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts 3. Match causes and effects in informational texts 4. Match problems with their solutions Text structure 5. Identify text structures Vocabulary 6. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 7. Which definition matches the sentence? 8. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 9. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Author's purpose and point of view 10. Identify the author's purpose 11. Determine the author's point of view

Reading Strategy - Analysis and Interpretation		1. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 2 3. Read and understand informational passages 4. Trace an argument 5. Compare information from two texts
Reading Strategy - Analysis and Interpretation
1. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 2 3. Read and understand informational passages 4. Trace an argument 5. Compare information from two texts

Writing & Language
Language & Writing Passage Sets
Writing Analysis		1. Organize information by topic 2. Remove the sentence that does not belong
Writing Analysis
1. Organize information by topic 2. Remove the sentence that does not belong

Language Conventions		Language usage 1. Rewrite the sentence in active voice 2. Correct errors with verb mood Mechanics 3. Commas with compound and complex sentences 4. Use dashes 5. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately 6. Correct errors with frequently confused words
Language Conventions
Language usage 1. Rewrite the sentence in active voice 2. Correct errors with verb mood Mechanics 3. Commas with compound and complex sentences 4. Use dashes 5. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately 6. Correct errors with frequently confused words
Writing Prompt
Production of Writing - Argumentative		Development and content 1. Choose evidence to support a claim 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts 3. Identify counterclaims Organization and focus 4. Identify thesis statements 5. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims Language 6. Use words accurately and precisely
Production of Writing - Argumentative
Development and content 1. Choose evidence to support a claim 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts 3. Identify counterclaims Organization and focus 4. Identify thesis statements 5. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims Language 6. Use words accurately and precisely

Production of Writing - Informative/Explanatory		Development and content 1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Identify plagiarism Organization and focus 3. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 4. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Language 5. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational
Production of Writing - Informative/Explanatory
Development and content 1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Identify plagiarism Organization and focus 3. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 4. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Language 5. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational

Production of Writing - Narrative		Development and content 1. Formatting quotations and dialogue Organization and focus 2. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions Language 3. Use personification
Production of Writing - Narrative
Development and content 1. Formatting quotations and dialogue Organization and focus 2. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions Language 3. Use personification

Use of Conventions		Grammar and usage 1. Correct errors in everyday use 2. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 3. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement 4. Create varied sentences based on models Mechanics 5. Commas: review 6. Correct capitalization errors
Use of Conventions
Grammar and usage 1. Correct errors in everyday use 2. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 3. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement 4. Create varied sentences based on models Mechanics 5. Commas: review 6. Correct capitalization errors

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