IXL skill plan | Reading 8th grade plan for the North Carolina State Tests

Skill plan for the North Carolina State Tests - Reading 8th grade

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Reading for Literature
Reading for Informational Text
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Reading for Literature
Key Ideas and Evidence		Reading comprehension 1. Analyze short stories 2. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 1 Supporting details 3. Identify supporting details in literary texts Theme 4. Match the quotations with their themes 5. Determine the themes of short stories
Key Ideas and Evidence
Reading comprehension 1. Analyze short stories 2. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 1 Supporting details 3. Identify supporting details in literary texts Theme 4. Match the quotations with their themes 5. Determine the themes of short stories

Craft and Structure		1. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 2 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
Craft and Structure
1. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 2 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source

Reading for Informational Text
Key Ideas and Evidence		Reading comprehension 1. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 1 2. Read and understand informational passages Main idea 3. Determine the main idea of a passage Supporting details 4. Identify supporting details in informational texts Text relationships 5. Compare and contrast in informational texts 6. Match causes and effects in informational texts 7. Match problems with their solutions
Key Ideas and Evidence
Reading comprehension 1. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 1 2. Read and understand informational passages Main idea 3. Determine the main idea of a passage Supporting details 4. Identify supporting details in informational texts Text relationships 5. Compare and contrast in informational texts 6. Match causes and effects in informational texts 7. Match problems with their solutions

Craft and Structure		Vocabulary in context 1. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 2 Informational text structures 2. Identify text structures Author's perspective 3. Identify the author's purpose 4. Compare information from two texts
Craft and Structure
Vocabulary in context 1. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 2 Informational text structures 2. Identify text structures Author's perspective 3. Identify the author's purpose 4. Compare information from two texts

Integration of Ideas and Analysis		1. Trace an argument 2. Classify logical fallacies
Integration of Ideas and Analysis
1. Trace an argument 2. Classify logical fallacies

Language
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use		Multiple-meaning words 1. Which definition matches the sentence? Shades of meaning 2. Describe the difference between related words 3. Positive and negative connotation Frequently confused words 4. Correct errors with frequently confused words Vocabulary in context 5. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 6. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 7. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 8. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational Domain-specific vocabulary 9. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Greek and Latin roots 10. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Analogies 11. Analogies: challenge Reference materials 12. Use dictionary entries Figurative language 13. Interpret figures of speech 14. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Multiple-meaning words 1. Which definition matches the sentence? Shades of meaning 2. Describe the difference between related words 3. Positive and negative connotation Frequently confused words 4. Correct errors with frequently confused words Vocabulary in context 5. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 6. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 7. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 8. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational Domain-specific vocabulary 9. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Greek and Latin roots 10. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Analogies 11. Analogies: challenge Reference materials 12. Use dictionary entries Figurative language 13. Interpret figures of speech 14. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

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