IXL skill plan | English Language Arts Summative Test 8th grade plan for the Oregon's Statewide Assessment System

Skill plan for the Oregon's Statewide Assessment System - English Language Arts Summative Test 8th grade

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Research/Inquiry

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Claim 1 Reading
Literary Texts
Target 1: Key Details		Short stories 1. Analyze short stories Literary passages 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts 3. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 1
Target 1: Key Details
Short stories 1. Analyze short stories Literary passages 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts 3. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 1

Target 2: Central Ideas		1. Determine the themes of short stories
Target 2: Central Ideas
1. Determine the themes of short stories

Target 3: Word Meanings		Word choice in literary passages 1. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 2 Vocabulary in context 2. Find words using context 3. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Prefixes and suffixes 4. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 5. Words with -able and -ible Greek and Latin roots 6. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Reference skills 7. Use dictionary entries Homophones 8. Which definition matches the sentence?
Target 3: Word Meanings
Word choice in literary passages 1. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 2 Vocabulary in context 2. Find words using context 3. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Prefixes and suffixes 4. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 5. Words with -able and -ible Greek and Latin roots 6. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Reference skills 7. Use dictionary entries Homophones 8. Which definition matches the sentence?

Target 4: Reasoning & Evidence Target 5: Analysis Within or Across Texts		1. Analyze short stories
Target 4: Reasoning & Evidence Target 5: Analysis Within or Across Texts
1. Analyze short stories

Target 6: Text Structures & Features		1. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1
Target 6: Text Structures & Features
1. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1

Target 7: Language Use		Figurative language 1. Interpret figures of speech Shades of meaning 2. Positive and negative connotation 3. Describe the difference between related words Word choice in literary passages 4. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 2
Target 7: Language Use
Figurative language 1. Interpret figures of speech Shades of meaning 2. Positive and negative connotation 3. Describe the difference between related words Word choice in literary passages 4. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 2
Informational Texts
Target 8: Key Details		Supporting details 1. Identify supporting details in informational texts Text evidence in nonfiction books 2. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 1
Target 8: Key Details
Supporting details 1. Identify supporting details in informational texts Text evidence in nonfiction books 2. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 1

Target 9: Central Ideas		1. Determine the main idea of a passage
Target 9: Central Ideas
1. Determine the main idea of a passage

Target 10: Word Meanings		Domain-specific vocabulary 1. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Vocabulary in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 4. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational Greek and Latin roots 5. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Reference skills 6. Use thesaurus entries
Target 10: Word Meanings
Domain-specific vocabulary 1. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Vocabulary in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 4. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational Greek and Latin roots 5. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Reference skills 6. Use thesaurus entries

Target 11: Reasoning & Evidence Target 12: Analysis Within or Across Texts		Text analysis 1. Read and understand informational passages 2. Trace an argument Text analysis in nonfiction books 3. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 2 Compare texts 4. Compare information from two texts
Target 11: Reasoning & Evidence Target 12: Analysis Within or Across Texts
Text analysis 1. Read and understand informational passages 2. Trace an argument Text analysis in nonfiction books 3. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 2 Compare texts 4. Compare information from two texts

Target 13: Text Structures & Features		1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Match problems with their solutions 4. Identify text structures
Target 13: Text Structures & Features
1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Match problems with their solutions 4. Identify text structures

Target 14: Language Use		1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Target 14: Language Use
1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Claim 2 Writing
Organization/Purpose
Target 4: Informative/Explanatory		Organize writing 1. Organize information by topic Topic sentences 2. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Transitions 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Tone and style 4. Which sentence is more formal?
Target 4: Informative/Explanatory
Organize writing 1. Organize information by topic Topic sentences 2. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Transitions 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Tone and style 4. Which sentence is more formal?

Target 7: Opinion/Argument		Thesis statements 1. Identify thesis statements Facts and opinions 2. Distinguish facts from opinions Transitions 3. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
Target 7: Opinion/Argument
Thesis statements 1. Identify thesis statements Facts and opinions 2. Distinguish facts from opinions Transitions 3. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims

Across genres: Purpose		1. Identify the author's purpose
Across genres: Purpose
1. Identify the author's purpose
Evidence/Elaboration
Target 4: Informative/Explanatory		1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Create varied sentences based on models
Target 4: Informative/Explanatory
1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Create varied sentences based on models

Target 7: Opinion/Argument		Claims and evidence 1. Choose evidence to support a claim 2. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Counterclaims 4. Evaluate counterclaims Persuasive strategies 5. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
Target 7: Opinion/Argument
Claims and evidence 1. Choose evidence to support a claim 2. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Counterclaims 4. Evaluate counterclaims Persuasive strategies 5. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing

Target 8: Language & Vocabulary Use
Target 8: Language & Vocabulary Use

Revision
Targets 1b, 3b, & 6b: Revision		1. Remove redundant words or phrases 2. Formatting quotations and dialogue 3. Suggest appropriate revisions
Targets 1b, 3b, & 6b: Revision
1. Remove redundant words or phrases 2. Formatting quotations and dialogue 3. Suggest appropriate revisions
Conventions
Target 9: Edit/Clarify		Sentence structure 1. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 2. Combine sentences using relative clauses Capitalization 3. Correct capitalization errors Punctuation 4. Commas: review 5. What does the punctuation suggest? Frequently confused words 6. Correct errors with frequently confused words Homophones 7. Use the correct homophone
Target 9: Edit/Clarify
Sentence structure 1. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 2. Combine sentences using relative clauses Capitalization 3. Correct capitalization errors Punctuation 4. Commas: review 5. What does the punctuation suggest? Frequently confused words 6. Correct errors with frequently confused words Homophones 7. Use the correct homophone

Claim 4 Research/Inquiry
Research
Target 2: Analyze/Integrate Information		1. Compare information from two texts 2. Compare two texts with different genres 3. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 1
Target 2: Analyze/Integrate Information
1. Compare information from two texts 2. Compare two texts with different genres 3. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 1

Target 3: Evaluate Information/Sources		1. Identify relevant sources 2. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias 3. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 2
Target 3: Evaluate Information/Sources
1. Identify relevant sources 2. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias 3. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 2

Target 4: Use Evidence		Citations 1. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) Plagiarism 3. Identify plagiarism
Target 4: Use Evidence
Citations 1. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) Plagiarism 3. Identify plagiarism

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