IXL skill plan | 8th grade plan for StudySync ELA

Skill plan for StudySync ELA - 8th grade

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1	Unit 1 Everyone Loves a Mystery
Reading and Writing
The Tell-Tale Heart		Context clues 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Style 2. Compare passages for tone Peer review 3. Suggest appropriate revisions
The Tell-Tale Heart
Context clues 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Style 2. Compare passages for tone Peer review 3. Suggest appropriate revisions

Monster		1. Analyze short stories
Monster
1. Analyze short stories

Let 'Em Play God		1. Identify the author's purpose
Let 'Em Play God
1. Identify the author's purpose

Paired Texts: Sympathy and Ten Days in a Mad-House		1. Compare two texts with different genres
Paired Texts: Sympathy and Ten Days in a Mad-House
1. Compare two texts with different genres

The Lottery		1. Determine the themes of short stories 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
The Lottery
1. Determine the themes of short stories 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source

Paired Texts: The Graveyard Book, The Conjure-Man Dies: A Mystery Tale of Dark Harlem, and The Monkey's Paw		1. Compare information from two texts
Paired Texts: The Graveyard Book, The Conjure-Man Dies: A Mystery Tale of Dark Harlem, and The Monkey's Paw
1. Compare information from two texts

Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science		1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Identify supporting details in informational texts
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science
1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Identify supporting details in informational texts
Writing Project and Grammar
Draft		1. Formatting quotations and dialogue
Draft
1. Formatting quotations and dialogue

Revise		Narrative techniques 1. Create varied sentences based on models Descriptive details 2. Remove redundant words or phrases 3. Identify sensory details Transitions 4. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 5. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions
Revise
Narrative techniques 1. Create varied sentences based on models Descriptive details 2. Remove redundant words or phrases 3. Identify sensory details Transitions 4. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 5. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions

Edit and Publish		Dashes 1. Use dashes Commas 2. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters
Edit and Publish
Dashes 1. Use dashes Commas 2. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		Subject-verb agreement 1. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement Main and helping verbs 2. Form the progressive verb tenses 3. Form the perfect verb tenses
Grammar
Subject-verb agreement 1. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement Main and helping verbs 2. Form the progressive verb tenses 3. Form the perfect verb tenses

2	Unit 2 Past and Present
Reading and Writing
I'm Nobody! Who are you?		1. Label the rhyme scheme
I'm Nobody! Who are you?
1. Label the rhyme scheme

Commencement Address to the Santa Fe Indian School		1. Trace an argument
Commencement Address to the Santa Fe Indian School
1. Trace an argument

Paired Texts: Curtain Call and So where are you from?		1. Read and understand informational passages
Paired Texts: Curtain Call and So where are you from?
1. Read and understand informational passages

The Outsiders		1. Identify supporting details in literary texts
The Outsiders
1. Identify supporting details in literary texts

Slam, Dunk, & Hook		1. Recall the source of an allusion
Slam, Dunk, & Hook
1. Recall the source of an allusion

Abuela Invents the Zero		1. Match the quotations with their themes
Abuela Invents the Zero
1. Match the quotations with their themes

Paired Texts: Inside Out and Back Again, Theories of Time and Space, and The Road Not Taken		1. Interpret figures of speech
Paired Texts: Inside Out and Back Again, Theories of Time and Space, and The Road Not Taken
1. Interpret figures of speech

The House on Mango Street		1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
The House on Mango Street
1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Writing Project and Grammar
Draft		1. Identify thesis statements 2. Choose evidence to support a claim 3. Organize information by topic
Draft
1. Identify thesis statements 2. Choose evidence to support a claim 3. Organize information by topic

Revise		1. Which sentence is more formal?
Revise
1. Which sentence is more formal?

Edit and Publish		1. Identify active and passive voice 2. Rewrite the sentence in active voice
Edit and Publish
1. Identify active and passive voice 2. Rewrite the sentence in active voice
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		1. Irregular past tense: review 2. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 3. Simple past, present, and future tense: review
Grammar
1. Irregular past tense: review 2. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 3. Simple past, present, and future tense: review

3	Unit 3 No Risk, No Reward
Reading and Writing
The Vanishing Island		Greek and Latin roots 1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Prefixes and suffixes 3. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 4. Words with -able and -ible Using a dictionary 5. Use dictionary definitions
The Vanishing Island
Greek and Latin roots 1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Prefixes and suffixes 3. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 4. Words with -able and -ible Using a dictionary 5. Use dictionary definitions

Paired Texts: A Night to Remember and Address to the Nation on the Explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger		1. Identify text structures
Paired Texts: A Night to Remember and Address to the Nation on the Explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger
1. Identify text structures

A Kenyan Teen's Discovery: Let There Be Light to Save Lions		1. Analogies 2. Analogies: challenge
A Kenyan Teen's Discovery: Let There Be Light to Save Lions
1. Analogies 2. Analogies: challenge

Paired Texts: Mother to Son, Learning to Read, and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Chapter VII)		1. Compare information from two texts 2. Classify figures of speech
Paired Texts: Mother to Son, Learning to Read, and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Chapter VII)
1. Compare information from two texts 2. Classify figures of speech

The Day I Saved a Life		1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 3. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
The Day I Saved a Life
1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 3. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures

The Call of the Wild		1. Compare passages for tone
The Call of the Wild
1. Compare passages for tone

Cocoon		1. Positive and negative connotation
Cocoon
1. Positive and negative connotation
Writing Project and Grammar
Draft		1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 3. Distinguish facts from opinions
Draft
1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 3. Distinguish facts from opinions

Revise		Transitions 1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Style 2. Which sentence is more formal? Precise language 3. Use parallel structure 4. Remove redundant words or phrases
Revise
Transitions 1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Style 2. Which sentence is more formal? Precise language 3. Use parallel structure 4. Remove redundant words or phrases

Edit and Publish		1. Identify participles and what they modify 2. Identify gerunds and their functions 3. Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases
Edit and Publish
1. Identify participles and what they modify 2. Identify gerunds and their functions 3. Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		Punctuating sentences with phrases 1. Commas with nonrestrictive elements 2. What does the punctuation suggest? Misplaced modifiers 3. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 4. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier
Grammar
Punctuating sentences with phrases 1. Commas with nonrestrictive elements 2. What does the punctuation suggest? Misplaced modifiers 3. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 4. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier

4	Unit 4 Hear Me Out
Reading and Writing
/HUG		1. Determine the themes of short stories
/HUG
1. Determine the themes of short stories

Gaming Communities		1. Compare and contrast in informational texts
Gaming Communities
1. Compare and contrast in informational texts

Paired Texts: Denee Benton: Broadway Princess and Cover Letter to LucasArts		1. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational 2. Find words using context
Paired Texts: Denee Benton: Broadway Princess and Cover Letter to LucasArts
1. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational 2. Find words using context

Speech to the Ohio's Women Conference: Ain't I a Woman?		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1
Speech to the Ohio's Women Conference: Ain't I a Woman?
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1

Across Five Aprils		1. Identify the narrative point of view
Across Five Aprils
1. Identify the narrative point of view

Paired Texts: To America, Letter of a Civil War Nurse, and The Gettysburg Address		1. Trace an argument 2. Describe the difference between related words
Paired Texts: To America, Letter of a Civil War Nurse, and The Gettysburg Address
1. Trace an argument 2. Describe the difference between related words

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Chapter 2)		1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 3. Use personification
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Chapter 2)
1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 3. Use personification

Blind		1. Choose the synonym 2. Choose the antonym
Blind
1. Choose the synonym 2. Choose the antonym
Writing Project and Grammar
Draft		Thesis statements 1. Identify thesis statements Reasons and evidence 2. Choose evidence to support a claim 3. Identify counterclaims 4. Classify logical fallacies
Draft
Thesis statements 1. Identify thesis statements Reasons and evidence 2. Choose evidence to support a claim 3. Identify counterclaims 4. Classify logical fallacies

Revise		Transitions 1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims Style 2. Create varied sentences based on models 3. Correct errors with signs 4. Correct errors in everyday use
Revise
Transitions 1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims Style 2. Create varied sentences based on models 3. Correct errors with signs 4. Correct errors in everyday use

Edit and Publish		Ellipses 1. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately Commas 2. Commas with series, dates, and places 3. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters
Edit and Publish
Ellipses 1. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately Commas 2. Commas with series, dates, and places 3. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		1. Identify appositives and appositive phrases 2. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words
Grammar
1. Identify appositives and appositive phrases 2. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words

5	Unit 5 Trying Times
Reading and Writing
Teen Mogul
Teen Mogul


Paired Texts: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl and The Diary of Anne Frank: A Play		1. Use guide words 2. Use dictionary entries
Paired Texts: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl and The Diary of Anne Frank: A Play
1. Use guide words 2. Use dictionary entries

Parallel Journeys		1. Read and understand informational passages
Parallel Journeys
1. Read and understand informational passages

Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat		1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Match problems with their solutions 3. Identify text structures
Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat
1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Match problems with their solutions 3. Identify text structures

Farewell to Manzanar		1. Identify supporting details in informational texts
Farewell to Manzanar
1. Identify supporting details in informational texts

Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech		1. Trace an argument
Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech
1. Trace an argument

Refugee		1. Compare passages for tone
Refugee
1. Compare passages for tone

Paired Texts: America, Gandhi the Man: How One Man Changed Himself to Change the World, and Long Walk to Freedom		1. Identify the author's purpose
Paired Texts: America, Gandhi the Man: How One Man Changed Himself to Change the World, and Long Walk to Freedom
1. Identify the author's purpose
Oral Project and Grammar
Draft		1. Organize information by topic 2. Distinguish facts from opinions
Draft
1. Organize information by topic 2. Distinguish facts from opinions

Revise		Reasons and evidence 1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim Sources and citations 2. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 4. Identify plagiarism
Revise
Reasons and evidence 1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim Sources and citations 2. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 4. Identify plagiarism

Edit and Present		Active and passive voice 1. Identify active and passive voice 2. Rewrite the sentence in active voice Phrases 3. Identify participles and what they modify 4. Identify gerunds and their functions Run-on sentences 5. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 6. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 7. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
Edit and Present
Active and passive voice 1. Identify active and passive voice 2. Rewrite the sentence in active voice Phrases 3. Identify participles and what they modify 4. Identify gerunds and their functions Run-on sentences 5. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 6. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 7. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		1. Form the progressive verb tenses 2. Form the perfect verb tenses
Grammar
1. Form the progressive verb tenses 2. Form the perfect verb tenses

6	Unit 6 Beyond Reality
Reading and Writing
Manuel and the Magic Fox		1. Match the quotations with their themes
Manuel and the Magic Fox
1. Match the quotations with their themes

Paired Texts: The Dark is Rising, There Will Come Soft Rains (poem), and There Will Come Soft Rains (short story)		1. Analyze short stories 2. Compare two texts with different genres
Paired Texts: The Dark is Rising, There Will Come Soft Rains (poem), and There Will Come Soft Rains (short story)
1. Analyze short stories 2. Compare two texts with different genres

The War of the Worlds		Greek and Latin roots 1. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 2. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Prefixes 3. Words with pre- 4. Words with re- Suffixes 5. Words with -ful 6. Words with -less
The War of the Worlds
Greek and Latin roots 1. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 2. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Prefixes 3. Words with pre- 4. Words with re- Suffixes 5. Words with -ful 6. Words with -less

Everybody Out (from "What If?")		1. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts
Everybody Out (from "What If?")
1. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts

Spaceships		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
Spaceships
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

Universal Declaration of Human Rights		Main idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Language and style 2. Recall the source of an allusion 3. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Main idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Language and style 2. Recall the source of an allusion 3. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Paired Texts: How Hare Drank Boiling Water and Married the Beautiful Princess and Children of Blood and Bone		1. Identify the narrative point of view
Paired Texts: How Hare Drank Boiling Water and Married the Beautiful Princess and Children of Blood and Bone
1. Identify the narrative point of view
Writing Project and Grammar
Draft		1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
Draft
1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim

Revise		Sources and citations 1. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Identify plagiarism Graphic features 4. Read graphic organizers
Revise
Sources and citations 1. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Identify plagiarism Graphic features 4. Read graphic organizers

Edit and Publish		Infinitive phrases 1. Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases Ellipses 2. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately Commonly misspelled words 3. Use the correct frequently confused word 4. Correct errors with frequently confused words 5. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words Sentence fragments 6. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?
Edit and Publish
Infinitive phrases 1. Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases Ellipses 2. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately Commonly misspelled words 3. Use the correct frequently confused word 4. Correct errors with frequently confused words 5. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words Sentence fragments 6. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		1. Use the correct homophone 2. Which definition matches the sentence? 3. Which sentence matches the definition?
Grammar
1. Use the correct homophone 2. Which definition matches the sentence? 3. Which sentence matches the definition?

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