The Common Core in Hawaii

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Skills available for Hawaii eighth-grade language arts standards

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Hawaii Common Core Standards (adopted in 2024): Grade 8 Hawaii Common Core Standards (adopted in 2024): Grade 8
Common Core State Standards: Language Common Core State Standards: Language
Common Core State Standards: Reading: Informational Text Common Core State Standards: Reading: Informational Text
Common Core State Standards: Reading: Literature Common Core State Standards: Reading: Literature
Common Core State Standards: Writing Common Core State Standards: Writing

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8.RF Reading Foundations

Fluency
- 8.RF.4 Read grade-level text orally with fluency (accuracy, automaticity, and prosody) to support comprehension, in accordance with grade-level fluency norms.

8.RI Reading Informational

Key Ideas and Details
- 8.RI.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
- 8.RI.2 Analyze informational text development:
  - 8.RI.2.a Determine a main/central ideas of a a text and analyze its development over the course of the text in relationship to supporting details.
  - 8.RI.2.b Incorporate the main/central idea, including its relationship to supporting details, into an objective summary.
- 8.RI.3 Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).
- 8.RI.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
- 8.RI.5 Analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph in a text, including the role of particular sentences in developing and refining a key concept.
- 8.RI.6 Determine an author's point of view/perspective or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
- 8.RI.7 Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g, print or digital text, video, multimedia) to present a particular topic or idea.
- 8.RI.8 Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.
- 8.RI.9 Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the text disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.
  - Compare information from two texts (8-L.1)
  - Compare two texts with different genres (8-L.2)
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
- 8.RI.10 Read and comprehend informational texts appropriately complex for grade 8.

8.RL Reading Literature

Key Ideas and Details
- 8.RL.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
- 8.RL.2 Analyze literary text development:
  - Determine a theme of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot.
    - Match the quotations with their themes (8-B.1)
    - Determine the themes of short stories (8-B.2)
  - Incorporate a theme and its relationship to other story elements into an objective summary of the text.
    - Match the quotations with their themes (8-B.1)
- 8.RL.3 Analyze literary elements:
  - Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, and/or provoke a decision.
    - Analyze short stories (8-G.2)
Craft and Structure
- 8.RL.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
- 8.RL.5 Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.
  - Compare two texts with different genres (8-L.2)
- 8.RL.6 Analyze how differences in the perspectives of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects such as suspense or humor.
  - Identify the narrative point of view (8-G.1)
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
- 8.RL.7 Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.
- 8.RL.9 Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works from around the world, including describing how the material is rendered new.
  - Compare two texts with different genres (8-L.2)
  - Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects (8-M.1)
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
- 8.RL.10 Read and comprehend literary texts appropriately complex for grade 8.

8.W Writing

Text Types and Purposes
- 8.W.1 Write arguments to supports claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence:
  - 8.W.1.a Introduce claims(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate claims or counterclaims.
    - Identify thesis statements (8-O.1)
    - Identify counterclaims (8-O.4)
  - 8.W.1.b Organize the reasons and evidence logically.
    - Organize information by topic (8-N.2)
  - 8.W.1.c Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate and credible sources and demonstrating and understanding of the topic or text.
  - 8.W.1.d Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
    - Transitions with conjunctive adverbs (8-R.1)
    - Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions (8-QQ.1)
  - 8.W.1.e Establish and maintain a formal style.
    - Which sentence is more formal? (8-C.2)
  - 8.W.1.f Provide a conclusion that follows from the argument presented, as appropriate to the task.
- 8.W.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content:
  - 8.W.2.a Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aid comprehension.
  - 8.W.2.b Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
  - 8.W.2.c Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
  - 8.W.2.d Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
  - 8.W.2.e Establish and maintain a formal style.
    - Which sentence is more formal? (8-C.2)
  - 8.W.2.f Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
Text Types and Purposes
- 8.W.3 Write narratives to develop real or images experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences:
  - 8.W.3.a Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.
    - Identify the narrative point of view (8-G.1)
  - 8.W.3.b Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
    - Formatting quotations and dialogue (8-XX.4)
  - 8.W.3.c Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence, signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another, and show the relationships among experiences and events.
    - Transitions with conjunctive adverbs (8-R.1)
  - 8.W.3.d Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
  - 8.W.3.e Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
Production and Distribution of Writing
- 8.W.4 With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well the purpose and audience have been addressed.
- 8.W.5 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
- 8.W.6 Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration:
  - 8.W.6.a Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively.
    - Determine the main idea of a passage (8-A.1)
    - Identify relevant sources (8-U.1)
  - 8.W.6.b Assess the credibility and accuracy of each source.
    - Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias (8-U.2)
  - 8.W.6.c Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
  - 8.W.6.d Quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism.
    - Identify plagiarism (8-U.5)
  - 8.W.6.e Follow a standard format for citation.
    - Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) (8-U.3)
    - Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) (8-U.4)

8.L Language

Conventions of English
- 8.L.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of English grammar and usage when reading, writing, or speaking:
  - 8.L.1.a Use and explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and their function in particular sentences.
  - 8.L.1.b Use verbs in the active and passive voice.
    - Identify active and passive voice (8-S.1)
    - Rewrite the sentence in active voice (8-S.2)
  - 8.L.1.c Use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood.
    - Identify the verb mood (8-MM.9)
    - Correct errors with verb mood (8-MM.10)
  - 8.L.1.d Use correct shifts in verb voice and mood.
- 8.L.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing:
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
- 8.L.3 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases based on grade 8 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies:
  - 8.L.3.a Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
  - 8.L.3.b Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede).
  - 8.L.3.c Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech.
  - 8.L.3.d Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).
    - Use dictionary definitions (8-DD.4)
- 8.L.4 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings:
  - 8.L.4.a Interpret figures of speech (e.g. verbal irony, puns) in context.
  - 8.L.4.b Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of the words.
  - 8.L.4.c Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., bullheaded, willful, firm, persistent, resolute).
- 8.L.5 Accurately use grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.

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8.RF Reading Foundations

Fluency

8.RF.4 Read grade-level text orally with fluency (accuracy, automaticity, and prosody) to support comprehension, in accordance with grade-level fluency norms.

8.RI Reading Informational

Key Ideas and Details

8.RI.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

8.RI.2 Analyze informational text development:

8.RI.2.a Determine a main/central ideas of a a text and analyze its development over the course of the text in relationship to supporting details.

8.RI.2.b Incorporate the main/central idea, including its relationship to supporting details, into an objective summary.

8.RI.3 Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).

8.RI.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

8.RI.5 Analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph in a text, including the role of particular sentences in developing and refining a key concept.

8.RI.6 Determine an author's point of view/perspective or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

8.RI.7 Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g, print or digital text, video, multimedia) to present a particular topic or idea.

8.RI.8 Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.

8.RI.9 Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the text disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

8.RI.10 Read and comprehend informational texts appropriately complex for grade 8.

8.RL Reading Literature

Key Ideas and Details

8.RL.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

8.RL.2 Analyze literary text development:

Determine a theme of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot.

Incorporate a theme and its relationship to other story elements into an objective summary of the text.

8.RL.3 Analyze literary elements:

Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, and/or provoke a decision.

Craft and Structure

8.RL.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

8.RL.5 Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.

8.RL.6 Analyze how differences in the perspectives of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects such as suspense or humor.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

8.RL.7 Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.

8.RL.9 Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works from around the world, including describing how the material is rendered new.

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

8.RL.10 Read and comprehend literary texts appropriately complex for grade 8.

8.W Writing

Text Types and Purposes

8.W.1 Write arguments to supports claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence:

8.W.1.a Introduce claims(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate claims or counterclaims.

8.W.1.b Organize the reasons and evidence logically.

8.W.1.c Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate and credible sources and demonstrating and understanding of the topic or text.

8.W.1.d Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.

8.W.1.e Establish and maintain a formal style.

8.W.1.f Provide a conclusion that follows from the argument presented, as appropriate to the task.

8.W.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content:

8.W.2.a Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aid comprehension.

8.W.2.b Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.

8.W.2.c Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.

8.W.2.d Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

8.W.2.e Establish and maintain a formal style.

8.W.2.f Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.

Text Types and Purposes

8.W.3 Write narratives to develop real or images experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences:

8.W.3.a Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.

8.W.3.b Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.

8.W.3.c Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence, signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another, and show the relationships among experiences and events.

8.W.3.d Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.

8.W.3.e Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.

Production and Distribution of Writing

8.W.4 With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well the purpose and audience have been addressed.

8.W.5 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently as well as to interact and collaborate with others.

Research to Build and Present Knowledge

8.W.6 Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration:

8.W.6.a Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively.

8.W.6.b Assess the credibility and accuracy of each source.

8.W.6.c Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

8.W.6.d Quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism.

8.W.6.e Follow a standard format for citation.

8.L Language

Conventions of English

8.L.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of English grammar and usage when reading, writing, or speaking:

8.L.1.a Use and explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and their function in particular sentences.

8.L.1.b Use verbs in the active and passive voice.

8.L.1.c Use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood.

8.L.1.d Use correct shifts in verb voice and mood.

8.L.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing: