Eighth grade English Language Arts Practice
Eighth grade ELA prepares students for high school through sophisticated textual analysis, persuasive writing, and research.
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Eighth grade English Language Arts topics covered
Reading: Literature
- Cite textual evidence to support analysis of explicit meanings and inferences
- Determine a theme and analyze its development including relationship to characters
- Analyze how dialogue and incidents propel the action and reveal character
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases including figurative meanings
Reading: Informational text
- Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly
- Determine a central idea and analyze its development through summarizing
- Analyze how a text makes connections and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events
- Determine an author's point of view and analyze how it acknowledges conflicting evidence
Writing
- Write arguments with clear claims, counterclaims, and relevant evidence
- Write informative texts with thorough analysis using relevant facts and quotations
- Write narratives with effective technique, descriptive details, and structure
- Produce clear writing using technology to collaborate with others
Language
- Explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives)
- Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice
- Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, and conditional moods
- Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood
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