Language+Arts+-+8th+Grade+-+Essential+Outcomes

Essential Outcomes

Should answer 5 of 6 correctly || 3 || Diversity Worksheets 55 and 56 || Must score a 3 or 4 on a four-point scale on the WSD Five-Paragraph Essay Rubric (pg 53 of //Writing and Research Guide Across the Content Area)// || 2 || Prompt to be determined || Must score a 4, 5, or 6 on the MEA Rubric || 2 || MEA Prompt: Should cell phones be banned from school? ||
 * **Essential Outcome (Standard)** || **Performance Level(s)** || **Date/ Trimester** || **Common Assessments** ||
 * ** Reading ** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 1. Synthesize clues to infer plausible ending, explanation, or reason || * define inference as a good educated guess to generate and follow an implied line of reasoning
 * practice active visualization
 * use active reasoning and metacognition
 * recognize foreshadowing || 1 ||  ||
 * 2. Summarize and paraphrase written text || * understand paraphrasing is retelling in one's own words
 * understand summarizing is a shortened statement that presents the main ideas and most important points of a piece of writing || 1 ||  ||
 * 3. Identify examples of both internal and external conflict || * define conflict
 * differentiate between internal conflict (man vs. self) and external conflicts (man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society, man vs. fate/destiny) || 1 ||  ||
 * 4. Define and distinquish the following points of view:
 * 1st person
 * 2nd person (stream of consciousness)
 * 3rd person limited
 * 3rd person omniscient ||  || 1 || Point of view - under common assessment section ||
 * 5. Recognize author's purpose (persuade, illustrate, inform, entertain) ||  || 2 ||   ||
 * 6. Identify symbolism as figurative language || * pick out a symbol and explain what it represents || 2 ||  ||
 * 7. Identify characteristics of types of poetry || * free verse
 * narrative poetry
 * rhymed poetry
 * concrete poetry || 2 ||  ||
 * 8. Describe the use of diction, (style of word choice: formal/informal, plain/fancy, ordinary/technical, sophisticated/down to earth, old fashioned/modern), figurative language, repetition, rhyme, and tone (formal/informal, serious/playful, bitter, ironic) to convey meaning in poetry ||  || 2 ||   ||
 * 9. Recognize irony || * understand that irony is a contradiction between what is expected and what happens
 * understand situational and dramatic irony
 * 10. Generate a theme from your understanding of a piece of literature || * understand theme as a central message, concern, or purpose of a literary work
 * list possible themes
 * use evidence from the text to support a theme choice || 3 ||  ||
 * 11. Analyze author's perception noting incidences of bias, stereotyping, and generalizations ||  || 3 ||   ||
 * 12. Explain instances of propaganda and faulty reasoning || * explain bandwagon, testimonial, transfer, repetition, emotional words in propaganda
 * explain false analogy, hasty generalizations, false cause, slippery slope in faulty reasoning || 3 ||  ||
 * ** Writing ** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 13. Write dialog correctly || * paragraphing
 * quotation marks
 * end marks
 * capitalization
 * commas (to separate introductory words, nouns of direct address, and speaker from spoken word) || 1 ||  ||
 * 14. Use correctly: its, it's, their, they're, there, whose, who's, then, than, you're, your, to, too, where, were, no, know ||  || 1 ||   ||
 * 15. Create a 5-paragraph essay || * introduction
 * paragraphs with details
 * conclusion
 * transitions for fluency
 * 16. Create an argumentative essay || * create a thesis statement
 * form an opinion
 * support opinions with facts
 * follow a format
 * understand opposing views
 * 17. Write using a variety of phrases to enhance style || * prepositional
 * appositive
 * participial
 * gerund
 * infinitive || 3 ||  ||
 * 18. Identify the correct verb tense in a written passage (past, present, future). ||  || 3 || Verb tense attachment (with separate answer sheet) ||
 * 19. Manipulate parts of speech effectively and employ a variety of sentence structures to communicate || * identify parts of speech
 * differentiate between phrases and clauses
 * identify simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences || 3 ||  ||
 * 20. Identify and correct fragments and run-on sentences ||  || 3 ||   ||