English Language Arts Curriculum
8th Grade
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Course Purpose: |
Students will debate significant global issues through comparing, contrasting, and presenting solutions via various media sources and fiction/nonfiction text. |
Outcomes and Components:
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LA.8.11 |
Students will determine the main idea of nonfiction texts by analyzing text evidence and structure. |
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LA.8.11.1 |
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.1 |
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LA.8.11.2 |
Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text. |
8.RI.2 |
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LA.8.11.3 |
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.4 |
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LA.8.11.4 |
Read and comprehend literary nonfiction independently and proficiently at grade level. |
8.RI.10 |
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