Quarter 1
Writing Process
and 6-Trait Writing W.8.3a-e, W.8.4, W.8.5, W.8.6, W.8.7, W.8.8
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IXL as M-W-F
warm up activity
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Vocabulary and Greek/Latin root/affixes
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On Demand Writing
Prompts T-Th
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W.8.3 – Write
narratives to develop real
or imagined experiences or events using
effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
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W.8.3a – 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.
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W.8.3b – Use narrative techniques, such as
dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to
develop experiences, events,
and/or characters.
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W.8.3c – 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.
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W.8.3d – Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the
action and convey experiences and events.
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W.8.3e – Provide a conclusion that
follows from and
reflects on the
narrated experiences or events.
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W.8.4 – Produce clear
and coherent writing in which the
development, organization, and
style are appropriate to
task, purpose, and
audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types
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W.8.5 – 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 purpose and audience have been addressed. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate
command of Language standards 1–3
up to and including grade 8 on page 52
[of the CCSS].)
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W.8.6 – 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.
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W.8.7 –
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.
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W.8.8 – Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search
terms effectively; assess the
credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or
paraphrase the data and conclusions of others
while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
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Grammar: 8 Parts of Speech
Literature unit: Fiction and suspense
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Fiction Notice and Note Signposts (Close reading strategy)
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Cornell Note
taking
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Unit 3 Mood:
- RL 8.2; RL 8.4
○ “The
Monkey’s Paw”
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RL.8.2 – Determine a theme
or central idea
of a text and analyze its development over
the course of the
text, including its
relationship to the characters, setting, and plot;
provide an objective summary of
the text.
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RL.8.4 – 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.
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➢ Unit 1 Plot: - RL
8.1; RL 8.2; RL 8.3; RL 8.4; RL 8.6; 8.10
○ “The Elevator”
○ “The Hitchhiker”
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RL.8.1 – Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the
text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn
from the text.
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RL.8.2 – Determine a theme
or central idea
of a text and analyze its development over
the course of the
text, including its
relationship to the characters, setting, and plot;
provide an objective summary of
the text.
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RL.8.3 – Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in
a story or
drama propel the action, reveal aspects of
a character, or provoke a decision.
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RL.8.4 – 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.
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RL.8.6 – Analyze how differences in the points
of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g.,
created through the
use of dramatic irony) create such
effects as suspense or humor.
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RL.8.10 – By the end of
the year, read
and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end
of grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and
proficiently.
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Novel: Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
● Historical Account
– RL.8.9; W 8.10
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RL.8.9 – Analyze how a modern work
of fiction draws
on themes, patterns of events, or character
types from myths, traditional stories, or
religious works such
as the Bible, including describing
how the material is rendered new.
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W.8.10 – Write routinely over extended time frames (time
for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a
single sitting or
a day or
two) for a range of
discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences
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● Compare and
Contrast Fictional Portrayal vs Historical Account
RL.8.9
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● RL.8.9 – Analyze how a modern work
of fiction draws
on themes, patterns of events, or character
types from myths, traditional stories, or
religious works such
as the Bible, including describing
how the material is rendered new
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● Theme & Central Idea – RL.8.2;
RIT.8.2
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RL.8.2 – Determine a theme
or central idea
of a text and analyze its development over
the course of the
text, including its
relationship to the characters, setting, and plot;
provide an objective summary of
the text.
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RI.8.3 – Analyze how
a text makes
connections among and
distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).
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● Setting – RL.8.3; RL.8.9
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RL.8.3 – Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in
a story or
drama propel the action, reveal aspects of
a character, or provoke a decision.
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● RL.8.9 – Analyze how a modern work
of fiction draws
on themes, patterns of events, or character
types from myths, traditional stories, or
religious works such
as the Bible, including describing
how the material is rendered new.
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· Plot elements – RL.8.3
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RL.8.3 – Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in
a story or
drama propel the action, reveal aspects of
a character, or provoke a decision.
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● Major and Minor Characters – RL.8.3; RL.8.6;
RL.8.9
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RL.8.3 – Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in
a story or
drama propel the action, reveal aspects of
a character, or provoke a decision.
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RL.8.6
– Analyze how differences in the points
of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g.,
created through the
use of dramatic irony) create such
effects as suspense or humor.
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RL.8.9 – Analyze how a modern work
of fiction draws
on themes, patterns of events, or character
types from myths, traditional stories, or
religious works such
as the Bible, including describing
how the material is rendered new.
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● Inferences & Conclusions – RL.8.1; RIT.8.1
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RL.8.1 – Cite the
textual evidence that
most strongly supports an analysis of
what the text
says explicitly as well
as inferences drawn
from the text.
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RI.8.1 – Cite the
textual evidence that
most strongly supports an analysis of
what the text
says explicitly as well
as inferences drawn
from the text.
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● Text
Structure: (Sequence, compare/contrast, cause/effect) – RL.8.9; RI.8.5;
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RI.8.5 –
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.
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RL.8.9 – Analyze how a modern work
of fiction draws
on themes, patterns of events, or character
types from myths, traditional stories, or
religious works such
as the Bible, including describing
how the material is rendered new.
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● Figurative Language
– L.8.5; 8.5.a;
8.5.b; 8.5.c; RIT.8.4
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L.8.5 – Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and
nuances in word meanings.
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L.8.5a – Interpret figures of speech (e.g. verbal irony, puns) in context.
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L.8.5b – Use the relationship between
particular words to better understand each of the words.
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L.8.5c – Distinguish among
the connotations (associations) of words with
similar denotations
(definitions) (e.g., bullheaded, willful, firm, persistent, resolute).
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RI.8.4 –
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.
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● Paraphrasing and summarizing and making inferences – RL.8.1; RIT.8.1
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RL.8.1 – Cite the
textual evidence that
most strongly supports an analysis of
what the text
says explicitly as well
as inferences drawn
from the text.
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RI.8.1 – Cite the
textual evidence that
most strongly supports an analysis of
what the text
says explicitly as well
as inferences drawn
from the text.
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RL.8.6 –
Analyze how differences in the points
of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g.,
created through the
use of dramatic irony) create such
effects as suspense or humor.
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Compare and Contrast
Multiple Forms of Media RL.8.7
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RL.8.7 –
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.
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Theme Essay
Fiction book report project
Speaking & Listening
· SL.8.1
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SL.8.1 – Engage effectively in a range
of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their
own clearly.
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