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St. Fabian Language Arts Curriculum K-8
Language Arts - Grade 8

Genres

Author Technique/Style: Comparing
  
Author: Recognize Purpose/Point of View
  
World Literature: Experiences/Talk About
  
Technical: Understand
  
Analyze: Style/Reading Passage
  
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Language Arts Processes

Communicating: Language Processes
  
Communicating: Spoken/Written/Visual
  
Communicating: Meaning
  
Monitoring Progress: Language Processes
  
Monitoring Progress: Language Processes
  
Communicating: Strategies/Meaning/Choose
  
Communicating: Literacy/Reflect/Evaluate
  
Voice: Purpose/Speak/Write/Utilize
  
Processes: Meaning/Construct/Convey
  
Oral/Written/Visual: Criteria/Use
  
Oral/Written/Visual Text: Standards
  
Oral/Written/Visual Text: Thesis
  
Oral/Written/Visual: Theme/Connect
  
Oral/Written/Visual: Theme/Issue/Reflect
  
Portfolio: Academic/Personal/Shared
  
Oral/Written/Visual Text: Synthesizing
  
Oral/Written/Visual: Criteria/Improve
  
Oral/Written/Visual: Features/Use
  
Oral/Written/Visual: Modern/Classic/Text
  
Oral/Written/Visual: Form/Textual Aids
  
Oral/Written/Visual: Standards/Discern
  
Language Processes: Purpose/Setting
  
Language Processes: Aesthetic Qualities
  
Response: Personal/Experiences/Connect
  
Response: Other/Experiences/Connect
  
Comprehension: Text/Respond
  
Comprehension: Response/Texts/Connect
  
Communicating: Language Processes
  
Communication: Formats/Identify
  
Communication: Variable/Strategy/Employ
  
Communication: Formats/Employ
  
Strategies: Topic/Issue/Question
  
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Language Expressions

Sentence Structure: Construction
  
Conventions: Language/Use
  
Adjective: Superlative/Use
  
Adjective: Comparative/Use
  
Grammar: References/Ambiguous
  
Noun: Irregular Plural/Identify
  
Verb Tense: Appropriate
  
Subject-Verb: Agreement/Identify
  
Adverb: Misuse/Edit
  
Pronoun: Case/Identify
  
Pronoun: Order
  
Pronoun: Use/Number
  
Sentence Structure: Word Order
  
Sentence Structure: Use
  
Sentence Structure: Clear/Compose
  
Sentence Structure: Grammar/Create
  
Participle: Identify
  
Verb: Use/Form
  
Modifier: Misplaced/Identify
  
Modifier: Identify
  
Modifier: Misuse/Edit
  
Run-On: Identify
  
Conventions: Appropriate/Choose
  
Patterns: Compare/Contrast
  
Patterns: Origins/Explore
  
Patterns: Origins/Impact/Explore
  
Adjective: Misuse/Edit
  
Idiom: Phrase/Origin/Explore
  
Idiom: Phrase/Modern Meaning/Explore
  
Usage: Apply/Writing
  
Parallel Structure: Writing/Use
  
Conjunction: Use
  
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Language Mechanics

Apostrophe: Contractions
  
Initial: Period
  
Mechanics: Clarify Meaning/Understand
  
Endmark: Sentence/Period/Use
  
Endmark: Question Mark/Use
  
Endmark: Exclamation Point/Use
  
Capitalization: Country/Recognize
  
Capitalization: Streets
  
Capitalization: Geographical Space
  
Capitalization: Regional Space
  
Capitalization: Months
  
Capitalization: Family Relationships
  
Capitalization: Names of People
  
Capitalization: Holiday
  
Capitalization: Region
  
Capitalization: Geographical Names
  
Capitalization: Pets
  
Capitalization: Names of Buildings
  
Capitalization: Titles of Respect
  
Capitalization: Names of Businesses
  
Capitalization: Brand Names
  
Capitalization: Names of Eras/Events
  
Capitalization: Civic Organization
  
Capitalization: Ethnic Groups
  
Capitalization: Musical Organization
  
Capitalization: Trains
  
Capitalization: Planes
  
Capitalization: Name/Ships
  
Capitalization: Parks
  
Capitalization: Monuments
  
Capitalization: City/State
  
Comma: Salutation/Identify
  
Comma: Closing/Identify
  
Comma: Series/Words/Recognize
  
Comma: Nonrestrictive Element
  
Comma: City/State
  
Comma: Sentence
  
Colon: Salutation/Use
  
Colon: List/Use
  
Colon: Overuse/Edit
  
Quotation Mark: Direct Quote/Use
  
Quotation Mark: Overuse/Edit
  
Apostrophe: Possessive
  
Apostrophe: Overuse/Edit
  
Abbreviate: Period
  
Punctuation: Correct
  
Punctuation: End Punctuation/Overuse
  
Mechanics: Augment/Apply
  
Mechanics: Augment/Choose
  
Semicolon: Coordinate Clause
  
Semicolon: Overuse/Edit
  
Capitalization: Beginning of Sentence
  
Capitalization: Proper Adjectives
  
Capitalization: Direct Quote
  
Capitalization: Literary Titles
  
Capitalization: Use Correctly
  
Capitalization: Overuse
  
Capitalization: Letter/Edit
  
Title: Use
  
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Listening

Behaviors: Appropriate/Interrelate
  
Speech: Speaker/Style/Compare/Contrast
  
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Media

Media Form: Voice/Multiple/Record
  
Media Form: Voice/Multiple/Improve
  
Illustrator Technique/Style: Comparing
  
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Problem Solving

Investigate: Audience/Present
  
Investigate: Organize/Examine/Synthesize
  
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Reading Operations

Character: Theme/Community/Issues
  
Variety of Sources: Read
  
Variety of Sources: Understand
  
Purposes: Variety/Read/Analyze
  
Reading Behaviors: Issue/Explain/Explore
  
Reading Behaviors: Literacy/Accomplish
  
Construct Meaning: Strategies
  
Response: Knowledge/Text/Others/Apply
  
Response: Knowledge/Text/Life/Apply
  
Fluency: Progressing/Read
  
Culture: Examine/Demonstrate
  
Main Idea: Identify
  
Main Idea: Literature/Experience/Examine
  
Main Idea: Text/Experience/Examine
  
Draw Conclusion: Reading Material
  
Inference: Reading Material
  
Figurative Language: Interpret
  
Construct Meaning: Word/Context
  
Construct Meaning: Explicit/Understand
  
Construct Meaning
  
Purposes: Variety
  
Interpretation: New Context/Determine
  
Construct Meaning: Variety/Apply
  
Feelings: Infer/Story
  
Trait: Infer
  
Motive: Infer/Story
  
Word Recognition: Apply/Variety
  
Analyze: Structure
  
Analyze: Literature/Personal/Examine
  
Analyze: Theme/Text/Personal/Relate
  
Culture: Stereotype/Bias/Examine
  
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Speaking

Strategies: Assurance
  
Verbal/Nonverbal: Strategies/Listening
  
Verbal/Nonverbal: Strategies/Enrich
  
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Spelling

Consonant: Phonemes
  
Vowels: Long/Short
  
Emergent Spelling: Identify Correct
  
Emergent Spelling: Blends/Create
  
Prefixes
  
Suffix: Spell
  
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Study and Research Skills

Sources: Multiple
  
Sources: Appropriate/Describe
  
Sources: Accessible/Describe
  
Sources: Appropriate/Use
  
Sources: Accessible/Use
  
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Viewing/Representing

Visual Representation: Innovative/Create
  
Critical Viewing: Use Skills
  
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Vocabulary

Unfamiliar Words: Word/Concept/Specify
  
Word Origin: Relationships
  
Appropriate: Terminology/Identify
  
Appropriate: Terminology/Employ
  
Homonym: Identify
  
Base Words: Word Meaning
  
Context: Clues/Use
  
Vocabulary: Noun/Recognize
  
Vocabulary: Verb/Recognize
  
Word Origin: Investigate
  
Word Origin: Modern Meaning/Explore
  
Connotation/Denotation: Communication
  
Connotation/Denotation: Effective/Show
  
Affix: Word Meaning
  
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Word Analysis

Word: Syntax Clues
  
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Writing

Modeling: Technique/Recognize/Employ
  
Writing as a Process: Strategies/Apply
  
Strategies: Variety/Techniques/Identify
  
Strategies: Variety/Technique/Employ
  
Expository: Convey Meaning
  
Narrative: Elements/Explain/Apply
  
Writing Skills: Fluency
  
Purposes: Compositions/Fluency/Develop
  
Edit: Language Conventions
  
Edit: Redundancies
  
Edit: Own
  
Revise: Written Work
  
Drafting: Plan/Create
  
Drafting
  
Composition: Content/Grammar
  
Evaluating Writing: Others' Work
  
Paragraph: Content/Grammar
  
Writing as a Process: Strategies/Develop
  
Sentence Content: Particular Purpose
  
Sequence: Sentences/Series
  
Questions: Focus/Define
  
Questions: Thesis/Hypothesis/Form
  
Edit: Commas/Overuse
  
Revise: Others' Work/Examine
  
Clarity: Sentence/Concise/Revise
  
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