Nine Weeks 1 ACPS Eighth Grade English Pacing Guide (revised May 2013) Communication: Speaking, Reading Grammar/Writing Research Listening, Media Literacy Focus: Fiction Focus: Narrative 8.2 The student will develop 8.4 The student will apply 8.7 The student will write in 8.9 The student will apply and deliver oral presentations in knowledge of word origins, a variety of forms, including knowledge of appropriate groups and individually. analogies, and figurative narration, exposition, reference materials to produce a 8.2a topic & purpose language to extend vocabulary persuasion, and informational. research product. 8.2b vocabulary & tone development within authentic 8.7a intended audience 8.9a collect information 8.2c presentation skills texts. 8.7b prewriting strategies 8.9b evaluate texts 8.2d questions & comments 8.4a figurative language 8.7c thesis statement… 8.9c use technology 8.2e informal language 8.4b context… 8.7d central idea 8.9d information 8.4c roots… 8.7e select vocabulary/info. 8.9e cite sources Assessed: Grade 6 and 7 roots. 8.7g revise writing Continue to use prefixes (en/em, 8.7h use technology mid, super) and suffixes (en, ity/ty, ive/ative/itive) to build vocabulary. 8.8 The student will edit *The selected prefixes and suffixes writing for correct grammar, are the minimum required. Please capitalization, punctuation, continue to use “teachable” spelling, sentence structure, and moments. paragraphing. Cognates: 8.8a graphic organizers English Spanish French 8.8b use & punctuate… actor actor acteur 8.8c pronouns… create crear creer 8.8d verb tense delicious delicioso delicieux 8.8e comparative/superlative 8.4d dictionaries… 8.8f quotation marks 8.4e connotation 8.8g correct spelling 8.4f extend vocabulary 8.5 The student will read and analyze a variety of fictional texts, narrative nonfiction, and poetry. Assess - foreshadowing Reading selections will vary. Nine Weeks 1 ACPS Eighth Grade English Pacing Guide (revised May 2013) (continued) Communication: Speaking, Reading Grammar/Writing Research Listening, Media Literacy Focus: Fiction Focus: Narrative (continued from 8.5) Suggested selections from Elements of Literature: *Great for late October Broken Chain p. 16 (conflict /summary) Mrs. Flowers p. 185 (main idea) There Will Come Soft Rains p. 265 (characterization/text structure) The Landlady p. 71 (foreshadowing) Flowers for Algernon p. 32 (subplot/context clues) The People Could Fly p. 357 (summary/theme) Ribbons p. 711 (the speaker) A Smart Cookie p. 747 (theme/idiom) Reading for Life p. 799 Tell Tale Heart p. 536 * (narrator/irony) The Monkey’s Paw p. 85 * (compare/contrast with Third Wish) The Third Wish p. 101 * The Treasure of Lemon Brown p. 747 (theme/retell) 8.5a figurative language 8.5b inferences/conclusions 8.5c characters… 8.5d genres 8.5e compare & contrast 8.5f compare & contrast 8.5g ask questions 8.5h main idea 8.5i summarize 8.5j organizational pattern 8.5k cause & effect 8.5l prior knowledge 8.5m comprehension Nine Weeks 2 ACPS Eighth Grade English Pacing Guide (revised May 2013) Communication: Speaking, Reading Grammar/Writing Research Listening, Media Literacy Focus: Non-fiction/Poetry Focus: Expository 8.2 The student will develop 8.4 The student will apply 8.7 The student will write in a 8.9 The student will apply and deliver oral presentations in knowledge of word origins, variety of forms, including knowledge of appropriate groups and individually. analogies, and figurative language narration, exposition, persuasion, reference materials to 8.2a topic & purpose (continued) to extend vocabulary development and informational. produce a research product. 8.2b vocabulary & tone (continued) within authentic texts. 8.9a collect information (cont.) 8.2c presentation skills (continued) 8.4a figurative language (continued) Focus: Poetry/Expository Writing 8.9e cite sources (continued) 8.2d questions & comments (cont.) 8.4b context… (continued) 8.2f critique 8.4c roots… (continued) 8.7a intended audience (continued) 8.2g shared responsibility 8.7b prewriting strategies (cont.) 8.2h listen actively Assessed: Grade 6 and 7 roots, and 8.7c thesis statement… (cont.) first 4 roots from Grade 8 list. 8.7d central idea (continued) Continue to use prefixes (under, pro, 8.7e select vocabulary/info. (cont.) ad) and suffixes (ant, ary, ery) to 8.7g revise writing (continued) build vocabulary. *The selected 8.7h use technology (continued) prefixes and suffixes are the minimum required. Please continue 8.8 The student will edit to use “teachable” moments. writing for correct grammar, capitalization, punctuation, Cognates: spelling, sentence structure, and English Spanish French paragraphing. dictionary diccionario dictionnaire 8.8a graphic organizers (cont.) electric electrico electrique 8.8b use & punctuate… (cont.) nation nacion nation 8.8c pronouns… (continued) 8.8d verb tense (continued) 8.4d dictionaries… (continued) 8.8e comparative/superlative (cont.) 8.4e connotation (continued) 8.8f quotation marks (continued) 8.4f extend vocabulary (continued) 8.8g correct spelling (continued) (multiple choice assessed) Nine Weeks 2 ACPS Eighth Grade English Pacing Guide (revised May 2013) (continued) Communication: Speaking, Reading Grammar/Writing Research Listening, Media Literacy Focus: Non-fiction/Poetry Focus: Expository 8.5 The student will read and analyze a variety of fictional texts, narrative nonfiction, and poetry. (poetry reading & analysis) Assess – irony and symbolism Suggested selections from Elements of Literature: How to Read a Poem, Riding Lesson, Introduction to Poetry p. 619+ Paul Revere p. 629 (rhythm, meter) Valentine for Ernest Mann p. 625 (feelings about poetry) The Cremation of Sam McGee p. 637 (ballad) The Dying Cowboy p. 643 (ballad) Maiden-Savin’ Sam p. 644 (ballad) Beowulf p. 648 (epic) Casey at the Bat p. 650 (imitates epic poems in a comical way) Ode to Thanks p.658 Ode to a Toad p.659 (compare/contrast with Ode to Thanks) O Captain! My Captain! p. 667 (metaphor) I Hear American Singing p 670 (alliteration, onomatopoeia, imagery, rhythm) I, Too p. 672 Out, Out p. 708 Nine Weeks 2 ACPS Eighth Grade English Pacing Guide (revised May 2013) (continued) Communication: Speaking, Reading Grammar/Writing Research Listening, Media Literacy Focus: Non-fiction/Poetry Focus: Expository 8.5 The student will read and analyze a variety of fictional texts, narrative nonfiction, and poetry. 8.5a figurative language (continued) 8.5b inferences/conclusions (cont.) 8.5c characters… (continued) 8.5d genres (continued) 8.5e compare & contrast (cont.) 8.5f compare & contrast (cont.) 8.5g ask questions (continued) 8.5h main idea (continued) 8.5i summarize (continued) 8.5j organizational pattern (cont.) 8.5k cause & effect (continued) 8.5l prior knowledge (continued) 8.5m comprehension (continued) 8.6 The student will read, comprehend, and analyze a variety of nonfiction texts. 8.6d text structure(intro./begin to test) 8.6i organizational pattern (intro. / begin to test) Nine Weeks 3 ACPS Eighth Grade English Pacing Guide (revised May 2013) Communication: Speaking, Reading Writing Research Listening, Media Literacy Focus: Narrative Non- Focus: Persuasive fiction/Biographies 8.1 The student will use 8.4 The student will apply 8.7 The student will write in a 8.9 The student will apply interviewing techniques to gain knowledge of word origins, variety of forms, including knowledge of appropriate information. analogies, and figurative narration, exposition, persuasion, reference materials to produce 8.1a relevant questions language to extend vocabulary and informational. a research product. 8.1b notes of responses development within authentic 8.7a intended audience (continued) 8.9a collect information (cont.) 8.1c responses texts. 8.7b prewriting strategies (cont.) 8.9b evaluate texts (continued) 8.1d evaluate interview 8.4b context… (continued) 8.7c thesis statement… (cont.) 8.9c use technology (continued) 8.4c roots… (continued) 8.7d central idea (continued) 8.9d information (continued) 8.3 The student will analyze, 8.7e select vocabulary/info. (cont.) 8.9e cite sources (continued) develop, and produce creative or Assessed: Grade 6 and 7 roots, and 8.7f evidence 8.9f findings/feedback informational media messages. first 8 roots from Grade 8 list. Use 8.7g revise writing (continued) 8.9g plagiarism 8.3a evaluate… suffixes (ent, est, ia/tion/ation/ition) 8.7h use technology (continued) 8.3b values & viewpoints to build vocabulary. *The selected 8.3c literacy skills prefixes and suffixes are the 8.8 The student will edit writing 8.3d evaluate sources minimum required. Please continue for correct grammar, to use “teachable” moments. capitalization, punctuation, Cognates: spelling, sentence structure, and English Spanish French paragraphing. romantic romantic romantique secondary secundario secondaire Focus: Persuasive Writing solid solido solide 8.8a graphic organizers (cont.) 8.8b use & punctuate… (cont.) 8.8c pronouns…(continued) 8.8d verb tense (continued) 8.8e comparative/superlative (cont.) 8.8f quotation marks (continued) 8.8g correct spelling (continued) (multiple choice assessed) Nine Weeks 3 ACPS Eighth Grade English Pacing Guide (revised May 2013) (continued) Communication: Speaking, Reading Writing Research Listening, Media Literacy Focus: Narrative Non- Focus: Persuasive fiction/Biographies (continued from 8.4) Suggested selections from Elements of Literature: from Harriet Tubman p. 142 Fugitive Slave Acts p. 157 (informational text that enhances Harriet Tubman) Gettysburg Address p. 479 from I Have a Dream p. 482 Go Down Moses p. 147 Union Pacific Railroad Poster p. 179 Home, Sweet Soddie p. 180 (compare/contrast Railroad and Soddie) No Pretty Pictures p. 224 Ray Bradbury author study p. 299 Anne Frank p. 364 Drummer Boy stories p. 194 (informational) The Circuit p. 280 (autobiographical short story) Cesar Chavez p. 290 Destination Mars p.275 (informational) 8.4d dictionaries… (continued) 8.4e connotation (continued) 8.4f extend vocabulary (cont.) Nine Weeks 3 ACPS Eighth Grade English Pacing Guide (revised May 2013) (continued) Communication: Speaking, Reading Writing Research Listening, Media Literacy Focus: Narrative Non- Focus: Persuasive fiction/Biographies 8.6 The student will read, comprehend, and analyze a variety of nonfiction texts. 8.6a background knowledge 8.6b inferences/conclusions 8.6c analyze 8.6d text structure… 8.6e relevance/accuracy 8.6f fact & opinion 8.6g main idea 8.6h summarize 8.6i organizational pattern 8.6j cause & effect 8.6k evaluate 8.6l comprehension Nine Weeks 4 ACPS Eighth Grade English Pacing Guide (revised May 2013) Communication: Speaking, Reading Writing Research Listening, Media Literacy Focus: Non-fiction/Informational Focus: Informational & Poetry 8.1 The student will use 8.4 The student will apply 8.7 The student will write in a 8.9 The student will apply interviewing techniques to gain knowledge of word origins, variety of forms, including knowledge of appropriate information. analogies, and figurative narration, exposition, persuasion, reference materials to produce 8.1a relevant questions (continued) language to extend vocabulary and informational. a research product. 8.1b notes of responses (cont.) development within authentic 8.7a intended audience (continued) 8.9a collect information (cont.) 8.1c responses (continued) texts. 8.7b prewriting strategies (cont.) 8.9b evaluate texts (continued) 8.1d evaluate interview (cont.) 8.4b context… (continued) 8.7c thesis statement… (cont.) 8.9c use technology (continued) 8.4c roots…(continued) 8.7d central idea (continued) 8.9d information (continued) 8.3 The student will analyze, 8.7e select vocabulary/info. (cont.) 8.9e cite sources (continued) develop, and produce creative or Review Grade 6 and 7 roots and 8.7f evidence (continued) 8.9f findings/feedback (cont.) informational media messages. complete Grade 8 roots before SOL 8.7g revise writing (continued) 8.9g plagiarism (continued) 8.3a evaluate… (continued) test. Use prefixes and suffixes to 8.7h use technology (continued) 8.3b values & viewpoints (cont.) build vocabulary. Review prefixes The product may include: Power 8.3c literacy skills (continued) and suffixes studied. *The selected 8.8 The student will edit Point, Prezis, two page paper, etc. 8.3d evaluate sources (continued) prefixes and suffixes are the writing for correct grammar, minimum required. Please continue capitalization, punctuation, to use “teachable” moments. spelling, sentence structure, and Review all cognates. paragraphing. 8.4d dictionaries…(continued) Focus: Informational 8.4e connotation (continued) 8.4f extend vocabulary (cont.) 8.8a graphic organizers (cont.) 8.8b use & punctuate…(cont.) 8.8c pronouns… (continued) 8.8d verb tense (continued) 8.8e comparative/superlative (cont.) 8.8f quotation marks (continued) 8.8g correct spelling (continued) Nine Weeks 4 ACPS Eighth Grade English Pacing Guide (revised May 2013) (continued) Communication: Speaking, Reading Writing Research Listening, Media Literacy Focus: Non-fiction/Informational Focus: Informational & Poetry 8.6 The student will read, comprehend, and analyze a variety of nonfiction texts. 8.6a background knowledge (cont.) 8.6b inferences/conclusions (cont.) 8.6c analyze (continued) 8.6d text structure… (continued) 8.6e relevance/accuracy (cont.) 8.6f fact & opinion (continued) 8.6g main idea (continued) 8.6h summarize (continued) 8.6i organizational pattern (cont.) 8.6j cause & effect (continued) 8.6k evaluate (continued) 8.6l comprehension (continued) Strategies/Resources 1. VA Dept. of Education: English Standards of Learning Web page 2. VA Dept. of Education: Enhanced Scope and Sequence Sample Lesson Plans (ESS) 3. ACPS SharePoint Language Arts Resources