8th Grade ELA Unit Resources

Themes in Shorts Stories (Literary Reading and Argumentative Writing)

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.

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.

W.8.1 – Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.

W.8.4 – Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

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.

Education Around the World (Reading Informational and Informative/Explanatory Writing)

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.

RI.8.2 – 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.

W.8.2 – Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.

W.8.8 – Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism.

W.8.6 – Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently.

Story Telling - A Narrative Journey (Reading Literary and Narrative Writing)

RL.8.1 – Cite textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

RL.8.2 – Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development.

RL.8.3 – Analyze how dialogue and incidents propel the action, reveal character, or provoke a decision.

W.8.3 – Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.

L.8.5 – Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

Injustice in U.S. History (Informational Reading and Argumentative Writing)

RI.8.1 – Cite textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

RI.8.6 – Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.

RI.8.8 / SL.8.3 – Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient.

W.8.1 – Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.

W.8.8 – Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and quote/paraphrase while avoiding plagiarism.

Technology and Privacy (Informational Reading and Narrative Writing)

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.

RI.8.6 – Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.

W.8.3 – Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.

W.8.5 – Strengthen writing through planning, revising, editing, and rewriting.

L.8.4 – Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases based on grade 8 reading and content, using context as a clue.

Legends, Myths and Traditional Stories (Reading Literature and Informative/Explanatory Writing)

RL.8.1 – Cite textual evidence that strongly supports analysis of what the text says explicitly and inferences drawn.

RL.8.2 – Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development.

RL.8.3 – Analyze how dialogue or incidents propel action, reveal character, or provoke decisions.

RL.8.9 – Analyze how modern works draw on themes, patterns of events, or character types from traditional stories.

W.8.2 – Write informative texts that examine a topic and convey ideas through the selection and organization of relevant content.