Arlington Public Schools
English Language Arts (ELA) Middle School Scope and Sequence, Grades 6-8
Department of Instruction
September 2013
Arlington Public Schools
English Language Arts (ELA) Scope and Sequence, Grades 6-8
Purpose
The English Language Arts Middle School Scope and Sequence serves as an instructional guideline to align classroom instruction with
the English Standards of Learning across Arlington Public Schools. Following the common scope and sequence will establish
consistency of instruction throughout the district by providing clear guidelines on what students must know and be able to do in order
to become proficient in reading and writing. This consistency benefits students, specifically those who move within the school
division, and also teachers. A common scope and sequence will provide opportunities for collaborative planning among team
members and allow for focused professional development.
The sequence established is designed to support the cycle of planning, assessment and instruction for classroom instruction as well as
to inform instruction in intervention and enrichment settings. Further, it is written to support teacher planning and collaboration.
Format of the ELA Scope and Sequence
The English Language Arts Middle School Scope and Sequence provides a quarterly pacing guide for grades six through eight. The
document focuses on the reading and writing strands of the English Standards of Learning. At each grade level there are some
standards that are expected to be taught throughout the year, as well as specific standards to be taught during each quarter. In this
document, all of the grade level standards are directly taught during the first three quarters of the year to allow for review, application,
and extension during the fourth quarter.
Tools for Teachers
The ELA Middle School Scope and Sequence provides a road map for the explicit instruction of reading and writing in Arlington
Public Schools. Additionally, quarterly checklists have been provided for teachers to support deliberate planning.
Formative Assessment Cycle
Arlington Public Schools will implement a cycle of ongoing formative assessments in language arts using the Interactive Achievement
(IA) system that are aligned with the English Language Arts Middle School Scope and Sequence, Grades 6-8. The following
assessments will be administered: beginning-of-the year diagnostic assessment, quarter 1, quarter 2, quarter 3, and the end-of-year
Standards of Learning Assessment. The IA assessments will be computer-based and reflect the format of the Standards of Learning
assessments. Use of student achievement data from these assessments will support teachers’ knowledge of their students’
understanding of the skills that have been taught each quarter. The data will inform decisions related to re-teaching and enrichment
opportunities. The extensive data provided (i.e., individual student, class, grade, strand, item analysis) will also support collaboration
in data analysis and instructional planning.
The English Language Arts office is available to support schools in the implementation of the English Language Arts Middle School
Scope and Sequence and the ongoing formative assessments for the purpose of student learning.
Special Thanks
The ELA Office would like to thank the curriculum development committee, who reviewed scope and sequence documents from
surrounding localities, learned to utilize Interactive Achievement, researched VDOE and other related resources to compose the APS
English Language Arts Middle School Scope and Sequence, Grades 6-8. Special thanks also belong to the administrators and teachers
at Swanson Middle Schools for field-testing the quarterly assessments.
Curriculum Committee Members
Dr. Michelle Picard, Supervisor, English Language Arts
Dr. Teri Adkins, Specialist, English Language Arts
Gayle Kelley, ELA Reading Specialist
Paula Lamina, ELA Secondary Specialist
John Stewart, Grade 8 Teacher, Gunston Middle School
Dinorah Macelwain, Middle School Reading Teacher (MSRT), Gunston Middle School
Jennifer Dodd, Middle School Reading Teacher (MSRT), Williamsburg Middle School
Nicole Goerss, Middle School Reading Teacher (MSRT), Swanson Middle School
Sherilyn Wall, Grade 7 Teacher, Williamsburg Middle School
Heather Martin, Grade 7 Teacher, Williamsburg Middle School
The ELA Scope and Sequence introduces the explicit instruction of each standard in the first three quarters. Standards for reading and writing that are taught
throughout the year are listed on the first page of this document. Subsequent pages denote which reading and writing skills and strategies are explicitly taught
during that quarter. This allows for an integrated review in the fourth quarter. It is the expectation that these skills will be reinforced after they have been taught.
Reading Standards Taught throughout the Year
Reading Standards Taught throughout the Year
Grade Six
6.4 The student will read and learn the meanings of
unfamiliar words and phrases within authentic texts.
a) Identify word origins and derivations.
b) Use roots, cognates, affixes, synonyms, and
antonyms to expand vocabulary.
c) Use context and sentence structure to determine
meanings and differentiate among multiple meanings
of words.
d) Identify and analyze figurative language.
e) Use word-reference materials.
f) Extend general and specialized vocabulary through
speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
6.5 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension
of a variety of fictional texts, narrative nonfiction, and
poetry.
a) Identify the elements of narrative structure,
including setting, character, plot, conflict, and theme.
b) Make, confirm, and revise predictions.
c) Describe how word choice and imagery contribute
to the meaning of a text.
d) Describe cause and effect relationships and their
impact on plot.
e) Use prior and background knowledge as context for
new learning.
f) Use information in the text to draw conclusions and
make inferences.
g) Explain how character and plot development are
used in a selection to support a central conflict or
story line.
Grade Seven
Reading
7.4 The student will read to determine the meanings and
pronunciations of unfamiliar words and phrases within
authentic texts.
a) Identify word origins and derivations.
b) Use roots, cognates, affixes, synonyms, and
antonyms to expand vocabulary.
c) Identify and analyze figurative language.
d) Identify connotations.
e) Use context and sentence structure to determine
meanings and differentiate among multiple meanings
of words.
f) Extend general and specialized vocabulary through
speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
7.5 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension
of a variety of fictional texts, narrative nonfiction, and
poetry.
a) Describe the elements of narrative structure
including setting, character development, plot
structure, theme, and conflict.
b) Compare and contrast various forms and genres of
fictional text.
c) Identify conventional elements and characteristics
of a variety of genres.
d) Describe the impact of word choice, imagery, and
literary devices including figurative language.
e) Make, confirm, and revise predictions.
f) Use prior and background knowledge as a context for
new learning.
g) Make inferences and draw conclusions based on
the text.
SOL Blueprint items are denoted in bold
Grade Eight
8.4 The student will apply knowledge of word origins,
analogies, and figurative language to extend vocabulary
development within authentic texts.
a) Identify and analyze an author’s use of figurative
language.
b) Use context, structure, and connotations to
determine meaning and differentiate among multiple
meanings of words and phrases.
c) Use roots, affixes, cognates, synonyms, and
antonyms to determine the meaning of unfamiliar
words and technical vocabulary.
d) Use dictionaries, thesauruses, and glossaries to
determine definition, pronunciation, etymology,
spelling, and usage of words.
e) Discriminate between connotative and denotative
meanings and interpret the connotation.
f) Extend general and specialized vocabulary through
speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
8.5 The student will read and analyze a variety of fictional
texts, narrative nonfiction, and poetry.
a) Explain the use of symbols and figurative language.
b) Make inferences and draw conclusions based on
explicit and implied information using evidence from
text as support.
c) Explain how authors use characters, conflict, point
of view, voice, and tone to create meaning.
d) Understand the author’s use of conventional
elements and characteristics within a variety of
genres.
e) Compare and contrast the author’s use of word
choice, dialogue, form, rhyme, rhythm, and voice in
different texts.
f) Compare and contrast authors’ styles.
g) Identify and ask questions that clarify various
viewpoints.
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h) Identify the main idea.
i) Identify and summarize supporting details.
j) Identify and analyze the author’s use of figurative
language.
k) Identify transitional words and phrases that signal
an author’s organizational pattern.
l) Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension
throughout the reading process.
h) Identify the main idea.
i) Summarize text relating supporting details.
j) Identify the author’s organizational pattern.
k) Identify cause and effect relationships.
l) Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension
throughout the reading process.
6.6 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension
of a variety of nonfiction texts.
a) Use text structures such as type, headings, and
graphics to predict and categorize information in both
print and digital texts.
b) Use prior knowledge and build additional
background knowledge as context for new learning.
c) Identify questions to be answered.
d) Make, confirm, or revise predictions.
e) Draw conclusions and make inferences based on
explicit and implied information.
f) Differentiate between fact and opinion.
g) Identify main idea.
h) Summarize supporting details.
i) Compare and contrast information about one topic,
which may be contained in different selections.
j) Identify the author’s organizational pattern.
k) Identify cause and effect relationships.
l) Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension
throughout the reading process.
7.6 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension
of a variety of nonfiction texts.
a) Use prior and background knowledge as a context for
new learning.
b) Use text structures to aid comprehension.
c) Identify an author’s organizational pattern using
textual clues, such as transitional words and phrases.
d) Draw conclusions and make inferences on explicit
and implied information.
e) Differentiate between fact and opinion.
f) Identify the source, viewpoint, and purpose of texts.
g) Describe how word choice and language structure
convey an author’s viewpoint.
h) Identify the main idea.
i) Summarize text identifying supporting details.
j) Identify cause and effect relationships.
k) Organize and synthesize information for use in
written formats.
l) Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension
throughout the reading process.
SOL Blueprint items are denoted in bold
h) Identify the main idea.
i) Summarize text relating supporting details.
j) Identify an author’s organizational pattern using
textual clues, such as transitional words and phrases.
k) Identify cause and effect relationships.
l) Use prior and background knowledge as a context for
new learning.
m) Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension
throughout the reading process.
8.6 The student will read, comprehend, and analyze a
variety of nonfiction texts.
a) Draw on background knowledge and knowledge of text
structure to understand selections.
b) Make inferences and draw conclusions based on
explicit and implied information using evidence from
text as support.
c) Analyze the author’s qualifications, viewpoint, and
impact.
d) Analyze the author’s use of text structure and word
choice.
e) Analyze details for relevance and accuracy.
f) Differentiate between fact and opinion.
g) Identify the main idea.
h) Summarize the text identifying supporting details.
i) Identify an author’s organizational pattern using
textual clues, such as transitional words and phrases.
j) Identify cause and effect relationships.
k) Evaluate, organize, and synthesize information for
use in written and oral formats.
l) Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension
throughout the reading process.
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Writing Standards Taught throughout the Year
Writing Standards Taught throughout the Year
Grade Six
6.7 The student will write narration, description,
exposition, and persuasion.
a) Identify audience and purpose.
b) Use a variety of prewriting strategies including graphic
organizers to generate and organize ideas.
c) Organize writing structure to fit mode or topic.
d) Establish a central idea and organization.
e) Compose a topic sentence or thesis statement if
appropriate.
f) Write multiparagraph compositions with elaboration and
unity.
g) Select vocabulary and information to enhance the
central idea, tone, and voice.
h) Expand and embed ideas by using modifiers, standard
coordination, and subordination in complete sentences.
i) Revise sentences for clarity of content including specific
vocabulary and information.
j) Use computer technology to plan, draft, revise, edit, and
publish writing.
6.8 The student will edit writing for correct grammar,
capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure,
and paragraphing.
a) Use a variety of graphic organizers, including sentence
diagrams, to analyze and improve sentence formation and
paragraph structure.
b) Use subject-verb agreement with intervening phrases
and clauses.
c) Use pronoun-antecedent agreement to include
indefinite pronouns.
d) Maintain consistent verb tense across paragraphs.
e) Eliminate double negatives.
f) Use quotation marks with dialogue.
g) Choose adverbs to describe verbs, adjectives, and
other adverbs.
h) Use correct spelling for frequently used words.
Grade Seven
Writing
7.7 The student will write in a variety of forms with an
emphasis on exposition, narration, and persuasion.
a) Identify intended audience.
b) Use a variety of prewriting strategies including graphic
organizers to generate and organize ideas.
c) Organize writing structure to fit mode or topic.
d) Establish a central idea and organization.
e) Compose a topic sentence or thesis statement.
f) Write multiparagraph compositions with unity
elaborating the central idea.
g) Select vocabulary and information to enhance the
central idea, tone, and voice.
h) Expand and embed ideas by using modifiers, standard
coordination, and subordination in complete sentences.
i) Use clauses and phrases for sentence variety.
j) Revise sentences for clarity of content including specific
vocabulary and information.
k) Use computer technology to plan, draft, revise, edit, and
publish writing.
7.8 The student will edit writing for correct grammar,
capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure,
and paragraphing.
a) Use a variety of graphic organizers, including sentence
diagrams, to analyze and improve sentence formation and
paragraph structure.
b) Choose appropriate adjectives and adverbs to enhance
writing.
c) Use pronoun-antecedent agreement to include
indefinite pronouns.
d) Use subject-verb agreement with intervening phrases
and clauses.
e) Edit for verb tense consistency and point of view.
f) Demonstrate understanding of sentence formation by
identifying the eight parts of speech and their functions in
sentences.
g) Use quotation marks with dialogue.
h) Use correct spelling for commonly used words.
SOL Blueprint items are denoted in bold
Grade Eight
8.7 The student will write in a variety of forms, including
narration, exposition, persuasion, and informational.
a) Identify intended audience.
b) Use prewriting strategies to generate and organize
ideas.
c) Distinguish between a thesis statement and a topic
sentence.
d) Organize details to elaborate the central idea and
provide unity.
e) Select specific vocabulary and information for audience
and purpose.
f) Use interview quotations as evidence.
g) Revise writing for clarity of content, word choice,
sentence variety, and transitions among paragraphs.
h) Use computer technology to plan, draft, revise, edit,
and publish writing.
8.8 The student will edit writing for correct grammar,
capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure,
and paragraphing.
a) Use a variety of graphic organizers, including sentence
diagrams, to analyze and improve sentence formation and
paragraph structure.
b) Use and punctuate correctly varied sentence structures
to include conjunctions and transition words.
c) Choose the correct case and number for pronouns in
prepositional phrases with compound objects.
d) Maintain consistent verb tense across paragraphs.
e) Use comparative and superlative degrees in adverbs
and adjectives.
f) Use quotation marks with dialogue and direct
quotations.
g) Use correct spelling for frequently used words.
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1st Quarter – Reading Standards introduced and explicitly taught during this quarter
Grade Six
Quarter One
6.4 The student will read and learn the meanings of
unfamiliar words and phrases within authentic texts.
c) Use context and sentence structure to determine
meanings and differentiate among multiple meanings
of words.
f) Extend general and specialized vocabulary through
speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
6.5 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension
of a variety of fictional texts, narrative nonfiction, and
poetry.
a) Identify the elements of narrative structure,
including setting, character, plot, conflict, and theme.
e) Use prior and background knowledge as context for
new learning.
h) Identify the main idea.
i) Identify and summarize supporting details.
l) Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension
throughout the reading process.
6.6 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension
of a variety of nonfiction texts.
a) Use text structures such as type, headings, and
graphics to predict and categorize information in both
print and digital texts.
b) Use prior knowledge and build additional background
knowledge as context for new learning.
c) Identify questions to be answered.
g) Identify main idea.
h) Summarize supporting details.
l) Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension
throughout the reading process.
Grade Seven
Reading
7.4 The student will read to determine the meanings and
pronunciations of unfamiliar words and phrases within
authentic texts.
e) Use context and sentence structure to determine
meanings and differentiate among multiple meanings
of words.
f) Extend general and specialized vocabulary through
speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
7.5 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension
of fictional texts, narrative nonfiction, and poetry.
a) Describe the elements of narrative structure
including setting, character development, plot
structure, and conflict.
b) Compare and contrast various forms and genres of
fictional text.
c) Identify conventional elements and characteristics
of a variety of genres.
f) Use prior and background knowledge as a context for
new learning.
h) Identify the main idea.
i) Summarize text relating supporting details.
l) Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension
throughout the reading process.
7.6 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension
of a variety of nonfiction texts.
a) Use prior and background knowledge as a context for
new learning.
b) Use text structures to aid comprehension.
h) Identify the main idea.
i) Summarize text identifying supporting details.
l) Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension
throughout the reading process.
SOL Blueprint items are denoted in bold
Grade Eight
8.4 The student will apply knowledge of word origins,
analogies, and figurative language to extend vocabulary
development within authentic texts.
b) Use context, structure, and connotations to
determine meaning and differentiate among multiple
meanings of words and phrases.
e) Discriminate between connotative and denotative
meanings and interpret the connotation.
f) Extend general and specialized vocabulary through
speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
8.5 The student will read and analyze a variety of fictional
texts, narrative nonfiction, and poetry.
c) Explain how authors use characters, conflict, point
of view, voice, and tone to create meaning.
d) Understand the author’s use of conventional
elements and characteristics within a variety of
genres.
h) Identify the main idea.
i) Summarize text relating supporting details.
k) Identify cause and effect relationships.
l) Use prior and background knowledge as a context for
new learning.
m) Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension
throughout the reading process.
8.6 The student will read, comprehend, and analyze a
variety of nonfiction texts.
a) Draw on background knowledge and knowledge of text
structure to understand selections.
e) Analyze details for relevance and accuracy.
f) Differentiate between fact and opinion.
g) Identify the main idea.
h) Summarize the text identifying supporting details.
l) Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension
throughout the reading process.
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1st Quarter – Word Parts introduced and explicitly taught during this quarter
Grade Six
Quarter One
6.4 The student will read and learn the meanings of
unfamiliar words and phrases within authentic texts.
b) Use roots, cognates, affixes, synonyms, and
antonyms to expand vocabulary.
Set 1:
• fic, fact, fect
• grad, gress
• tain, ten, tent
• cap
• duc, duct
Set 2:
• flu, flux
• pass, path, pot
• epi
• hypo
• astro
Set 3:
• arch
• clast
• geno
• heli
• klept
Set 4:
• macro
• meter
• micro
• morph
• very, ver
Set 5:
• nome
• oymn
• paleo
• phil
• phone
Set 6:
• phob
• poly
• scop
• somato
• tele
Set 7:
• therap
• en, em
• -hood
• ante
• pro
Set 8:
• mega
• ize
• ceed, cede
• liber
• mot, mob
Set 9:
• cide
• pent
• luna
• tude
• visc
Set 10:
• digit
• don, donat
• neg
• phys
• terr
Grade Seven
Reading: Word Parts
7.4 The student will read to determine the meanings and
pronunciations of unfamiliar words and phrases within
authentic texts.
b) Use roots, cognates, affixes, synonyms, and
antonyms to expand vocabulary.
Set 1:
• min, sembl
• plur
• fer
• pude
• cogn, sci
Set 2:
• tact, tang, tag
• men, min, mon
• pan
• cac
• andro
Set 3:
• biblio
• cycl
• gest
• hydr
• litho
Set 4:
• mania
• mer
• mis
• myri
• oligo
Set 5:
• oper
• or
• path
• phile
• phon
Set 6:
• pod
• plu, plur, plus
• scope
• -ad
• thanas
Set 7:
• xeno
• fore
• alb
• ab
• tox
Set 8:
• presby
• fy, -ify
• cept, ceive
• leg, lect, lig
• urb
Set 9:
• homo
• hod
• mar
• ium
• cogn
Set 10:
• cardi
• maxim
• neo
• nov
• vac
SOL Blueprint items are denoted in bold
Grade Eight
8.4 The student will apply knowledge of word origins,
analogies, and figurative language to extend vocabulary
development within authentic texts.
c) Use roots, affixes, cognates, synonyms, and
antonyms to determine the meaning of unfamiliar
words and technical vocabulary.
Set 1:
Set 6:
• lin
• oscill
• sed, sid, sess
• prehend
• pend
• soman
• rupt
• brev
• sens, sent
• the
Set 2:
Set 7:
• clud, clus, claus
• taph
• cred, fid
• dom
• sym
• pulver
• syring• pup
• antrop
• intra
Set 3:
Set 8:
• acro
• ive, itive, ative
• entom
• -some
• grapho
• quot
• gram
• rep
• burs
• ponder
Set 4:
Set 9:
• meso
• rhin
• mne
• claim, clam
• meta
• pollin
• naut
• ery
• noct
• pel
Set 5:
Set 10:
• ne
• ego
• opt
• ret
• patho
• nate, nat
• por
• ren
• phyll• rur
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1st Quarter – Writing Standards introduced and explicitly taught during this quarter
Quarter One
Grade Six
Grade Seven
Writing
Usage
6.8 The student will edit writing for correct grammar,
capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure,
and paragraphing.
b) Use subject-verb agreement with intervening phrases
and clauses.
d) Maintain consistent verb tense across paragraphs.
Usage
7.8 The student will edit writing for correct grammar,
capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure,
and paragraphing.
d) Use subject-verb agreement with intervening phrases
and clauses.
e) Edit for verb tense consistency and point of view.
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Identify abstract and concrete nouns
• Identify common and proper nouns
• Differentiate between possessives and plurals
• Follow rules of subject and verb agreement and verb
tense
• Identify verbs (i.e., action verbs, etc.)
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Identify abstract and concrete nouns
• Follow rules of subject and verb agreement
• Integrate appropriate verb tense
• Recognize action verbs
• Identify verb phrase
• Differentiate between transitive and intransitive verbs
• Recognize predicate adjective and predicate
nominative
Mechanics
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Follow general capitalization rules and capitalize
proper nouns
• Punctuate contractions and possessives
appropriately
• Use commas appropriately to punctuate introductory
clauses
Mechanics
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Follow general capitalization rules
• Punctuate contractions and possessives
appropriately
• Use appropriate punctuation for titles (plays, poems,
movies, books, magazines, short stories, etc.)
• Use end marks appropriately
• Use commas appropriately to punctuate salutations
and closings in letter writing, items in a series, dates,
addresses, and introductory clauses
Sentence Formation
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Recognize simple subjects and predicates
General Formatting
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Respect left and right margins
• Use appropriate letter and envelope formatting
• Use neat and legible handwriting
Grade Eight
Usage
8.8 The student will edit writing for correct grammar,
capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure,
and paragraphing.
d) Maintain consistent verb tense across paragraphs.
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Recognize infinities, gerunds, and participles
• Identify verb phrase, linking verbs, and action verbs
• Recognize predicate adjective and predicate
nominative
• Follow rules of subject and verb agreement and verb
tense
• Differentiate between transitive and intransitive verbs
Mechanics
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Follow general capitalization rules and capitalize
proper nouns
Sentence Formation
Sentence Formation
.
General Formatting
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Use appropriate letter and envelope formatting
General Formatting
SOL Blueprint items are denoted in bold
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2nd Quarter – Reading Standards introduced and explicitly taught during this quarter
Grade Six
Quarter Two
6.4 The student will read and learn the meanings of
unfamiliar words and phrases within authentic texts.
a) Identify word origins and derivations.
b) Use roots, cognates, affixes, synonyms, and
antonyms to expand vocabulary.
e) Use word-reference materials.
Grade Seven
Reading
7.4 The student will read to determine the meanings and
pronunciations of unfamiliar words and phrases within
authentic texts.
a) Identify word origins and derivations.
b) Use roots, cognates, affixes, synonyms, and
antonyms to expand vocabulary.
e) Use context and sentence structure to determine
meanings and differentiate among multiple meanings
of words.
6.5 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension
of a variety of fictional texts, narrative nonfiction, and
poetry.
a) Identify the elements of narrative structure,
including setting, character, plot, conflict, and theme.
d) Describe cause and effect relationships and their
impact on plot.
g) Explain how character and plot development are
used in a selection to support a central conflict or
story line.
k) Identify transitional words and phrases that signal
an author’s organizational pattern.
7.5 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension
of a variety of fictional texts, narrative nonfiction, and
poetry.
j) Identify the author’s organizational pattern.
k) Identify cause and effect relationships.
6.6 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension
of a variety of nonfiction texts.
j) Identify the author’s organizational pattern.
k) Identify cause and effect relationships.
7.6 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension
of a variety of nonfiction texts.
c) Identify an author’s organizational pattern using
textual clues, such as transitional words and phrases.
d) Draw conclusions and make inferences on explicit
and implied information.
e) Differentiate between fact and opinion.
j) Identify cause and effect relationships.
SOL Blueprint items are denoted in bold
Grade Eight
8.4 The student will apply knowledge of word origins,
analogies, and figurative language to extend vocabulary
development within authentic texts.
c) Use roots, affixes, cognates, synonyms, and
antonyms to determine the meaning of unfamiliar
words and technical vocabulary.
8.5 The student will read and analyze a variety of fictional
texts, narrative nonfiction, and poetry.
a) Explain the use of symbols and figurative language.
b) Make inferences and draw conclusions based on
explicit and implied information using evidence from
text as support.
c) Explain how authors use characters, conflict, point of
view, voice, and tone to create meaning.
f) Compare and contrast authors’ styles.
g) Identify and ask questions that clarify various
viewpoints.
j) Identify an author’s organizational pattern using
textual clues, such as transitional words and phrases.
8.6 The student will read, comprehend, and analyze a
variety of nonfiction texts.
b) Make inferences and draw conclusions based on
explicit and implied information using evidence from
text as support.
c) Analyze the author’s qualifications, viewpoint, and
impact.
d) Analyze the author’s use of text structure and word
choice.
i) Identify an author’s organizational pattern using
textual clues, such as transitional words and phrases.
j) Identify cause and effect relationships.
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2nd Quarter – Word Parts introduced and explicitly taught during this quarter
Grade Six
Quarter Two
6.4 The student will read and learn the meanings of
unfamiliar words and phrases within authentic texts.
b) Use roots, cognates, affixes, synonyms, and
antonyms to expand vocabulary.
Set 11:
• ob
• col
• clast
• sci
• lumin
Set 12:
• amic
• act
• amni
• bi
• graph
Set 13
• aug
• aud
• chron
• com
• mal/e
Set 14:
• aqu
• port
• circum/circle
• geo
• narr
Set 15:
• auto
• bio
• trans
• nav
• vol
Set 16:
• ex• neg
• pre• post• milli
Set 17:
• dict
• mid
• miss/mit
• plaud/plod/plaus/plos
• max
Set 18:
• liber
• quart
• memor/i
• cycl
• dem
Set 19:
• self
• inter
• out
• uni
• sol
Set 20:
• xyl
• -able, -ible
• semi
• tri
• numer
Grade Seven
Reading: Word Parts
7.4 The student will read to determine the meanings and
pronunciations of unfamiliar words and phrases within
authentic texts.
b) Use roots, cognates, affixes, synonyms, and
antonyms to expand vocabulary.
Set 11:
• infra
• spect, spec
• migra
• phys
• mater, matri
Set 12:
• ic
• aer/o
• mir
• chrom
• corp
Set 13
• loc
• brev
• cirr
• counter/contra
• deSet 14:
• clav
• dia
• man/i/u
• lig
• sex
Set 15:
• sol
• clar
• felic
• cord
• zo
Set 16:
• nom/in
• nub
• bene
• extra, extro
• migr
Set 17:
• anth
• intra, intro
• ject
• ped/i
• mater
Set 18:
• pater
• etym
• herbi
• mon/o
• eu
Set 19:
• fab
• over
• grat
• herp
• puni
Set 20:
• sept/i
• ob, op
• sum
• ten/tin/tent
• reg
SOL Blueprint items are denoted in bold
Grade Eight
8.4 The student will apply knowledge of word origins,
analogies, and figurative language to extend vocabulary
development within authentic texts.
c) Use roots, affixes, cognates, synonyms, and
antonyms to determine the meaning of unfamiliar
words and technical vocabulary.
Set 11:
Set 16:
• super
• soph
• styl
• dox
• grat
• duc, duct
• stup
• form
• sume, sump
• dyna
Set 12:
Set 17:
• co, con, com
• dys
• ami
• ethno
• tapet
• lingu
• tars
• pyr/o
• maj
• ostrac
Set 13
Set 18:
• capt/cept/ceive
• cumul
• cosm
• hypn
• morph
• serv
• poli
• path
• mand
• celer
Set 14:
Set 19:
• cert
• pel
• clar
• mort
• funct
• urg
• dom
• ven
• lab
• nov
Set 15:
Set 20:
• nat
• medi
• pop
• melior
• fract, frag
• purg
• neo
• muls
• vor
• age
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Quarter Two
2nd Quarter – Writing Standards introduced and explicitly taught during this quarter
Grade Six
Grade Seven
Writing
Usage
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Use commas appropriately to punctuate a direct
address, appositives, and interrupters.
• Use hyphens to divide syllables
• Identify adjectives and adverbs
• Recognize regular (-er, -est; more, most) comparative
and superlative forms of adjectives
• Recognize comparative forms of adverbs
• Diagram simple sentences to analyze and improve
sentence formation
Usage
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Use commas appropriately to punctuate a direct
address, appositives, and interrupters.
• Use hyphens to divide syllables
• Identify proper adjectives
• Recognize regular (-er, -est; more, most) and
irregular comparative and superlative forms of
adjectives
• Recognize regular and irregular comparative forms of
adverbs
• Diagram simple sentences to analyze and improve
sentence formation
• Recognize direct and indirect objects
Usage
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Recognize direct and indirect objects
• Recognize irregular comparative and superlative
forms of adjectives and adverbs
• Integrate compound adjectives with hyphens
appropriately
General Formatting
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Use paragraphing appropriately
• Spell out number
General Formatting
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Use paragraphing appropriately
• Spell out numbers
General Formatting
SOL Blueprint items are denoted in bold
Grade Eight
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Grade Six
Quarter Three
6.4 The student will read and learn the meanings of
unfamiliar words and phrases within authentic texts.
d) Identify and analyze figurative language.
6.5 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension
of a variety of fictional texts, narrative nonfiction, and
poetry.
a) Identify the elements of narrative structure,
including setting, character, plot, conflict, and theme.
b) Make, confirm, and revise predictions.
c) Describe how word choice and imagery contribute
to the meaning of a text.
f) Use information in the text to draw conclusions and
make inferences.
j) Identify and analyze the author’s use of figurative
language.
6.6 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension
of a variety of nonfiction texts.
d) Make, confirm, or revise predictions.
e) Draw conclusions and make inferences based on
explicit and implied information.
f) Differentiate between fact and opinion.
i) Compare and contrast information about one topic,
which may be contained in different selections.
Grade Seven
Reading
7.4 The student will read to determine the meanings and
pronunciations of unfamiliar words and phrases within
authentic texts.
c) Identify and analyze figurative language.
d) Identify connotations.
Grade Eight
8.4 The student will apply knowledge of word origins,
analogies, and figurative language to extend vocabulary
development within authentic texts.
a) Identify and analyze an author’s use of figurative
language.
d) Use dictionaries, thesauruses, and glossaries to
determine definition, pronunciation, etymology,
spelling, and usage of words.
7.5 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension
of a variety of fictional texts, narrative nonfiction, and
poetry.
a) Describe the elements of narrative structure
including setting, character development, plot structure,
theme, and conflict.
d) Describe the impact of word choice, imagery, and
literary devices including figurative language.
e) Make, confirm, and revise predictions.
g) Make inferences and draw conclusions based on
the text.
8.5 The student will read and analyze a variety of fictional
texts, narrative nonfiction, and poetry.
c) Explain how authors use characters, conflict, point of
view, voice, and tone to create meaning.
e) Compare and contrast the author’s use of word
choice, dialogue, form, rhyme, rhythm, and voice in
different texts.
7.6 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension
of a variety of nonfiction texts.
f) Identify the source, viewpoint, and purpose of
texts.
g) Describe how word choice and language structure
convey an author’s viewpoint.
k) Organize and synthesize information for use in
written formats.
8.6 The student will read, comprehend, and analyze a
variety of nonfiction texts.
k) Evaluate, organize, and synthesize information for
use in written and oral formats.
SOL Blueprint items are denoted in bold
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Grade Six
Quarter Three
6.4 The student will read and learn the meanings of
unfamiliar words and phrases within authentic texts.
b) Use roots, cognates, affixes, synonyms, and
antonyms to expand vocabulary.
Set 21:
• quad/r/ri
• quin/t
• min/i
• terr/a/i
• magn/a
Set 22:
• multi
• struct
• un• -ish
• rupt
Set 23:
• -less
• -ac
• spec/t/spic
• -ology
• viceSet 24:
• -ist
• viv, vit
• -ment
• neb
• -ar, -ary, -ory
Set 25:
• ven/t
• para
• tract
• phobia
• photo
Set 26:
• re• simil
• sub
• super
• caps
Set 27:
• cred
• equ
• nutria
• quer, quis
• sent
Set 28:
• ana• co• crypto
• deca
• ident
Set 29:
• belli
• carp
• carn
• cause, cus
• chrys
Set 30:
• drome
• marc
• nov
• omni
• axi
Grade Seven
Reading: Word Parts
7.4 The student will read to determine the meanings and
pronunciations of unfamiliar words and phrases within
authentic texts.
b) Use roots, cognates, affixes, synonyms, and
antonyms to expand vocabulary.
Set 21:
• epi• temp/or
• mut
• tact/tang
• therm/o
Set 22:
• scrib, script
• san
• spir
• vac
• fort
Set 23:
• sphere
• frater
• ultra
• sect
• stud
Set 24:
• surg
• gress
• hyper
• vince, vict
• junct
Set 25:
• voc
• hypo
• pan
• per
• pot
Set 26:
• syn, sym
• hem
• cyt, cyto
• ide
• carn
Set 27:
• alter
• cub
• athl
• culp
• host
Set 28:
• jud
• leg, lect
• oma
• pac
• alloSet 29:
• gravi
• lat
• longi
• an
• fruct
Set 30:
• endo• arch
• pseudo
• demo
• bac
SOL Blueprint items are denoted in bold
Grade Eight
8.4 The student will apply knowledge of word origins,
analogies, and figurative language to extend vocabulary
development within authentic texts.
c) Use roots, affixes, cognates, synonyms, and
antonyms to determine the meaning of unfamiliar
words and technical vocabulary.
Set 21:
Set 26:
• retro
• ship
• cule
• ten
• omni
• anthrop
• techno
• proto
• term/ina
• zyg/o
Set 22:
Set 27:
• scend
• oid
• sta
• gyn-, gyno• serr
• agog, agogue
• son
• -tomy
• rid
• cruc
Set 23:
Set 28:
• ortho
• crac, crat
• stell
• mar
• algia
• tend
• ambi
• loqu-, locut
• tort
• pend
Set 24:
Set 29:
• -gamy
• -cide
• gen
• rhomb
• vis/vid
• chore
• hetero
• ure
• ette
• -phile
Set 25:
Set 30:
• nomy
• ward
• -ism
• plumb
• ance
• mit
• cy
• ine
• tox
• ar
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Grade Six
Quarter Three
Usage
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Identify prepositions
• Identify conjunctions and interjections
• Make appropriate word choice (them/they, lie/lay,
sit/set, except/accept, have/got, to/too, your/you’re,
whose/who’s, could of/could have, would of/would
have, should of/should have, a/an, good/bad/well)
• Identify pronouns
• Recognize pronoun case (subject and object)
• Correct for antecedent agreement
• Use possessive pronouns appropriately
• Differentiate reflexive and indefinite pronouns
Mechanics
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Punctuate dialogue appropriately (use quotation
marks, place period inside quotations marks)
• Punctuate abbreviations appropriately
• Avoid comma splices
Sentence Formation
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Integrate compound sentences, including
coordinating and subordinating conjunction to join
phrases and clauses
• Recognize correct sentence formation (avoid
fragments, comma splices, and run-ons)
• Identify and punctuate various types of sentences
(declarative, interrogative, imperative, and
exclamatory)
• Identify complete subject and predicate
General Formatting
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Indent dialogue
Grade Seven
Writing
Grade Eight
Usage
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Use correlative conjunctions appropriately
(neither/nor, either/or)
• Use coordinating conjunctions appropriately
• Use subordinating conjunctions appropriately
• Identify conjunctive adverbs
• Identify prepositions
• Use prepositional phrases appropriately
• Make appropriate word choice (them/they, lie/lay,
sit/set, except/accept, have/got, to/too, your/you’re,
whose/who’s, could of/could have, would of/would
have)
• Differentiate interrogative, demonstrative, and
indefinite pronouns
• Use possessive pronouns appropriately
• Recognize pronoun case (subject and object)
• Correct for antecedent agreement
Mechanics
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Punctuate dialogue appropriately (use quotation
marks, place period inside quotations marks)
• Punctuate abbreviations appropriately
• Avoid comma splices
Sentence Formation
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Integrate complex sentences
• Differentiate between independent and dependent
clauses
Usage
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Use correlative conjunctions appropriately
(neither/nor, either/or)
• Use coordinating conjunctions appropriately
• Use subordinating conjunctions appropriately
• Identify conjunctive adverbs
• Use prepositions and prepositional phrases
appropriately (preposition choice, avoiding
prepositions at the end of sentences)
• Identify prepositions
• Differentiate interrogative, demonstrative, and
indefinite pronouns
General Formatting
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Indent dialogue
General Formatting
SOL Blueprint items are denoted in bold
Mechanics
Sentence Formation
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Differentiate between restive and nonrestrictive
dependent clauses
• Differentiate between phrases and clauses
• Recognize noun, adjective, and adverb clauses
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Grade Six
Review, apply, and extend based on formative
assessment data and information
Grade Eight
Review, apply, and extend based on formative
assessment data and information
7.5 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension
of a variety of fictional texts, narrative nonfiction, and
poetry.
a) Describe the elements of narrative structure
including setting, character development, plot
structure, and conflict.
b) Compare and contrast various forms and genres of
fictional text.
c) Identify conventional elements and characteristics
of a variety of genres.
d) Describe the impact of word choice, imagery, and
literary devices including figurative language.
e) Make, confirm, and revise predictions.
f) Use prior and background knowledge as a context for
new learning.
g) Make inferences and draw conclusions based on
the text.
8.5 The student will read and analyze a variety of fictional
texts, narrative nonfiction, and poetry.
a) Explain the use of symbols and figurative language.
b) Make inferences and draw conclusions based on
explicit and implied information using evidence from
text as support.
c) Explain how authors use characters, conflict, point of
view, voice, and tone to create meaning.
d) Understand the author’s use of conventional
elements and characteristics within a variety of
genres.
e) Compare and contrast the author’s use of word
choice, dialogue, form, rhyme, rhythm, and voice in
different texts.
f) Compare and contrast authors’ styles.
g) Identify and ask questions that clarify various
viewpoints.
Quarter Four
6.4 The student will read and learn the meanings of
unfamiliar words and phrases within authentic texts.
a) Identify word origins and derivations.
b) Use roots, cognates, affixes, synonyms, and
antonyms to expand vocabulary.
c) Use context and sentence structure to determine
meanings and differentiate among multiple meanings
of words.
d) Identify and analyze figurative language.
e) Use word-reference materials.
f) Extend general and specialized vocabulary through
speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
Grade Seven
Review, apply, and extend based on formative
assessment data and information
Reading
7.4 The student will read to determine the meanings and
pronunciations of unfamiliar words and phrases within
authentic texts.
a) Identify word origins and derivations.
b) Use roots, cognates, affixes, synonyms, and
antonyms to expand vocabulary.
c) Identify and analyze figurative language.
d) Identify connotations.
e) Use context and sentence structure to determine
meanings and differentiate among multiple meanings
of words.
f) Extend general and specialized vocabulary through
speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
6.5 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension
of a variety of fictional texts, narrative nonfiction, and
poetry.
a) Identify the elements of narrative structure,
including setting, character, plot, conflict, and theme.
b) Use prior knowledge and build additional background
knowledge as context for new learning.
c) Identify questions to be answered.
d) Describe cause and effect relationships and their
impact on plot.
e) Use prior and background knowledge as context for
new learning.
f) Use information in the text to draw conclusions and
make inferences.
g) Explain how character and plot development are
used in a selection to support a central conflict or
story line.
SOL Blueprint items are denoted in bold
8.4 The student will apply knowledge of word origins,
analogies, and figurative language to extend vocabulary
development within authentic texts.
b) Use context, structure, and connotations to
determine meaning and differentiate among multiple
meanings of words and phrases.
c) Use roots, affixes, cognates, synonyms, and
antonyms to determine the meaning of unfamiliar
words and technical vocabulary.
d) Use dictionaries, thesauruses, and glossaries to
determine definition, pronunciation, etymology,
spelling, and usage of words.
e) Discriminate between connotative and denotative
meanings and interpret the connotation.
f) Extend general and specialized vocabulary through
speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
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h) Identify the main idea.
i) Identify and summarize supporting details.
j) Identify and analyze the author’s use of figurative
language.
k) Identify transitional words and phrases that signal
an author’s organizational pattern.
l) Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension
throughout the reading process.
h) Identify the main idea.
i) Summarize text relating supporting details.
j) Identify the author’s organizational pattern.
k) Identify cause and effect relationships.
l) Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension
throughout the reading process.
6.6 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension
of a variety of nonfiction texts.
a) Use text structures such as type, headings, and
graphics to predict and categorize information in both
print and digital texts.
b) Use prior knowledge and build additional background
knowledge as context for new learning.
c) Identify questions to be answered.
d) Make, confirm, or revise predictions.
e) Draw conclusions and make inferences based on
explicit and implied information.
f) Differentiate between fact and opinion.
g) Identify main idea.
h) Summarize supporting details.
i) Compare and contrast information about one topic,
which may be contained in different selections.
j) Identify the author’s organizational pattern.
k) Identify cause and effect relationships.
l) Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension
throughout the reading process.
7.6 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension
of a variety of nonfiction texts.
a) Use prior and background knowledge as a context for
new learning.
b) Use text structures to aid comprehension.
c) Identify an author’s organizational pattern using
textual clues, such as transitional words and phrases.
d) Draw conclusions and make inferences on explicit
and implied information.
e) Differentiate between fact and opinion.
f) Identify the source, viewpoint, and purpose of
texts.
g) Describe how word choice and language structure
convey an author’s viewpoint.
h) Identify the main idea.
i) Summarize text identifying supporting details.
j) Identify cause and effect relationships.
k) Identify cause and effect relationships.
l) Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension
throughout the reading process.
SOL Blueprint items are denoted in bold
h) Identify the main idea.
i) Summarize text relating supporting details.
j) Identify an author’s organizational pattern using
textual clues, such as transitional words and phrases.
k) Identify cause and effect relationships.
l) Use prior and background knowledge as a context for
new learning.
m) Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension
throughout the reading process.
8.6 The student will read, comprehend, and analyze a
variety of nonfiction texts.
a) Identify and analyze an author’s use of figurative
language.
b) Make inferences and draw conclusions based on
explicit and implied information using evidence from
text as support.
c) Analyze the author’s qualifications, viewpoint, and
impact.
d) Analyze the author’s use of text structure and word
choice.
e) Analyze details for relevance and accuracy.
f) Differentiate between fact and opinion.
g) Identify the main idea.
h) Summarize the text identifying supporting details.
i) Identify an author’s organizational pattern using
textual clues, such as transitional words and phrases.
j) Identify cause and effect relationships.
k) Evaluate, organize, and synthesize information for
use in written and oral formats.
l) Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension
throughout the reading process.
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4th Quarter – Word Parts to be reviewed during this quarter
Grade Six
Review, apply, and extend based on formative
assessment data and information
Quarter Four
6.4 The student will read and learn the meanings of
unfamiliar words and phrases within authentic texts.
b) Use roots, cognates, affixes, synonyms, and
antonyms to expand vocabulary.
Set 1:
• fic, fact, fect
• grad, gress
• tain, ten, tent
• cap
• duc, duct
Set 2:
• flu, flux
• pass, path, pot
• epi
• hypo
• astro
Set 3:
• arch
• clast
• geno
• heli
• klept
Set 4:
• macro
• meter
• micro
• morph
• very, ver
Set 5:
• nome
• oymn
• paleo
Set 16:
• ex• neg
• pre• post• milli
Set 17:
• dict
• mid
• miss/mit
• plaud/plod/plaus/plos
• max
Set 18:
• liber
• quart
• memor/i
• cycl
• dem
Set 19:
• self
• inter
• out
• uni
• sol
Set 20:
• xyl
• -able, -ible
• semi
Grade Seven
Review, apply, and extend based on formative
assessment data and information
Reading: Word Parts
7.4 The student will read to determine the meanings and
pronunciations of unfamiliar words and phrases within
authentic texts.
b) Use roots, cognates, affixes, synonyms, and
antonyms to expand vocabulary.
Set 1:
• min, sembl
• plur
• fer
• pude
• cogn, sci
Set 2:
• tact, tang, tag
• men, min, mon
• pan
• cac
• andro
Set 3:
• biblio
• cycl
• gest
• hydr
• litho
Set 4:
• mania
• mer
• mis
• myri
• oligo
Set 5:
• oper
• or
• path
Set 16:
• nom/in
• nub
• bene
• extra, extro
• migr
Set 17:
• anth
• intra, intro
• ject
• ped/i
• mater
Set 18:
• pater
• etym
• herbi
• mon/o
• eu
Set 19:
• fab
• over
• grat
• herp
• puni
Set 20:
• sept/i
• ob, op
• sum
SOL Blueprint items are denoted in bold
Grade Eight
Review, apply, and extend based on formative
assessment data and information
8.4 The student will apply knowledge of word origins,
analogies, and figurative language to extend vocabulary
development within authentic texts.
c) Use roots, affixes, cognates, synonyms, and
antonyms to determine the meaning of unfamiliar
words and technical vocabulary.
Set 1:
Set 16:
• lin
• soph
• sed, sid, sess
• dox
• pend
• duc, duct
• rupt
• form
• sens, sent
• dyna
Set 2:
Set 17:
• clud, clus, claus
• dys
• cred, fid
• ethno
• sym
• lingu
• syring• pyr/o
• antrop
• ostrac
Set 3:
Set 18:
• acro
• cumul
• entom
• hypn
• grapho
• serv
• gram
• path
• burs
• celer
Set 4:
Set 19:
• meso
• pel
• mne
• mort
• meta
• urg
• naut
• ven
• noct
• nov
Set 5:
Set 20:
• ne
• medi
• opt
• melior
• patho
• purg
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• phil
• phone
Set 6:
• phob
• poly
• scop
• somato
• tele
Set 7:
• therap
• en, em
• -hood
• ante
• pro
Set 8:
• mega
• ize
• ceed, cede
• liber
• mot, mob
Set 9:
• cide
• pent
• luna
• tude
• visc
Set 10:
• digit
• don, donat
• neg
• phys
• terr
Set 11:
• ob
• col
• clast
• sci
• lumin
Set 12:
• amic
• tri
• numer
Set 21:
• quad/r/ri
• quin/t
• min/i
• terr/a/i
• magn/a
Set 22:
• multi
• struct
• un• -ish
• rupt
Set 23:
• -less
• -ac
• spec/t/spic
• -ology
• viceSet 24:
• -ist
• viv, vit
• -ment
• neb
• -ar, -ary, -ory
Set 25:
• ven/t
• para
• tract
• phobia
• photo
Set 26:
• re• simil
• sub
• super
• caps
Set 27:
• cred
• phile
• phon
Set 6:
• pod
• plu, plur, plus
• scope
• -ad
• thanas
Set 7:
• xeno
• fore
• alb
• ab
• tox
Set 8:
• presby
• fy, -ify
• cept, ceive
• leg, lect, lig
• urb
Set 9:
• homo
• hod
• mar
• ium
• cogn
Set 10:
• cardi
• maxim
• neo
• nov
• vac
Set 11:
• infra
• spect, spec
• migra
• phys
• mater, matri
Set 12:
• ic
• ten/tin/tent
• reg
Set 21:
• epi• temp/or
• mut
• tact/tang
• therm/o
Set 22:
• scrib, script
• san
• spir
• vac
• fort
Set 23:
• sphere
• frater
• ultra
• sect
• stud
Set 24:
• surg
• gress
• hyper
• vince, vict
• junct
Set 25:
• voc
• hypo
• pan
• per
• pot
Set 26:
• syn, sym
• hem
• cyt, cyto
• ide
• carn
Set 27:
• alter
SOL Blueprint items are denoted in bold
• por
• phyllSet 6:
• oscill
• prehend
• soman
• brev
• the
Set 7:
• taph
• dom
• pulver
• pup
• intra
Set 8:
• ive, itive, ative
• -some
• quot
• rep
• ponder
Set 9:
• rhin
• claim, clam
• pollin
• ery
• pel
Set 10:
• ego
• ret
• nate, nat
• ren
• rur
Set 11:
• super
• styl
• grat
• stup
• sume, sump
Set 12:
• co, con, com
• muls
• age
Set 21:
• retro
• cule
• omni
• techno
• term/ina
Set 22:
• scend
• sta
• serr
• son
• rid
Set 23:
• ortho
• stell
• algia
• ambi
• tort
Set 24:
• -gamy
• gen
• vis/vid
• hetero
• ette
Set 25:
• nomy
• -ism
• ance
• cy
• tox
Set 26:
• ship
• ten
• anthrop
• proto
• zyg/o
Set 27:
• oid
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• act
• amni
• bi
• graph
Set 13
• aug
• aud
• chron
• com
• mal/e
Set 14:
• aqu
• port
• circum/circle
• geo
• narr
Set 15:
• auto
• bio
• trans
• nav
• vol
• equ
• nutria
• quer, quis
• sent
Set 28:
• ana• co• crypto
• deca
• ident
Set 29:
• belli
• carp
• carn
• cause, cus
• chrys
Set 30:
• drome
• marc
• nov
• omni
• axi
• aer/o
• mir
• chrom
• corp
Set 13
• loc
• brev
• cirr
• counter/contra
• deSet 14:
• clav
• dia
• man/i/u
• lig
• sex
Set 15:
• sol
• clar
• felic
• cord
• zo
• cub
• athl
• culp
• host
Set 28:
• jud
• leg, lect
• oma
• pac
• alloSet 29:
• gravi
• lat
• longi
• an
• fruct
Set 30:
• endo• arch
• pseudo
• demo
• bac
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• ami
• tapet
• tars
• maj
Set 13
• capt/cept/ceive
• cosm
• morph
• poli
• mand
Set 14:
• cert
• clar
• funct
• dom
• lab
Set 15:
• nat
• pop
• fract, frag
• neo
• vor
• gyn-, gyno• agog, agogue
• -tomy
• cruc
Set 28:
• crac, crat
• mar
• tend
• loqu-, locut
• pend
Set 29:
• -cide
• rhomb
• chore
• ure
• -phile
Set 30:
• ward
• plumb
• mit
• ine
• ar
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4th Quarter – Writing Standards to be reviewed during this quarter
Quarter Four
Grade Six
Review, apply, and extend based on formative
assessment data and information
6.7 The student will write narration, description,
exposition, and persuasion.
a) Identify audience and purpose.
b) Use a variety of prewriting strategies including graphic
organizers to generate and organize ideas.
c) Organize writing structure to fit mode or topic.
d) Establish a central idea and organization.
e) Compose a topic sentence or thesis statement if
appropriate.
f) Write multiparagraph compositions with elaboration and
unity.
g) Select vocabulary and information to enhance the
central idea, tone, and voice.
h) Expand and embed ideas by using modifiers, standard
coordination, and subordination in complete sentences.
i) Revise sentences for clarity of content including specific
vocabulary and information.
j) Use computer technology to plan, draft, revise, edit, and
publish writing.
6.8 The student will edit writing for correct grammar,
capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure,
and paragraphing.
a) Use a variety of graphic organizers, including sentence
diagrams, to analyze and improve sentence formation and
paragraph structure.
b) Use subject-verb agreement with intervening phrases
and clauses.
c) Use pronoun-antecedent agreement to include
indefinite pronouns.
d) Maintain consistent verb tense across paragraphs.
e) Eliminate double negatives.
f) Use quotation marks with dialogue.
g) Choose adverbs to describe verbs, adjectives, and
other adverbs.
h) Use correct spelling for frequently used words.
Grade Seven
Review, apply, and extend based on formative
assessment data and information
Writing
7.7 The student will write in a variety of forms with an
emphasis on exposition, narration, and persuasion.
a) Identify intended audience.
b) Use a variety of prewriting strategies including graphic
organizers to generate and organize ideas.
c) Organize writing structure to fit mode or topic.
d) Establish a central idea and organization.
e) Compose a topic sentence or thesis statement.
f) Write multiparagraph compositions with unity
elaborating the central idea.
g) Select vocabulary and information to enhance the
central idea, tone, and voice.
h) Expand and embed ideas by using modifiers, standard
coordination, and subordination in complete sentences.
i) Use clauses and phrases for sentence variety.
j) Revise sentences for clarity of content including specific
vocabulary and information.
k) Use computer technology to plan, draft, revise, edit, and
publish writing.
7.8 The student will edit writing for correct grammar,
capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure,
and paragraphing.
a) Use a variety of graphic organizers, including sentence
diagrams, to analyze and improve sentence formation and
paragraph structure.
b) Choose appropriate adjectives and adverbs to enhance
writing.
c) Use pronoun-antecedent agreement to include
indefinite pronouns.
d) Use subject-verb agreement with intervening phrases
and clauses.
e) Edit for verb tense consistency and point of view.
f) Demonstrate understanding of sentence formation by
identifying the eight parts of speech and their functions in
sentences.
g) Use quotation marks with dialogue.
h) Use correct spelling for commonly used words.
SOL Blueprint items are denoted in bold
Grade Eight
Review, apply, and extend based on formative
assessment data and information
8.7 The student will write in a variety of forms, including
narration, exposition, persuasion, and informational.
a) Identify intended audience.
b) Use prewriting strategies to generate and organize
ideas.
c) Distinguish between a thesis statement and a topic
sentence.
d) Organize details to elaborate the central idea and
provide unity.
e) Select specific vocabulary and information for audience
and purpose.
f) Use interview quotations as evidence.
g) Revise writing for clarity of content, word choice,
sentence variety, and transitions among paragraphs.
h) Use computer technology to plan, draft, revise, edit,
and publish writing.
8.8 The student will edit writing for correct grammar,
capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure,
and paragraphing.
a) Use a variety of graphic organizers, including sentence
diagrams, to analyze and improve sentence formation and
paragraph structure.
b) Use and punctuate correctly varied sentence structures
to include conjunctions and transition words.
c) Choose the correct case and number for pronouns in
prepositional phrases with compound objects.
d) Maintain consistent verb tense across paragraphs.
e) Use comparative and superlative degrees in adverbs
and adjectives.
f) Use quotation marks with dialogue and direct
quotations.
g) Use correct spelling for frequently used words.
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Usage
6.8 The student will edit writing for correct grammar,
capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure,
and paragraphing.
b) Use subject-verb agreement with intervening phrases
and clauses.
d) Maintain consistent verb tense across paragraphs.
Usage
7.8 The student will edit writing for correct grammar,
capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure,
and paragraphing.
d) Use subject-verb agreement with intervening phrases
and clauses.
e) Edit for verb tense consistency and point of view.
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Identify abstract and concrete nouns
• Identify common and proper nouns
• Differentiate between possessives and plurals
• Follow rules of subject and verb agreement and verb
tense
• Identify verbs (i.e., action verbs, etc.)
• Use commas appropriately to punctuate a direct
address, appositives, and interrupters.
• Use hyphens to divide syllables
• Identify adjectives and adverbs
• Recognize regular (-er, -est; more, most) comparative
and superlative forms of adjectives
• Recognize comparative forms of adverbs
• Diagram simple sentences to analyze and improve
sentence formation
• Identify prepositions
• Identify conjunctions and interjections
• Make appropriate word choice (them/they, lie/lay,
sit/set, except/accept, have/got, to/too, your/you’re,
whose/who’s, could of/could have, would of/would
have, should of/should have, a/an, good/bad/well)
• Identify pronouns
• Recognize pronoun case (subject and object)
• Correct for antecedent agreement
• Use possessive pronouns appropriately
• Differentiate reflexive and indefinite pronouns
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Identify abstract and concrete nouns
• Follow rules of subject and verb agreement
• Integrate appropriate verb tense
• Recognize action verbs
• Identify verb phrase
• Differentiate between transitive and intransitive verbs
• Recognize predicate adjective and predicate
nominative
• Use commas appropriately to punctuate a direct
address, appositives, and interrupters.
• Use hyphens to divide syllables
• Identify proper adjectives
• Recognize regular (-er, -est; more, most) and
irregular comparative and superlative forms of
adjectives
• Recognize regular and irregular comparative forms of
adverbs
• Diagram simple sentences to analyze and improve
sentence formation
• Recognize direct and indirect objects
• Use correlative conjunctions appropriately
(neither/nor, either/or)
• Use coordinating conjunctions appropriately
• Use subordinating conjunctions appropriately
• Identify conjunctive adverbs
• Identify prepositions
• Use prepositional phrases appropriately
• Make appropriate word choice (them/they, lie/lay,
sit/set, except/accept, have/got, to/too, your/you’re,
whose/who’s, could of/could have, would of/would
have)
• Differentiate interrogative, demonstrative, and
SOL Blueprint items are denoted in bold
Usage
8.8 The student will edit writing for correct grammar,
capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure,
and paragraphing.
d) Maintain consistent verb tense across paragraphs.
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Recognize infinities, gerunds, and participles
• Identify verb phrase, linking verbs, and action verbs
• Recognize predicate adjective and predicate
nominative
• Follow rules of subject and verb agreement and verb
tense
• Differentiate between transitive and intransitive verbs
• Recognize direct and indirect objects
• Recognize irregular comparative and superlative
forms of adjectives and adverbs
• Integrate compound adjectives with hyphens
appropriately
• Use correlative conjunctions appropriately
(neither/nor, either/or)
• Use coordinating conjunctions appropriately
• Use subordinating conjunctions appropriately
• Identify conjunctive adverbs
• Use prepositions and prepositional phrases
appropriately (preposition choice, avoiding
prepositions at the end of sentences)
• Identify prepositions
• Differentiate interrogative, demonstrative, and
indefinite pronouns
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Mechanics
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Follow general capitalization rules
• Punctuate contractions and possessives
appropriately
• Use appropriate punctuation for titles (plays, poems,
movies, books, magazines, short stories, etc.)
• Use end marks appropriately
• Use commas appropriately to punctuate salutations
and closings in letter writing, items in a series, dates,
addresses, and introductory clauses
• Punctuate dialogue appropriately (use quotation
marks, place period inside quotations marks)
• Punctuate abbreviations appropriately
• Avoid comma splices
Sentence Formation
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Recognize simple subjects and predicates
• Integrate compound sentences, including
coordinating and subordinating conjunction to join
phrases and clauses
• Recognize correct sentence formation (avoid
fragments, comma splices, and run-ons)
• Identify and punctuate various types of sentences
(declarative, interrogative, imperative, and
exclamatory)
• Identify complete subject and predicate
General Formatting
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Indent dialogue
• Use paragraphing appropriately
• Spell out number
indefinite pronouns
• Use possessive pronouns appropriately
• Recognize pronoun case (subject and object)
• Correct for antecedent agreement
Mechanics
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Follow general capitalization rules and capitalize
proper nouns
• Punctuate contractions and possessives
appropriately
• Use commas appropriately to punctuate introductory
clauses
• Punctuate dialogue appropriately (use quotation
marks, place period inside quotations marks)
• Punctuate abbreviations appropriately
• Avoid comma splices
Mechanics
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Follow general capitalization rules and capitalize
proper nouns
Sentence Formation
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Integrate complex sentences
• Differentiate between independent and dependent
clauses
Sentence Formation
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Differentiate between restive and nonrestrictive
dependent clauses
• Differentiate between phrases and clauses
• Recognize noun, adjective, and adverb clauses
General Formatting
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics.
• Indent dialogue
• Use paragraphing appropriately
• Spell out number
General Formatting
The student will edit writing for usage and mechanics
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