8th Grade ELAR

MP4 8th Grade ELAR Pacing Guide 2016-2017
Week
Process Skills
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3, 6
Figure 19B (questioning),
and Figure 19C (monitor &
adjust comprehension)
Comprehension: Figure 19D
(inference), Figure 19E
(summarize, paraphrase,
synthesize), and Figure 19F
(make connections)
Content SE’s
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Vocabulary
2A (Greek and Latin
roots)
2B: (context clues)
2C: analogies
2D: words from other
languages
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Writing
Write a literary response:
17C
Oral and Written Conventions &
Listening & Speaking
 Teamwork: 28A
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Writing
Writing Process: 19A-14E
Write an expository
essay: 17Ai-17Av
Oral and Written Conventions &
Listening & Speaking
 Listening & Speaking: 27A
 Teamwork: 28A
All Informational Texts
 Genres: 10 (expository) 10A (main ideas and
supporting details), 10B (commonplace assertions),
10C (inferences and conclusions and organizational
patterns), 10D (connections within and across texts);
11 (persuasive) 11A (compare/ contrast persuasive
texts) 11B (rhetorical fallacies); 9A (compare
purposes)
All Genres
 Media: 12B (clarity); 13A (evaluate); 13C (POV); 12A
(steps; directions); 13B (visual and sound techniques);
13D (tone)
Genre
Review
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9
Research
Reading
All Literary Texts
 Genres: 4A (poetry; poetic forms); 5A (drama;
dialogue and staging); 6A, B, C (fiction; plot,
characterization, POV); 7A (literary nonfiction; literary
devices in speeches); 3C (setting); 8A (figurative
language)
Figure 19B (questioning),
and Figure 19C (monitor &
adjust comprehension)
Comprehension: Figure 19D
(inference), Figure 19E
(summarize, paraphrase,
synthesize), and Figure 19F
(make connections)
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Vocabulary
2A (Greek and Latin
roots)
2B: (context clues)
2C: analogies
2D: words from other
languages
Informational Texts
 Genres: 10 (expository) 10A (main ideas and
supporting details), 10B (commonplace assertions),
10C (inferences and conclusions and organizational
patterns), 10D (connections within and across texts);
Research
 22A: brainstorm topic
 22B: evaluate sources
 23A: follow plan
 23B: categorize
information
 23C: bibliography
 23D: paraphrase vs.
plagiarism
 24A: narrow and broaden
topic
 24B: validity of sources
 25A: summarize findings
 25B: marshal evidence
 25C: present findings
 25D: citations
 26C: presentations
MP4 8th Grade ELAR Pacing Guide 2016-2017
Recommended Resources
Week
Recommended Selections, Activities, and Assessments
Source
Measuring Up
Newsela
3, 6
Genre
Review
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Informational Text: from Why We Love Music P144
Informational/Persuasive Text: “Crowdsourcing Is Great, but So Are Experts”
“The Set Is a Relic/Now We Google”
Literary Text/Sensory Language: “Shaffin's Song” P180
Literary Text/Poetry: “The Three Tall Men” P214
Literary Text/Drama: from I Remember Mama
P229
Literary Text/Fiction: “Sandstorm” P264
Literary Text/Nonfiction: "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death" P280
Informational/Expository Text: “Following the Herd” P332
Informational/Persuasive Text: “Live Free and Die” P350
Informational/Procedural: “Kitchen Avalanche” P 375
Informational/Inference: "Exploring a Submerged City“ P18
Literary Fiction/Plot Diagram: "The Day I Caught Willie Cooper" P 242
Literary Fiction/Paired Drama: “Arachne Spins Her Web/Curse of Ra” P124
Informational/Science Related: "Fear on the Brain” P89
Informational/Science Related: "Don't Mind My Dog“ P293
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Informational Text: “How does GPS work?”
Informational Text: “The History of the Internet”
Informational Text: “Rollercoaster Mystery”
Informational Text: “The Mystery of Yawning”
Informational Text: “Saturn Overview ”
Informational Text: “Dream Job: Vet”
P166
* Questions that follow target central idea, word meaning & choice and text structure
Scope Magazine
February 2017
• "The Amazing Powers of Jen Bricker" Literary Nonfiction (central ideas, details, and summarizing)
• "The Curse of King Tut" Drama (literary elements and mood)
• "The Good Deed" Fiction (inference and tone)
• "The Fire-Breather" Paired: Literary and Informational (text features and text evidence)
• Paired Text for Topic or Theme “The Fire Breather” and “Could you be the Next Garrett Morgan?”
December 2016 / January 2017
• "Disaster in Space" Literary Non-Fiction(Central ideas and Details and Summary)
• "Into the Maze of Doom" Drama(Literary Elements and Inference)
• "How Pokemon Go Conquered the World" Expository(short answer response and vocabulary)
• Paired Text “Can she be Saved” and “Can Drones Stop Animal Killers”
MP4 8th Grade ELAR Pacing Guide 2016-2017
Recommended Resources
Week
3, 6
E-Reading
Worksheets
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"I Sing the Battle" poem 2
"The Lottery Ticket" short story
"The Dawn's Awake" poem 4
"Operating Room" poem 9
CommonLit
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"The Battle of Gettysburg"--expository text
"The Olympic Games"--expository text
"Steve Jobs— Stanford Commencement"--speech
"A Stolen Party"--short story
"Manifest Destiny— I Do Believe"--letter
"Manifest Destiny” by Mike Kubic--expository text
Web Links
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www.whatsoproudlywehail.org Gettysburg Address
Fast R Passages: http://www.bpe.org/taxonomy/term/241
New York Times Learning Network: https://www.nytimes.com/section/learning
Prentice Hall
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Exposition Research Paper pg. 982
Expository Research Power Point (Free)
Teachers Pay Teachers : Freebies: Million Dollar Research and Life History
Genre
Review
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Research
Recommended Selections, Activities, and Assessments
Source
Teachers Pay
Teachers
RECOMMENDED SITES FOR
WRITING
COMPOSITION
MECHANICS
• http://www.internet4classrooms.
com/lang_write.htm
• http://interactivesites.weebly.com/punc
tuation.html
• https://thejournal.com/Articles/2
015/06/25/15-OnlineResources-That-Help-ImproveEssay-Writing-Skills.aspx
• http://streaming.discoveryeducation.co
m/braingames/iknowthat/P
• https://www.quill.org/
• http://www.chompchomp.com/exercis
es.htmaintball/Medium.cfm
• http://www.savethecomma.com/game/
RECOMMENDED SITES FOR
WRITING
GRAMMAR PRACTICE
• http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.or
g/2008/12/07/the-best-sitesfor-grammar-practice/
GRAMMAR AND
MECHANICS
• https://www.noredink.com/
RECOMMENDED SITES FOR
READING
PASSAGES
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Prentice Hall Literature
Fast R Passages
Read Works
Newsela
CommonLit
SISD LINKS Booklets
STRATEGIES
• Lead4ward
• WICOR
• Fundamental 5

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