Fullerton School District
Holt
8th Grade Holt ELA Content Map
Quarter
Holt
Quarter
1
Chapter
1
Quarter
2
Broken Chain
Flowers for Algernon
The Landlady
Chapter
2
from Harriet Tubman:
Conductor on the
Underground Railroad
Too Soon a Woman
Mrs. Flowers
Chapter
3
In Trouble
There Will Come Soft Rains
The Circuit
Chapter
4
Quarter
3
Story
Chapter
5
Chapter
6
The Diary of Anne Frank-Part
1
The Diary of Anne Frank-Part
2
A Tragedy Revealed: A
Heroine’s Last Days
The Tell-Tale Heart
Raymond’s Run
My Mother Pieced Quilts and
Súeter/Sweater
Valentine for Ernest Mann
Paul Revere’s Ride
The Cremation of Sam McGee
The Dying Cowboy
Beowulf
Casey at the Bat
On the Grasshopper and the
Cricket
O Captain! My Captain!
I Hear America Singing
8th Grade Holt Planning Resource.doc/2007-2008BDA/cw
Concepts
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Grammar
Plot Development &
Analysis
Informational Text
(analysis, comparisons
of purpose)
Character Analysis
(comparing/contrasting
different characters)
Parts of a Sentence
Setting (analysis of
mood and tone)
Informational Text
(comparisons of text
structure)
Identify and Analyze
Recurring Themes
The Phrase
Standards
Addressed in Holt
Standards Tested
on Benchmarks
Writing Genres
Reading: 1.1, 1.2, 2.2,
2.3, 3.2, 3.3
Writing a Personal
Narrative
Writing: 2.1, 2.2
Writing Instructions
for Operating a Tool
– District
Assessment 1
Parts of Speech
Complements
Written/Oral: 1.1, 1.3,
1.4, 1.5
Reading: 1.3, 1.4, 2.2,
3.4, 3.5
The Clause
Writing a Research
Report
Writing: 2.3, 2.6
Sentence Structure
Agreement
Written/Oral: 1.1, 1.3,
1.4, 1.5,
Using Verbs Correctly
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Analyze Text to
Identify Literary
Devices
Forms of Poetry
(analyze their
purposes and
characteristics)
Informational Text
(comparing the original
text to summaries)
Using Pronouns
Correctly
Reading: 1.1, 2.4, 3.1,
3.6
Using Modifiers Correctly
Writing: 2.1, 2.2
A Glossary of Usage
Written/Oral: 1.4, 1.5,
1.6,
Capital Letters
Writing a Descriptive
Essay
Fullerton School District
Holt
8th Grade Holt ELA Content Map
Quarter
Holt
Story
Quarter
4
Chapter
7
Ribbons
The Treasure of Lemon Brown
A Smart Cookie
Saying Yes
Chapter
8
Skateboard Park Documents
Leash Free Dog Run
Documents
WarpSpeed Net Documents
Sweet Player Documents
Computers
8th Grade Holt Planning Resource.doc/2007-2008BDA/cw
Concepts
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Literary Criticism
(writer intent)
Informational Text
(Evaluate the structure
and consistency of
text)
Grammar
Punctuation
Standards
Addressed
Standards Tested
Writing Genres
Reading: 1.1, 1.3, 2.1,
2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 3.7
Writing a Persuasive
Essay
Writing: 2.4, 2.5
Writing a Business
Letter
Spelling
Writing Effective
Sentences
Written/Oral: 1.0, 1.1,
1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6
Writing a Response
to a Poem –
Assessment 2 “My
Mother Pieced
Quilts”