8th+Grade+Language+Arts

Language Arts

Text Types and Purposes

 * CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.1** Write arguments focused on //discipline-specific content//.
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 * WHST.6-8.1a || Introduce claim(s) about a topic or issue, acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically. ||
 * WHST.6-8.1b || Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant, accurate data and evidence that demonstrate an understanding of the topic or text, using credible sources. ||
 * WHST.6-8.1c || Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence. ||
 * WHST.6-8.1d || Establish and maintain a formal style ||
 * WHST.6-8.1e || Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented. ||


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 * CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.2** Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.
 * Standard || Description ||
 * WHST.6-8.2a || Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories as appropriate to achieving purpose; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. ||
 * WHST.6-8.2b || Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples. ||
 * WHST.6-8.2c || Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts. ||
 * WHST.6-8.2d || Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic ||
 * WHST.6-8.2e || Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone. ||
 * WHST.6-8.2f || Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented. ||


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**Production and Distribution of Writing**

 * CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.4** Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
 * CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.5 ** With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.
 * CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.6 ** Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently.


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**Research to Build and Present Knowledge**
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.7 Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
 * CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.8 ** Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
 * CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.9** Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis reflection, and research.


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**Range of Writing**

 * CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.10 ** Write routinely over extended time frames (time for reflection and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.


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