EIGHTH GRADE
LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM MAP
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MONTH |
CONTENT |
SKILLS |
STATE STANDARD |
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August/September |
Language Arts:
The Sentence and Its Parts |
Complete Sentences and Predicates |
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Simple Subjects |
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Simple Predicates or Verbs |
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Verb Phrases |
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Compound Sentences Parts |
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Kinds of Sentences |
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Subjects in Unusual Order |
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Complements: Subjects Complements |
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Complements: Objects of Verbs |
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Fragments and Run-Ons |
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Language Arts: Nouns |
Kinds of Nouns |
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Singular and Plural Nouns |
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Possessive Nouns |
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Compound Nouns |
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Nouns as Subjects and Complements |
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Nouns in Phrases |
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Reading:
Read The Cay by Theodore Taylor |
Make predictions and inferences Create graphic organizers, outline or drawings
to use with reading. Check for understanding. Read age appropriate materials with fluency and
understanding. Compare and contrast ideas from various sources. Summarize Respond to literary materials. Analyze how characters solve conflicts. Describe the development of characters, theme,
plot and setting. |
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Writing: |
Writing Process |
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Crafting Sentences |
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Compare/Contrast Essay |
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Persuasive Essay |
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October:
Iowa Test of Basic Skills |
Language Arts:
Pronouns, |
What is a Pronoun? |
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Subject Pronoun |
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Object Pronouns |
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Possessive Pronouns |
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Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns |
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Interrogatives and Demonstratives |
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Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement |
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Indefinite-Pronoun Agreement |
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Pronoun Problems |
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More Pronoun Problems |
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Reading: ITBS, Read “Raymond’s Run”, “A Mother in Manville”,
“The Ransom Red Chief” |
Cause and effect Description clues Plot Setting Visualizing Context clues Irony Predicting |
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Writing:
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Building Paragraphs |
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Organizing Paragraphs |
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My Personal Best Paragraph |
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Strong Introductions |
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November: |
Language Arts:
Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs |
What is a Verb? |
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Action Verbs and Objects |
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Linking Verbs and Predicate Words |
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Principal Parts of Verbs |
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Irregular Verbs |
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Simple Tenses |
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Perfect Tenses |
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Using Verb Tenses |
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Troublesome Verb Pairs |
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What is an Adjective? |
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Predicate Adjectives |
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Other Words Used as Adjectives |
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What is an Adverb? |
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Making Comparisons |
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Adjective or Adverb? |
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Avoiding Double Negatives |
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Reading:
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever |
Make predictions Create graphic organizers, outline or drawings
to use with reading. Check for understanding. Read age appropriate materials with fluency and
understanding. Summarize Respond to literary materials. Analyze how characters solve conflicts. Describe the development of characters, theme,
plot and setting. |
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Writing: |
Building Compositions |
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Elaboration |
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Revising Sentences |
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December: |
Writing: |
Style and Effective Lang. |
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Autobiographical Incident |
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Reading: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever |
Make predictions Create graphic organizers, outline or drawings
to use with reading. Check for understanding. Read age appropriate materials with fluency and
understanding. Summarize Respond to literary materials. Analyze how characters solve conflicts. Describe the development of characters, theme,
plot and setting. |
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Language Arts: Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections Verbs and Verb Phrases |
What is a Preposition? |
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Using Prepostional Phrases |
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Conjunctions |
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Gerunds and Gerund Phrases |
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Participles and Participial Phrases |
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Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases |
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January |
Language Arts:
Sentence Structure Subject Verb Agreement |
What is a Clause? |
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Simple and Compound Sent. |
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Complex Sentences |
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Kinds of Dependent Clauses |
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Compound-Complex Sentences |
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Agreement in Number |
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Compound Subjects |
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Agreement Problems in Sent. |
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Indefinite Pronouns as Subj. |
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Problem Subjects |
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Reading: “The Diary of Anne Frank”, |
Plot Story Mapping Characters’ reaction Relationship web Comparing texts Main idea Locating information using multiple sources |
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Holocaust Museum Traveling Trunk |
The Holocaust Museum sends us a trunk and a
docent comes to see us in January.
This trunk is filled with books, articles, DVDs, and numerous
materials for the classroom. This
trunk is left with Central City School for about two months. At that time, we take a field trip to the
Holocaust Museum in St. Louis and take the trunk back with us. We have, thus far, had the opportunity to
listen to a Holocaust survivor. We
are then given a tour of the museum. |
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Writing:
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Comparison and Contract Essay |
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Supporting ideas with Examples |
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Interviewing |
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February: |
Language Arts: Capitalization, Punctuation |
People and Cultures |
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First Words and Titles |
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Places and Transportation |
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Organizations and Other Subjects |
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Periods and other end marks |
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Commas in Sent. |
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Commas: Dates, addresses, letters |
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Punctuating Quotes |
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Semicolons/Colons |
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Hyphens, Dashes, Parentheses |
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Apostrophes |
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Punctuating Titles |
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Reading:
Holocaust Museum Traveling Trunk |
The Holocaust Museum sends us a trunk and a
docent comes to see us in January.
This trunk is filled with books, articles, DVDs, and numerous
materials for the classroom. This
trunk is left with Central City School for about two months. At that time, we take a field trip to the
Holocaust Museum in St. Louis and take the trunk back with us. We have, thus far, had the opportunity to
listen to a Holocaust survivor. We
are then given a tour of the museum. |
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Writing: |
Eyewitness Report |
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Analyzing a Story |
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March:
ISAT Testing |
Lanuage Arts: |
Sentence variety Punctuating Problems with Here and There |
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Combing sentences |
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Compound subject and predicate review |
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Subject Verb Agreement Suffixes and prefixes |
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Reading: “The King of Mazy May”, “The Story of
an Eye Witness”, Flowers for Algernon” |
Antagonist and Protagonist Dramatic reading Monitor your reading Understanding chronological order Characterization Making Inferences Connect to your life Meaning Clues |
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Writing: |
Problem Solution Essay |
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8th Grade Memory Books |
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Creating sentence variety by using different
sentence structures |
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Double negative review |
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April: |
Language Arts: |
Proper nouns |
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Adjectives |
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Synonyms and Antonyms |
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Using conjunctive adverbs of time |
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Reading: “The Bet”, “The Treasure of Lemon
Brown”, Paul Revere’s Ride” |
Flashback Climax Sequence of Events Comparing texts Definition clues Dynamic and Static Character Comparing Texts Narrative poetry Paraphrasing |
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Writing: |
Short Story |
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Poems |
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8th Grade Memory Books |
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Alternative Ending |
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Narrative poetry |
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May: |
Language Arts: |
Subordinate clauses |
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Word endings –able, -ible |
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Complex sentences |
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Adverb clauses |
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Word meaning |
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Reading: “Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the
Underground Railroad”, “Roughing It”, “One Million Volumes” |
Biography Questioning Comparing texts Exaggeration Making inferences about the narrator Context clues Word choice Point of view Author’s purpose |
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Writing: |
Research Report: Career Cruising |
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8th Grade Memory Books |
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