READING TERMS TO KNOW

Grade 8

Mrs. Edwards

(2016-2017)

UNIT / LITERARY TERMS
Introduction Unit
8/24-9/16
Touching Spirit Bearby Ben Michaelsen / Introduction to poetry, fiction, and nonfiction
Unit 1: Using Good Judgment
9/19-10/28
Of Mice and Menby John Steinbeck / Character/Symbolism
  • Explicit
  • Implied meanings
  • Analyze meaning
  • Make inferences
  • Implied vs. Explicit
  • Metaphor
  • Theme
  • Central Idea
  • Analyze the developments of a theme
  • Summary
  • Analyze plot and character
  • Dialogue
  • Story incidents

Unit 3: Fighting for Beliefs
10/31-11/22
Reading Informational Texts: Nonfiction Passages and Exercises Based on the Common Core State Standards (Book III) / Inferences
  • Explicit Meaning
  • Draw inferences
  • Analyze
  • Infer
  • Central Idea
  • Summarize
  • Supports the main idea
  • Analyzing relationships
  • People, events, and ideas in a text
  • Link their ideas
  • Comparison
  • Analogy

Unit 5: American Places
11/28-1/13
Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving / Figurative Language
  • Specific word choices
  • Figurative meanings
  • Connotative meanings
  • Analogies
  • Allusions
  • Personification
  • Figurative language
  • Tone
  • Meaning
  • Text structure
  • Style
  • Point of view
  • Suspense
  • Humor
  • Dramatic Irony
  • Third-person omniscient point of view

Unit 7: Scientific Solutions
1/16-3/17
Reading Informational Texts: Nonfiction Passages and Exercises Based on the Common Core State Standards (Book IV) / Structure
  • Figurative language
  • Allusion
  • Technical terms
  • Determine the meanings
  • Analogy
  • Connotative
  • Text structure
  • Introductory paragraphs
  • Develop a concept
  • Purpose

Unit 9: Facing Our Fears
3/21-5/5
To Kill a Mockingbird (Part 1) by Harper Lee / Plot/Scene
  • Analyzing adaptations of literary texts
  • Analyzing sources of fiction
  • Archetypes
  • Quest

Unit 11: Important Discoveries
5/8-6/9
To Kill a Mockingbird (Part 2) by Harper Lee / Claims
  • Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of a medium
  • Evaluate the evidence and reasoning used in a persuasive text
  • Claim
  • Evidence in an argument
  • Correct and relevant evidence
  • Analyze conflicting information

* Units refer to work in our reading text, Sadlier’s Common Core Progress 8

TEXTS:

Student Reading Text: Common Core Progress English Language Arts 8(William H. Sadlier, Inc., © 2014)

Special Note:

Students must purchase the following titles, in Kindle form except where noted:

1)Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

2)Reading Informational Texts: Nonfiction Passages and Exercises Based on the Common Core State Standards (Book III)– paperback

3)To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

4)Reading Informational Texts: Nonfiction Passages and Exercises Based on the Common Core State Standards (Book IV)– paperback

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Reading Terms to Know – Grade 8 (2016-2017)