Washington County Public Schools
2014-2015 Curriculum Pacing Guide
English/8th Grade
1st nine weeks / VocabularyPretest
Reading – Vocabulary/Word Origins / SOL # / Reading
The student will apply knowledge of word origins, analogies, and figurative language to extend vocabulary development within authentic texts.
£ Identify and analyze an author’s use of figurative language.
£ Use context, structure, and connotations to determine meaning and differentiate among multiple meanings of words and phrases.
£ Use roots, affixes, cognates, synonyms, and antonyms to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and technical vocabulary.
Use dictionaries, thesauruses, and glossaries to determine definition, pronunciation, etymology, spelling, and usage of words.
£ Discriminate between connotative and denotative meanings and interpret the connotation.
£ Extend general and specialized vocabulary through speaking, listening, reading, and writing. / 8.4
8.4a
8.4b
8.4c
8.4d
8.4e
8.4f / £ simile
£ metaphor
£ personification
£ hyperbole
£ symbol
£ connotation
£ etymology
£ cognate
£ synonym
£ antonym
£ affix
£ degree
£ sequence
£ product
Reading – Novel and Short Stories / SOL # / Reading
The student will read and analyze a variety of fictional texts, narrative nonfiction, and
poetry.
£ Explain the use of symbols and figurative language.
£ Make inferences and draw conclusions based on explicit and implied information using evidence from text as support.
£ Explain how authors use characters, conflict, point of view, voice, and tone to create meaning.
£ Understand the author’s use of conventional elements and characteristics within a variety of genres.
£ Compare and contrast the author’s use of word choice, dialogue, form, rhyme, rhythm, and voice in different texts.
£ Compare and contrast authors’ styles.
£ Identify and ask questions that clarify various viewpoints.
£ Identify the main idea
£ Summarize text relating supporting details.
£ Identify an author’s organizational pattern using textual clues, such as transitional words and phrases.
£ Identify cause and effect relationships.
£ Use prior and background knowledge as a context for new learning.
£ Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension throughout the reading process. / 8.5
8.5a
8.5b
8.5c
8.5d
8.5e
8.5f
8.5g
8.5h
8.5i
8.5j
8.5k
8.5l
8.5m / £ symbols
£ figurative language
£ explicit,
£ implied
£ conflict
£ point of view
£ voice
£ tone
£ static
£ dynamic
£ plot
£ initiating event
£ plot
£ climax
£ resolution
£ theme
£ haiku
£ limerick
£ ballad
£ rhythm
£ meter
£ repetition
£ alliteration
£ onomatopoeia
£ ballad
£ quatrain
£ free verse
£ couplet
£ foreshadowing
£ irony
£ dialogue
Writing – Grammar, Sentence Structure, Punctuation, and Spelling / SOL # / Writing
The student will edit writing for correct grammar, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, and paragraphing.
£ Use a variety of graphic organizers, including sentence diagrams, to analyze and improve sentence formation and paragraph structure.
£ Use and punctuate correctly varied sentence structures to include conjunctions and transition words.
£ Use quotation marks with dialogue and direct quotations.
£ Use correct spelling for frequently used words. / 8.8
8.8a
8.8b
8.8f
8.8g / £ dialogue
£ dependent clause
£ independent clause
£ paragraph
£ diagram
£ complex
£ singular
£ plural
£ tense
£ prepositional phrase
£ conjunction
£ consistent
£ transitional words
Writing – Personal Narrative and Expository Writing / Sol# / Writing
The student will write in a variety of forms, including narration, exposition, persuasion, and informational.
£ Identify intended audience. (B4)
£ Use prewriting strategies to generate and organize ideas. (B3, B6, B4))
£ Distinguish between a thesis statement and a topic sentence. (B4)
£ Organize details to elaborate the central idea and provide unity. (B4, B6)
£ Select specific vocabulary and information for audience and purpose. (B6)
£ Use interview quotations as evidence. (B3)
£ Revise writing for clarity of content, word choice, sentence variety, and transitions among paragraphs. (
£ Use computer technology to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writing. (B4, B5, B6) / 8.7
8.7a
8.7b
8.7c
8.7d
8.7e
8.7 f
8.7g
8.7h / £ narrative
£ expository
£ prewriting strategies
£ graphic organizer
£ purpose
£ audience
£ voice
£ tone
£ style
£ vivid language
£ figurative language
£ sentence variety
£ transitional words
£ sequencing
£ narrator
£ characters
£ revising
£ editing
£ thesis statement
£ central idea
£ conclusion
£ redundancy
£ cohesion
2nd nine weeks
Continue to review and expand skills
from previous six weeks and add: / Vocabulary
Reading – Vocabulary/Analogies / SOL# / Reading
The student will apply knowledge of word origins, analogies, and figurative language to extend vocabulary development within authentic texts.
£ Identify and analyze an author’s use of figurative language.
£ Use context, structure, and connotations to determine meaning and differentiate among multiple meanings of words and phrases.
£ Use roots, affixes, cognates, synonyms, and antonyms to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and technical vocabulary.
Use dictionaries, thesauruses, and glossaries to determine definition, pronunciation, etymology, spelling, and usage of words.
£ Discriminate between connotative and denotative meanings and interpret the connotation.
£ Extend general and specialized vocabulary through speaking, listening, reading, and writing. / 8.4
8.4a
8.4b
8.4c
8.4d
8.4e
8.4f / £ symbol
£ connotation
£ etymology
£ cognate
£ synonym
£ antonym
£ affix
£ degree
£ sequence
£ product
£ type
£ characteristic
£ association
£ purpose
Reading – Biography, Memoir, Essay / SOL# / Reading
The student will read and analyze a variety of fictional texts, narrative nonfiction, and poetry. (B1, B4)
£ Explain the use of symbols and figurative language. (B2)
£ Make inferences and draw conclusions based on explicit and implied information using evidence from text as support. (B2)
£ Explain how authors use characters, conflict, point of view, voice, and tone to create meaning. (B2)
£ Understand the author’s use of conventional elements and characteristics within a variety of genres. (B2)
£ Compare and contrast the author’s use of word choice, dialogue, form, rhyme, rhythm, and voice in different texts.
£ Compare and contrast authors’ styles. (B4)
£ Identify and ask questions that clarify various viewpoints. (B1, B2)
£ Identify the main idea. (B1)
£ Summarize text relating supporting details. (B2)
£ Identify an author’s organizational pattern using textual clues, such as transitional words and phrases. (B1)
£ Identify cause and effect relationships. (B1)
£ Use prior and background knowledge as a context for new learning. (B3)
£ Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension throughout the reading process. (B3) / 8.5
8.5a
8.5b
8.5c
8.5d
8.5e
8.5 f
8.5g
8.5h
8.5i
8.5 j
8.5k
8.5 l
8.5m / £ Symbols
£ Figurative Language
£ Explicit/Implied
£ Conflict
£ Foreshadowing
£ irony
£ Dialogue
£ Point of View
£ Voice
£ Tone
£ Static
£ Dynamic
£ Plot,
£ initiating event
£ plot
£ climax
£ resolution
£ theme
Writing – Persuasive and Informational / Sol# / Writing
The student will write in a variety of forms, including narration, exposition, persuasion, and
informational.
£ Identify intended audience. (B4)
£ Use prewriting strategies to generate and organize ideas. (B3, B6, B4))
£ Distinguish between a thesis statement and a topic sentence. (B4)
£ Organize details to elaborate the central idea and provide unity. (B4, B6)
£ Select specific vocabulary and information for audience and purpose. (B6)
£ Use interview quotations as evidence. (B3)
£ Revise writing for clarity of content, word choice, sentence variety, and transitions among paragraphs. (
£ Use computer technology to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writing. (B4, B5, B6) / 8.7
8.7a
8.7b
8.7c
8.7d
8.7e
8.7 f
8.7g
8.7h / £ persuasive
£ informational writing
£ prewriting strategies
£ graphic organizer
£ purpose
£ audience
£ voice
£ tone
£ style
£ vivid language
£ figurative language
£ sentence variety
£ transitional words
£ sequencing
£ narrator
£ characters
£ revising
£ editing
£ thesis statement
£ central idea
£ conclusion
£ redundancy
£ cohesion
Research / Sol# / Research
The student will apply knowledge of appropriate reference materials to produce a research product.
£ Collect and synthesize information from multiple sources including online, print and media. (B3, B6)
£ Evaluate the validity and authenticity of texts. (B5)
£ Use technology as a tool to research, organize, evaluate, and communicate information. (B3)
£ Make sense of information gathered from diverse sources by identifying misconceptions, main and supporting ideas, conflicting information, point of view or bias. (B3)
£ Cite primary and secondary sources using Modern Language Association (MLA) or American Psychological Association (APA) style. (B2)
£ Publish findings and respond to feedback. (B2, B6)
£ Define the meaning and consequences of plagiarism and follow ethical and legal guidelines for gathering and using information. (B1) / 8.9
8.9a
8.9b
8.9c
8.9d
8.9e
8.9 f
8.9g / £ Appropriate
£ Reference
£ Research
£ Synthesize
£ multiple sources
£ media
£ evaluate
£ validity
£ authenticity
£ diverse
£ misconceptions
£ bias
£ cite
£ primary source, secondary source
£ MLA, APA
£ Publish
£ Feedback
£ Consequences
£ plagiarism, ethical, legal
£ analysis, interpretation, evaluation
£ accurate
£ embed
£ quotations
£ opinion, facts
£ conduct
£ paraphrase
4th nine weeks
Continue to review and expand skills
from previous six weeks and add: / Vocabulary
Oral Language - Interviewing / SOL# / Oral Language
The student will use interviewing techniques to gain information.
£ Prepare and ask relevant questions for the interview.
£ Make notes of responses.
£ Compile, accurately report, and publish responses.
£ Evaluate the effectiveness of the interview. / 8.1
8.1a
8.1b
8.1c
8.1d / £ Interview
£ Subject
£ questioning techniques, relevant questioning
£ note-taking strategies
£ rubric/checklist
Oral Language – Public Speaking / SOL# / Oral Language
The student will develop and deliver oral presentations in groups and individually.
£ Choose topic and purpose appropriate to the audience.
£ Choose vocabulary and tone appropriate to the audience, topic, and purpose.
£ Use appropriate verbal and nonverbal presentation skills.
£ Respond to audience questions and comments.
£ Differentiate between standard English and informal language.
£ Critique oral presentations.
£ Assume shared responsibility for collaborative work.
£ Use a variety of strategies to listen actively. / 8.2
8.2a
8.2b
8.2c
8.2d
8.2e
8.2f
8.2g
8.2h / £ Topic
£ Purpose
£ Audience
£ vocabulary
£ tone
£ standard
£ informal
£ collaborative
£ strategies
£ variety
£ articulate
£ outline
£ technical
£ multimedia
£ clarify
£ rubric
£ evaluate
£ succinctly
£ relevant
£ effectively
£ diverse
£ flexibility
£ constructive
£ consensus
Oral Language – Media Literacy / SOL# / Oral Language
The student will analyze, develop, and produce creative or informational media messages.
£ Evaluate the persuasive/informational technique being used in nonprint media including television, radio, video, and Internet.
£ Examine how values and viewpoints are included or excluded and how the media can influence beliefs, behaviors, and interpretations.
£ Use media and visual literacy skills to create products that express new understandings.
£ Evaluate sources for relationships between intent and factual content. / 8.3
8.3a
8.3b
8.3c
8.3d / £ Mass media
£ Trends
£ Editorials
£ Advertisements
£ intent content
£ factual content
£ viewpoint
£ persuasive
£ opinion
£ public opinion
£ innuendo
£ glittering generalities, card stacking, bandwagon, testimonials, prestige, snobbery, plain folk
Reading – Novel, Short Story, Speech / Sol# / Reading
The student will read and analyze a variety of fictional texts, narrative nonfiction, and poetry.
£ Explain the use of symbols and figurative language.
£ Make inferences and draw conclusions based on explicit and implied information using evidence from text as support.
£ Explain how authors use characters, conflict, point of view, voice, and tone to create meaning.
£ Understand the author’s use of conventional elements and characteristics within a variety of genres.
£ Compare and contrast the author’s use of word choice, dialogue, form, rhyme, rhythm, and voice in different texts.
£ Compare and contrast authors’ styles.
£ Identify and ask questions that clarify various viewpoints.
£ Identify the main idea.
£ Summarize text relating supporting details.
£ Identify an author’s organizational pattern using textual clues, such as transitional words and phrases.
£ Identify cause and effect relationships.
£ Use prior and background knowledge as a context for new learning.
£ Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension throughout the reading process. / 8.5
8.5a
8.5b
8.5c
8.5d
8.5e
8.5f
8.5g
8.5h
8.5i
8.5j
8.5k
8.5l
8.5m / £ symbols
£ figurative language
£ explicit
£ implied
£ conflict
£ point of view
£ voice
£ tone
£ static
£ dynamic
£ plot
£ initiating event
£ plot
£ climax
£ resolution
£ theme
£ foreshadowing
£ irony
£ dialogue
Post-test
3rd nine weeks
Continue to review and expand skills
from previous six weeks and add: / Vocabulary
Reading – Vocabulary/Figurative Language / SOL# / Reading
The student will apply knowledge of word origins, analogies, and figurative language to extend vocabulary development within authentic texts.
£ Identify and analyze an author’s use of figurative language.
£ Use context, structure, and connotations to determine meaning and differentiate among multiple meanings of words and phrases.
£ Use roots, affixes, cognates, synonyms, and antonyms to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and technical vocabulary.
Use dictionaries, thesauruses, and glossaries to determine definition, pronunciation, etymology, spelling, and usage of words.
£ Discriminate between connotative and denotative meanings and interpret the connotation.
£ Extend general and specialized vocabulary through speaking, listening, reading, and writing. / 8.4
8.4a
8.4b
8.4c
8.4d
8.4e
8.4f / £ simile
£ metaphor
£ personification
£ hyperbole
£ symbol
£ connotation
£ etymology
£ cognate
Reading – Poetry / SOL# / Reading
The student will read and analyze a variety of fictional texts, narrative nonfiction, and poetry. (B1, B4)
£ Explain the use of symbols and figurative language. (B2)
£ Make inferences and draw conclusions based on explicit and implied information using evidence from text as support. (B2)
£ Explain how authors use characters, conflict, point of view, voice, and tone to create meaning. (B2)
£ Understand the author’s use of conventional elements and characteristics within a variety of genres. (B2)
£ Compare and contrast the author’s use of word choice, dialogue, form, rhyme, rhythm, and voice in different texts.
£ Compare and contrast authors’ styles. (B4)
£ Identify and ask questions that clarify various viewpoints. (B1, B2)
£ Identify the main idea. (B1)
£ Summarize text relating supporting details. (B2)
£ Identify an author’s organizational pattern using textual clues, such as transitional words and phrases. (B1)
£ Identify cause and effect relationships. (B1)
£ Use prior and background knowledge as a context for new learning. (B3)
£ Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension throughout the reading process. (B3) / 8.5
8.5a
8.5b
8.5c
8.5d
8.5e
8.5 f
8.5g
8.5h
8.5i
8.5 j
8.5k
8.5 l
8.5m / £ Symbols
£ Figurative Language
£ Explicit/Implied
£ Conflict
£ Foreshadowing
£ irony
£ Dialogue
£ Point of View
£ Voice
£ Tone
£ theme
£ Haiku,
£ limerick
£ ballad
£ rhythm
£ meter
£ repetition
£ alliteration
£ onomatopoeia
£ ballad
£ quatrain
£ free verse
£ couplet
Reading – Non-fiction Text / SOL# / Reading
The student will read, comprehend, and analyze a variety of nonfiction texts.
£ Draw on background knowledge and knowledge of text structure to understand selections. (B2)
£ Make inferences and draw conclusions based on explicit and implied information using evidence from text as support. (B3)
£ Analyze the author’s qualifications, viewpoint, and impact. (B4)
£ Analyze the author’s use of text structure and word choice. (B4)
£ Analyze details for relevance and accuracy. (B4)
£ Differentiate between fact and opinion. (B2)
£ Identify the main idea. (B2)
£ Summarize the text identifying supporting details. (B2)
£ Identify an author’s organizational pattern using textual clues, such as transitional words and phrases. (B2)
£ Identify cause and effect relationships. (B2)
£ Evaluate, organize, and synthesize information for use in written and oral formats. (B5, B4, B3)
£ Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension throughout the reading process. (B3) / 8.6
8.6a
8.6b
8.6c
8.6d
8.6e
8.6f
8.6g
8.6h
8.6i
8.6j
8.6k
8.6l / £ cause and effect
£ comparison/contrast
£ enumeration or listing
£ sequential or chronological
£ concept/definition
£ generalization
£ process
£ boldface and/or italics type
£ type set in color
£ underlining
£ indentation
£ sidebars
£ illustrations, graphics, and photographs
£ headings and subheadings
£ footnotes and annotation
Writing – Review all types of writing / Sol# / Writing
The student will write in a variety of forms, including narration, exposition, persuasion, and
informational.
£ Identify intended audience. (B4)
£ Use prewriting strategies to generate and organize ideas. (B3, B6, B4))
£ Distinguish between a thesis statement and a topic sentence. (B4)
£ Organize details to elaborate the central idea and provide unity. (B4, B6)
£ Select specific vocabulary and information for audience and purpose. (B6)
£ Use interview quotations as evidence. (B3)
£ Revise writing for clarity of content, word choice, sentence variety, and transitions among paragraphs. (
£ Use computer technology to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writing. (B4, B5, B6) / 8.7
8.7a
8.7b
8.7c
8.7d
8.7e
8.7 f
8.7g
8.7h / £ Review all previous vocabulary for this standard
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