Genius Zone : 8th grade English

Lisa Christopherson (Ms. Chris)

Ext. 205 Planning Period 12:04-1:37pm

 

Link to RRPS Curriculum & Instruction Documents with all the NM Performance Standards

http://www.rrps.net/PDF/Curriculum/Eighth%20Grade/8thGradeLangArtsPS_Oct06.pdf

NM State Benchmark I-D: Grades 5-8
Demonstrate competence in the skills and strategies of the reading process

NM Grade 8 Performance Standards
1. Analyze the purpose of the author and the impact of that purpose by evaluating biases, messages, and underlying assumptions of a variety of texts and media.

2. Analyze the central thems and central ideas in literary and other texts in relation to personal and societal issues.

6. Independently appy the reading process and strategies to a variety of literary texts and use the defining features and structures of those works to understand main elements, perspectives, and style.

 

NM State Benchmark II-B: Grades 5-8
Apply grammatical and language conventions to communicate

1. Use correct and varied sentence types and sentence openings.

2. Identify and use parallelism to present ideas in a series.

4. Use subordination, coordination, apposition, and other devices to indicate the relationship between ideas.

5. Evaluate the use of dialects in standard and non-standard English.

6. Prepare an outline based upon a chosen pattern of organization to include an introduction; transitions, previews, summaries; a logically developed body; and an effective conclusion.

7. Revise writing for word choice, appropriate organization, consistent point of view,  and transitions between paragraphs, passages and ideas.

NM State Benchmark I-C: Grades 5-8

Apply critical thinking skills to analyze information

1. Create a research product in both written and presentation form by:
• determining purpose, audience, and context
• choosing a relevant topic
• evaluating information for extraneous detail, inconsistencies, relevant facts, and organization
• researching and organizing information to achieve purpose using notes and memory aides to structure information
• supporting ideas with examples, definitions, analogies, and direct references to primary and secondary sources
• citing sources used
• employing graphics, charts, diagrams, and graphs to enhance communication