Grade 08 ELA - Standard: CC.1.4.8.X
Grade 08 ELA - Standard: CC.1.4.8.X
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Grade Levels
8th Grade
Course, Subject
English Language Arts
Activities
- Identify various purposes for writing.
- Identify various audiences for writing.
- Identify examples of discipline-specific writing tasks.
- Summarize the process for writing done over an extended time frame.
- Describe types of writing that can be written in a short time frame.
- Compare the writing process for writing done over an extended time frame with writing completed in shorter time frames.
- Design a written response for a discipline-specific task with an appropriate purpose and audience.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Student accurately identifies various reasons for writing. Reasons include, but are not limited to, to inform, to entertain, to persuade, and to reflect.
- Student correctly identifies different audiences for writing. Examples of acceptable audiences may include:
- Peers
- Families
- Self (reflective and journal writing)
- Specific individuals
- Businesses or organizations
- Online communities or groups
- Student correctly identifies examples of discipline-specific writing tasks. Examples of discipline-specific writing tasks include, but are not limited to, literary analysis, scientific lab reports, and procedural writing explaining a mathematical process.
- Student correctly describes situations and processes for writing over an extended period of time. Writing done over extended periods of time may include major research assignments and long-term inquiry projects. The process for writing over an extended period of time includes time for research, reflection, and revision.
- Student correctly describes situations and processes for writing over a short period of time. Examples of short term writing situations may include any writing that is initiated and completed in a single sitting or in the course of a day or two.
- Student compares the writing process for writing done over an extended time frame with writing completed in shorter time frames.
- Student designs a written response for a discipline-specific task with an appropriate purpose and audience. The designed written response shows a clear relationship among the task, discipline, and purpose.
