Grade 08 ELA - EC: E08.C.1.1.3

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

Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content

E08.C.1.1.3 E08.C.1.1.3

Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.

Activities

List words, phrases, and clauses that can be used to connect different parts of a piece of argumentative writing.
List words, phrases, and clauses that clarify the relationship between a claim and a counterclaim in argumentative writing.
Identify words, phrases, and clauses used to connect different parts of a specific piece of argumentative writing.
Identify words, phrases, and clauses that clarify the relationship between a claim and a counterclaim in argumentative writing.
Construct a cohesive and clear argument using specific words, phrases, and clauses.
Evaluate the clarity of ideas created by using specific words, phrases, and clauses to link various ideas in argumentative writing.

Answer Key/Rubric

Student lists words, phrases, and clauses that can be used to connect different parts of a piece of argumentative writing. Examples include, but are not limited to:

For example
To illustrate
Also
In addition to
Furthermore
Moreover
Similarly

Student lists words, phrases, and clauses that clarify the relationship between a claim and a counterclaim in argumentative writing. Examples include, but are not limited to:

However
Some might say
Instead
On the other hand
Alternatively

Student identifies words, phrases, and clauses used to connect different parts of a specific piece of argumentative writing. The student directly cites words, phrases, and clauses used to establish these connections. The student is also able to identify the function of the transitional words, phrases, and clauses in the written argument.
Student identifies words, phrases, and clauses that clarify the relationship between a claim and a counterclaim in argumentative writing. The student directly cites words, phrases, and clauses that are used to clarify this relationship. The student is also able to identify the function of the clarifying words, phrases, and clauses in the written argument.
Student constructs a cohesive and clear argument using specific words, phrases, and clauses. The constructed argument includes evidence of deliberately selected transitional and clarifying words, phrases, and clauses to connect different parts of the argument and to clarify the relationship between a claim and a counterclaim.
Student evaluates the clarity of ideas created by using specific words, phrases, and clauses to link various ideas in argumentative writing. The student evaluates a writer’s use of these words and the overall affect they have on a written argument.