Grade 08 ELA - EC: E08.C.1.2.3
Grade 08 ELA - EC: E08.C.1.2.3
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
Activities
- List words, phrases, and clauses used to create cohesion in informative/explanatory writing.
- List words, phrases, and clauses that clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts in a written informative/explanatory text.
- Identify words, phrases, and clauses used to create cohesion in a specific written informative/explanatory text.
- Identify words, phrases, and clauses that clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts in a specific piece of informative/explanatory writing.
- Construct a cohesive and clear informative written explanation using specific words, phrases, and clauses.
- Evaluate the clarity created by a writer through the use of specific words, phrases, and clauses to link various ideas and concepts in informative/explanatory writing.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Student lists words, phrases, and clauses used to create cohesion in informative/explanatory writing. Examples include, but are not limited to:
- For example
- To illustrate
- Also
- In addition to
- Furthermore
- Moreover
- Student lists words, phrases, and clauses that clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts in a written informative/explanatory text. Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Clearly
- Specifically
- Comparatively
- In comparison
- In contrast
- Identical to
- In reference to
- In addition to
- Similarly
- Student identifies words, phrases, and clauses used to create cohesion in a specific written informative/explanatory text. The student directly cites words, phrases, and clauses used to establish cohesion. The student is also able to identify the function of the transitional and linking words, phrases, and clauses in the written explanation.
- Student identifies words, phrases, and clauses that clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts in a specific piece of informative/explanatory 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 explanation.
- Student constructs a cohesive and clear informative explanation using specific words, phrases, and clauses. The constructed explanation includes evidence of deliberately selected transitional and clarifying words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
- Student evaluates the clarity created by a writer through the use of specific words, phrases, and clauses to link various ideas and concepts in informative/explanatory writing. The student evaluates a writer’s use of these words and the overall affect they have on a written informative explanation.
