Grade 08 ELA - EC: E08.C.1.3.2
Grade 08 ELA - EC: E08.C.1.3.2
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
- Define dialogue as a narrative writing technique.
- Define pacing as a narrative writing technique.
- Define description as a narrative writing technique.
- Define reflection as a narrative writing technique.
- Identify examples of dialogue used by a writer in a specific written narrative.
- Identify examples of pacing used by a writer in a specific written narrative.
- Identify examples of description used by a writer in a specific written narrative.
- Identify examples of reflection used by a writer in a specific written narrative.
- Construct an original written narrative that uses narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection.
- Evaluate whether an originally written narrative effectively uses narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Student defines dialogue as a narrative writing technique. The student correctly defines dialogue as conversation or speech between two or more characters in a written narrative.
- Student defines pacing as a narrative writing technique. The student correctly defines pacing as the rate or speed at which a writer reveals plot events to the audience of a written narrative. Writers use as a narrative writing technique to develop the tone and mood of a story.
- Student defines description as a narrative writing technique. The student correctly defines description as the words used to describe the characters, situations, settings, and plot events of a narrative.
- Student defines reflection as a narrative writing technique. The student correctly defines reflection as a technique that involves a character or subject reflecting on the significance of the events and/or experiences described in a narrative.
- Student identifies examples of dialogue used by a writer in a specific written narrative. The student directly cites examples of dialogue in the narrative. The student correctly identifies and matches a line of dialogue to the character that said it and the reason why it was said.
- Student identifies examples of pacing used by a writer in a specific written narrative. The student directly cites words that signify examples of pacing in the narrative. The student correctly identifies the affect of pacing on the overall narrative.
- Student identifies examples of description used by a writer in a specific written narrative. The student directly cites descriptive and sensory words that show examples of description in the narrative. The student correctly identifies the affect of description on the meaning of the overall narrative.
- Student identifies examples of reflection used by a writer in a specific written narrative. The student directly cites examples and instances of reflection in the narrative. The student correctly identifies the reflections and its impact on the overall meaning of the narrative.
- Student constructs an original written narrative that uses narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection. The narrative constructed includes dialogue, a logical pacing of events, descriptions, and reflections woven throughout the piece. The narrative may also include character depth revealed through character traits and plot structure that includes a conflict and solution.
- Student evaluates whether or not an originally written narrative effective uses narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters. The student determines whether the plot structure and event sequence of the narrative unfolds naturally and logically. The evaluation also includes an analysis of the words and phrases including, but not limited to, descriptive details, sensory language, and reflection to develop the experiences, events, and characters described in the narrative.
