Grade 08 ELA - EC: E08.D.1.1.11
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
- Match a subject and a verb in a sentence.
- Match a pronoun to its antecedent in a sentence.
- Identify examples of subject-verb agreement.
- Identify examples of pronoun-antecedent agreement.
- Construct original sentences with correct subject-verb agreement.
- Construct original sentences with correct pronoun-antecedent agreement.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Student matches a subject and a verb in a sentence. The words matched by the student display an understanding that in a sentence a subject must agree in number and person with a verb. For example, “Nancy walks to work” matches a singular subject (Nancy) with a singular verb (walks). Additionally, “The sisters walk to school” matches a plural subject (sisters) with a plural verb (walk).
- Student matches a pronoun to its antecedent in a sentence. The words matched by the student display an understanding that in a sentence a pronoun agrees in gender, number, and person with the closest noun, or antecedent, that precedes it. For example, “My brother broke his arm” matches a third person, singular, and male subject (brother) with a third person, singular, and male possessive pronoun (his).
- Student identifies examples of subject-verb agreement. Citing evidence from a text, the student references complete sentences with examples of subject-verb agreement.
- Student identifies examples of pronoun-antecedent agreement. Citing evidence from a text, the student references complete sentences with examples of pronoun-antecedent agreement.
- Student constructs original sentences with correct subject-verb agreement. The sentences constructed by the student use verbs that agree with the subjects in person and number.
- Student constructs original sentences with correct pronoun-antecedent agreement. The sentences constructed by the student use pronouns that agree with the noun they represent in person, number, and gender.
