Grade 08 ELA - EC: E08.D.1.1.9
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
- State the components of a complete sentence.
- Identify examples of complete sentences.
- Identify sentence fragments in a text.
- Identify run-on sentences in a text.
- Construct original complete sentences.
- Revise sentence fragments and run-on sentences.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Student states the components of a complete sentence. A sentence is a group of words expressing a complete thought or thought unit. The components of a complete sentence are a subject and a predicate. The subject is who or what a sentence is about and a predicate is a verb that states the action or state of the subject.
- Student identifies examples of complete sentences. For example, “My cousin traveled to China” is a complete sentence because it includes a subject (my cousin) and a predicate (traveled to China).
- Student identifies sentence fragments in a text. A sentence fragment does not express a complete thought. A sentence fragment also does not include both a subject and a predicate. For example, “On top of the mountain” is a sentence fragment because it does not express a complete thought. Sentence fragments are identified as being incorrect sentence construction.
- Student identifies run-on sentences in a text. A run-on sentence includes multiple ideas that are brought together without correct punctuation. For example, “We were tried after the driving for six hours, we stopped at the hotel to sleep” is a run-on sentence because it includes multiple thoughts without correct punctuation.
- Student constructs original complete sentences. The original sentences constructed by the student express a complete thought and include a subject and a predicate. Correct punctuation is included in the sentences constructed.
- Student revises sentence fragments and run-on sentences. Revisions to sentence fragments include, but are not limited to, adding the missing sentence component or additional words to complete a thought. Revisions to run-on sentences include, but are not limited to, using punctuation including periods, commas, and semicolons to correctly separate multiple ideas expressed in the sentence.
