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Subject Area - CC.1:
English Language Arts
  • Standard Area - CC.1.3: Reading Literature: Students read and respond to works of literature - with emphasis on comprehension, making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.
  • Grade Level - CC.1.3.8: GRADE 8
Standard - CC.1.3.8.A

Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.

Eligible Content:
3 Total
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Essential Elements (EE)
Assessments
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  • Anchor Descriptor - E08.A-K.1.1 Demonstrate understanding of key ideas and details in literature.
    • Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences, conclusions, and/or generalizations drawn from the text.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.1a Answer a literal question about a text.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.1b Answer an inferential question about a text.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.1c Cite the most important details and evidence from the text to answer literal and inferential questions.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.2a Identify the theme/central message of a story, drama, or poem using key details/evidence from the text.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.2b Summarize the text.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.3 Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story, drama, or poem propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.3a Identify how two or more elements of a story, drama, or poem interact.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
Standard - CC.1.3.8.B

Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences, conclusions, and/or generalizations drawn from the text.

Eligible Content:
3 Total
PASA DLM
Essential Elements (EE)
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • Anchor Descriptor - E08.A-K.1.1 Demonstrate understanding of key ideas and details in literature.
    • Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences, conclusions, and/or generalizations drawn from the text.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.1a Answer a literal question about a text.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.1b Answer an inferential question about a text.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.1c Cite the most important details and evidence from the text to answer literal and inferential questions.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.2a Identify the theme/central message of a story, drama, or poem using key details/evidence from the text.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.2b Summarize the text.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.3 Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story, drama, or poem propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.3a Identify how two or more elements of a story, drama, or poem interact.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
Standard - CC.1.3.8.C

Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.

Eligible Content:
3 Total
PASA DLM
Essential Elements (EE)
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • Anchor Descriptor - E08.A-K.1.1 Demonstrate understanding of key ideas and details in literature.
    • Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences, conclusions, and/or generalizations drawn from the text.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.1a Answer a literal question about a text.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.1b Answer an inferential question about a text.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.1c Cite the most important details and evidence from the text to answer literal and inferential questions.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.2a Identify the theme/central message of a story, drama, or poem using key details/evidence from the text.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.2b Summarize the text.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.3 Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story, drama, or poem propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-K.1.1.3a Identify how two or more elements of a story, drama, or poem interact.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
Standard - CC.1.3.8.D

Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.

Eligible Content:
3 Total
PASA DLM
Essential Elements (EE)
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • Anchor Descriptor - E08.A-C.2.1 Demonstrate understanding of craft and structure in literature.
    • Eligible Content - E08.A-C.2.1.1 Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-C.2.1.1a Determine the points-of-view of two or more characters or narrators in a text.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-C.2.1.1b Determine how the characters in the story make the reader respond.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Eligible Content - E08.A-C.2.1.2 Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts, and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.
    • Eligible Content - E08.A-C.2.1.3 Determine how the author uses the meaning of words or phrases, including figurative and connotative meanings, in a text; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-C.2.1.3a Identify the impact of word choice on the meaning of a text.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
Standard - CC.1.3.8.E

Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.

Eligible Content:
3 Total
PASA DLM
Essential Elements (EE)
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • Anchor Descriptor - E08.A-C.2.1 Demonstrate understanding of craft and structure in literature.
    • Eligible Content - E08.A-C.2.1.1 Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-C.2.1.1a Determine the points-of-view of two or more characters or narrators in a text.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-C.2.1.1b Determine how the characters in the story make the reader respond.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Eligible Content - E08.A-C.2.1.2 Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts, and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.
    • Eligible Content - E08.A-C.2.1.3 Determine how the author uses the meaning of words or phrases, including figurative and connotative meanings, in a text; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-C.2.1.3a Identify the impact of word choice on the meaning of a text.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
Standard - CC.1.3.8.F

Analyze the influence of the words and phrases in a text including figurative and connotative meanings and how they shape meaning and tone.

Eligible Content:
5 Total
PASA DLM
Essential Elements (EE)
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • Anchor Descriptor - E08.A-C.2.1 Demonstrate understanding of craft and structure in literature.
    • Eligible Content - E08.A-C.2.1.1 Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-C.2.1.1a Determine the points-of-view of two or more characters or narrators in a text.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-C.2.1.1b Determine how the characters in the story make the reader respond.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Eligible Content - E08.A-C.2.1.2 Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts, and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.
    • Eligible Content - E08.A-C.2.1.3 Determine how the author uses the meaning of words or phrases, including figurative and connotative meanings, in a text; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-C.2.1.3a Identify the impact of word choice on the meaning of a text.
        Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
        • Anchor Descriptor - E08.A-V.4.1 Demonstrate understanding of vocabulary and figurative language in literature.
          • Eligible Content - E08.A-V.4.1.1 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases based on grade 8 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. a. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph, a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. b. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede).
            • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-V.4.1.1a Use context to determine the meaning of an unknown or multiple meaning word.
              Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
            • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-V.4.1.1b Use a root word or affix to determine the meaning of a word.
              Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
          • Eligible Content - E08.A-V.4.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. a. Interpret figures of speech (e.g., verbal irony, puns) in context. b. Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of the words. c. Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., bullheaded, willful, firm, persistent, resolute).
            • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-V.4.1.2a Identify the meaning of figurative language in context.
              Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
            • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-V.4.1.2b Use relationships between words to aid comprehension.
              Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
        Standard - CC.1.3.8.G

        Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by directors or actors.

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        Standard - CC.1.3.8.H

        Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from traditional works, including describing how the material is rendered new.

        Eligible Content:
        1 Total
        PASA DLM
        Essential Elements (EE)
        Assessments
        Materials & Resources
        • Anchor Descriptor - E08.A-C.3.1 Demonstrate understanding of connections within, between, and/or among texts.
          • Eligible Content - E08.A-C.3.1.1 Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths and traditional stories, including describing how the material is rendered new. Note: “Stories” means narration of events told through the text types of stories, dramas, or poems.
            • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-C.3.1.1a Identify similarities or differences in a modern work of fiction and a traditional story.
              Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
        Standard - CC.1.3.8.I

        Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade-level reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies and tools.

        Eligible Content:
        2 Total
        PASA DLM
        Essential Elements (EE)
        Assessments
        Materials & Resources
        • Anchor Descriptor - E08.A-V.4.1 Demonstrate understanding of vocabulary and figurative language in literature.
          • Eligible Content - E08.A-V.4.1.1 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases based on grade 8 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. a. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph, a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. b. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede).
            • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-V.4.1.1a Use context to determine the meaning of an unknown or multiple meaning word.
              Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
            • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-V.4.1.1b Use a root word or affix to determine the meaning of a word.
              Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
          • Eligible Content - E08.A-V.4.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. a. Interpret figures of speech (e.g., verbal irony, puns) in context. b. Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of the words. c. Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., bullheaded, willful, firm, persistent, resolute).
            • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-V.4.1.2a Identify the meaning of figurative language in context.
              Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
            • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-V.4.1.2b Use relationships between words to aid comprehension.
              Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
        Standard - CC.1.3.8.J

        Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.

        Eligible Content:
        2 Total
        PASA DLM
        Essential Elements (EE)
        Assessments
        Materials & Resources
        • Anchor Descriptor - E08.A-V.4.1 Demonstrate understanding of vocabulary and figurative language in literature.
          • Eligible Content - E08.A-V.4.1.1 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases based on grade 8 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. a. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph, a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. b. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede).
            • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-V.4.1.1a Use context to determine the meaning of an unknown or multiple meaning word.
              Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
            • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-V.4.1.1b Use a root word or affix to determine the meaning of a word.
              Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
          • Eligible Content - E08.A-V.4.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. a. Interpret figures of speech (e.g., verbal irony, puns) in context. b. Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of the words. c. Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., bullheaded, willful, firm, persistent, resolute).
            • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-V.4.1.2a Identify the meaning of figurative language in context.
              Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
            • Alternate Eligible Content - E08.A-V.4.1.2b Use relationships between words to aid comprehension.
              Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
        Standard - CC.1.3.8.K

        Read and comprehend literary fiction on grade level, reading independently and proficiently.

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