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Grade 8 English

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Grade 8 English covers these 14+ core concepts:

Reading Comprehension StrategiesEvaluating Perspectives and BiasMaking InferencesWriting for Purpose and AudienceAnalyzing and Synthesizing TextsVocabulary DevelopmentWriting ProcessDiverse and Cultural PerspectivesDigital Media LiteracyOral CommunicationText Forms and GenresText Features and OrganizationVisual and Media TextsWriting Voice and Style

The 4 units of Grade 8 English

59 lessons total, sequenced in the order students learn them.

Literacy Connections and Applications

12 lessons

1.Using Skills Across Different Contexts

Reading Comprehension StrategiesMaking InferencesEvaluating Perspectives and Bias

2.Building Skills That Travel Everywhere

Writing Voice and StyleWriting for Purpose and Audience

3.Your Digital Life, Your Responsibility

Digital Media LiteracyVocabulary DevelopmentWriting for Purpose and Audience

4.Understanding How Media Texts Are Constructed

Digital Media LiteracyVisual and Media TextsEvaluating Perspectives and Bias

5.Communicating Responsibly in Digital Spaces

Digital Media LiteracyDiverse and Cultural PerspectivesOral Communication

6.Identity, Belonging, and Indigenous Ways of Knowing

Diverse and Cultural PerspectivesEvaluating Perspectives and BiasVocabulary Development

7.Understanding Themes in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Literatures

Diverse and Cultural PerspectivesLiterary DevicesReading Comprehension Strategies

8.Digital Media Literacy: Privacy, Phishing, and Copyright

Digital Media LiteracyVocabulary DevelopmentReading Comprehension Strategies

9.The SIFT Method and Types of Misinformation

Digital Media LiteracyEvaluating Perspectives and BiasReading Comprehension Strategies

10.Analyzing Digital Texts: Five Key Concepts

Digital Media LiteracyVisual and Media TextsEvaluating Perspectives and Bias

11.Choosing the Right Digital Tool

Digital Media LiteracyWriting for Purpose and AudienceResearch Skills

12.Literacy Skills Across All Subjects

Writing for Purpose and AudienceEvaluating Perspectives and BiasWriting Voice and Style

Foundations of Language

11 lessons

13.What Is Active Listening and Why Does It Matter?

Oral CommunicationVocabulary Development

14.Recognizing Oral and Non-Verbal Communication

Oral CommunicationMaking InferencesReading Comprehension Strategies

15.What Is Oral and Non-Verbal Communication?

Oral CommunicationWriting for Purpose and Audience

16.Understanding How Words and Body Language Work Together

Oral CommunicationDiverse and Cultural PerspectivesVocabulary Development

17.Using Body Language and Non-Verbal Cues Effectively

Oral CommunicationVocabulary DevelopmentSentence Structure

18.What Are Morphemes and Why Do They Matter?

MorphologyVocabulary Development

19.Words, Morphology, and Reading Fluency

MorphologyVocabulary DevelopmentReading Fluency

20.Reading with Fluency and Expression

Reading FluencyOral CommunicationReading Comprehension Strategies

21.What Are Complex Sentences and Why Do They Matter?

Sentence StructureGrammarWriting Process

22.Why Capitalization and Punctuation Matter

Capitalization and PunctuationGrammarSentence Structure

23.Mastering Punctuation and Capitalization Strategically

Capitalization and PunctuationSentence StructureGrammar

Comprehension: Understanding and Responding to Texts

22 lessons

24.What Is Knowledge About Texts — and Why Does It Matter?

Text Forms and GenresText Features and OrganizationReading Comprehension Strategies

25.What Are Text Forms and Genres — and Why Do They Matter?

Text Forms and GenresText Features and OrganizationReading Comprehension Strategies

26.What Are Text Patterns and Text Features?

Text Features and OrganizationReading Comprehension StrategiesText Forms and Genres

27.What Are Visual Elements and Why Do They Matter?

Visual and Media TextsAnalyzing and Synthesizing TextsReading Comprehension Strategies

28.What Is Point of View — and Why Does It Matter?

Point of View and Narrative PerspectiveElements of StyleReading Comprehension Strategies

29.What Is Narrator's Point of View — and Why Does It Matter?

Point of View and Narrative PerspectiveEvaluating Perspectives and BiasMaking Inferences

30.What Is Indigenous Storywork and Why Does It Matter?

Diverse and Cultural PerspectivesReading Comprehension StrategiesText Forms and Genres

31.What Is Prereading and Why Does It Matter?

Reading Comprehension StrategiesMaking InferencesVocabulary Development

32.Making Predictions: Active Reading Through Text Clues

Reading Comprehension StrategiesMaking Inferences

33.Predicting, Questioning, and Revising Understanding

Reading Comprehension StrategiesMaking InferencesVocabulary Development

34.Making Connections Through Active Text Monitoring

Reading Comprehension StrategiesAnalyzing and Synthesizing TextsVocabulary Development

35.What Is Summarizing — And Why Does It Matter?

Reading Comprehension StrategiesMaking InferencesAnalyzing and Synthesizing Texts

36.What It Means to Summarize and Synthesize

Reading Comprehension StrategiesMaking InferencesAnalyzing and Synthesizing Texts

37.Explaining and Comparing Your Reading Strategies

Reading Comprehension StrategiesMaking InferencesAnalyzing and Synthesizing Texts

38.What Are Literary Devices — and Why Do They Matter?

Literary DevicesMaking InferencesReading Comprehension Strategies

39.What Are Inferences — and Why Do They Matter?

Making InferencesReading Comprehension StrategiesAnalyzing and Synthesizing Texts

40.Evaluating, Synthesizing, and Sequencing Information in Texts

Analyzing and Synthesizing TextsEvaluating Perspectives and BiasDiverse and Cultural Perspectives

41.What Is Cultural Analysis in Texts?

Diverse and Cultural PerspectivesEvaluating Perspectives and BiasAnalyzing and Synthesizing Texts

42.Identifying Perspective and Bias in Texts

Evaluating Perspectives and BiasMaking InferencesReading Comprehension Strategies

43.Questioning Author Choices and Perspectives in Texts

Evaluating Perspectives and BiasDiverse and Cultural PerspectivesAnalyzing and Synthesizing Texts

44.What Is Critical Thinking in Literacy About?

Analyzing and Synthesizing TextsReading Comprehension StrategiesDiverse and Cultural Perspectives

45.What Is Critical Thinking in Literacy — and Why Does It Matter?

Evaluating Perspectives and BiasReading Comprehension StrategiesMaking Inferences

Composition: Expressing Ideas and Creating Texts

14 lessons

46.Identifying Audience, Purpose, and Topic Before Writing

Writing for Purpose and AudienceText Forms and GenresWriting Process

47.What Is Developing and Organizing Ideas?

Writing ProcessText Features and OrganizationPersuasive Writing

48.Gathering, Evaluating, and Organizing Information

Research SkillsAnalyzing and Synthesizing TextsWriting Process

49.What Is Organizing Content — and Why Does It Matter?

Writing ProcessText Forms and GenresWriting for Purpose and Audience

50.What Is Developing Ideas and Organizing Content?

Writing ProcessText Features and Organization

51.What Is Drafting Complex Texts?

Writing ProcessText Forms and GenresWriting for Purpose and Audience

52.What Is Voice in Writing — and Why Does It Matter?

Writing Voice and StyleElements of StyleWriting Process

53.What Is Voice, Point of View, and Perspective?

Writing Voice and StylePoint of View and Narrative PerspectiveWriting for Purpose and Audience

54.What Does Point of View Really Mean in Your Writing?

Evaluating Perspectives and BiasPoint of View and Narrative PerspectiveWriting for Purpose and Audience

55.What Is Revision, and Why Does It Matter?

Writing ProcessWriting Voice and Style

56.What Editing Really Means (and Why It Matters)

Writing ProcessCapitalization and PunctuationGrammar

57.What Publishing and Presenting Really Means

Publishing and PresentingWriting for Purpose and AudienceVisual and Media Texts

58.Publishing, Presenting, and Reflecting on Your Work

Publishing and PresentingWriting for Purpose and AudienceVisual and Media Texts

59.Publishing, Presenting, and Reflecting

Publishing and PresentingWriting ProcessWriting for Purpose and Audience

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