Cluster: Production and Distribution of Writing.

Standard: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

Cluster: Research to Build and Present Knowledge.

Standard: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

Cluster: Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity.

Standard: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

Cluster: Craft and Structure.

Standard: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

Cluster: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas.

Standard: Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

Cluster: Range of Writing.

Standard: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

Cluster: Key Ideas and Details.

Standard: Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

Cluster: Comprehension and Collaboration.

Standard: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

Cluster: Key Ideas and Details.

Standard: 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.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

Cluster: Knowledge of Language.

Standard: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

Cluster: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use.

Standard: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

Cluster: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use.

Standard: 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.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

Learning Domain: Reading Literature

Standard: Key Ideas and Details.

Indicator: 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.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

Learning Domain: Reading Literature

Standard: Key Ideas and Details.

Indicator: 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.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

Learning Domain: Reading Literature

Standard: Key Ideas and Details.

Indicator: Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

Learning Domain: Writing

Standard: Production and Distribution of Writing.

Indicator: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1���3 above.)

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

Learning Domain: Writing

Standard: Research to Build and Present Knowledge.

Indicator: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

Learning Domain: Reading Literature

Standard: Craft and Structure.

Indicator: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening

Standard: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas.

Indicator: Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

Learning Domain: Writing

Standard: Range of Writing.

Indicator: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening

Standard: Comprehension and Collaboration.

Indicator: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others�۪ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

Learning Domain: Language

Standard: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use.

Indicator: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

Learning Domain: Language

Standard: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use.

Indicator: 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.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

Learning Domain: Language

Standard: Knowledge of Language.

Indicator: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

Learning Domain: Reading Literature

Standard: Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity.

Indicator: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 6���8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)