English Language Arts, Grade 8
New Brunswick · Grade 8 · English Language Arts — the complete curriculum-aligned outline, taught skill by skill by MapleMind's AI tutor.
Unit 1: Speaking and Listening
GCOs 1-3 (woven): speaking and listening to explore, clarify, and reflect; communicating information effectively and responding personally and critically; and interacting with sensitivity and respect.
- Reflecting on others' contributions in discussion
- Asking questions that probe for accuracy and validity
- Stating a point of view convincingly with relevant support
- Listening to identify key points and evaluate details
- Choosing appropriate strategies for effective talk
- Adapting communication choices to purposes and audiences
- Giving instructions and responding appropriately
- Evaluating talk and the effects of verbal and non-verbal language
- Demonstrating active speaking and listening skills
- Expressing opinions with sensitivity to others
- Recognizing how spoken language influences and manipulates
- Matching speaking conventions to different situations
Unit 2: Reading and Viewing
GCOs 4-7 (woven): selecting, reading, and viewing a range of texts; interpreting, selecting, and combining information; responding personally; and responding critically applying understanding of language, form, and genre.
- Selecting texts for learning needs and special interests
- Reading widely across young adult fiction and literature
- Explaining how authors use organizational devices
- Reading with greater fluency, confidence, and comprehension
- Identifying reading processes and reflecting on growth
- Accessing sources with increasing independence and confidence
- Relying on a range of print and non-print sources
- Employing relevant research strategies
- Elaborating personal reactions with explanations and arguments
- Stating and justifying personal points of view
- Finding evidence to support claims with confidence and flexibility
- Assessing texts for bias and thinking critically about reliability
- Identifying features writers use for specific readers and purposes
- Responding critically to the form, structure, and content of texts
Unit 3: Writing and Representing
GCOs 8-10 (woven): using writing and representing to explore, clarify, and reflect; creating texts collaboratively and independently for a range of audiences and purposes; and using a range of strategies and conventions to develop effective writing and representing.
- Using writing strategies competently to extend learning
- Reflecting on effective strategies and personal growth
- Using various forms of note-making for purposes and situations
- Integrating interesting effects in imaginative writing
- Developing and expanding writing forms
- Choosing writing forms that match purpose and reader
- Representing ideas with other forms
- Keeping reader and purpose in mind when writing
- Asking for and incorporating reader feedback
- Using spelling, punctuation, and grammar capably
- Choosing writing process strategies with increasing regularity
- Using various communication technologies
- Committing to crafting pieces of writing
- Gathering and integrating information from a variety of sources
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