English Language Arts, Grade 8
Newfoundland and Labrador · Grade 8 · English Language Arts — the complete curriculum-aligned outline, taught skill by skill by MapleMind's AI tutor.
3Units
10Lessons
39Skills
Unit 1: Speaking and Listening
Growing as a speaker and listener: contributing to and sustaining discussion, communicating effectively, and interacting with sensitivity, respect, and a critical ear.
Target 1: Explore, Extend, Clarify and Reflect
- Reflecting on others' contributions to discussion
- Asking questions for clarification
- Responding with accuracy, relevancy, and validity
- Expressing a point of view with evidence from sources
- Listening to interpret main ideas and relevancy
Target 2: Communicate and Respond
- Applying strategies for effective talk
- Assessing when to clarify or elaborate
- Using effective speaking strategies
Target 3: Interact with Sensitivity and Respect
- Demonstrating active speaking and listening
- Expressing ideas with sensitivity and respect
- Recognizing bias and attitudes in oral language
- Examining how oral language influences and manipulates
Unit 2: Reading and Viewing
Growing as a reader and viewer: selecting and reading a range of texts, inquiring across sources, and responding to texts both personally and critically.
Target 4: Select, Read and View a Range of Texts
- Selecting texts for needs and interests
- Explaining how authors use text features
- Using reading and viewing strategies
- Assessing personal reading strategies
Target 5: Inquiry
- Identifying topics for inquiry
- Evaluating the reliability of information
- Comparing information from sources
- Using effective inquiry strategies
Target 6: Respond Personally
- Explaining personal responses with support
- Explaining points of view with evidence
Target 7: Respond Critically
- Recognizing that texts can be biased
- Questioning a text's language, form, and genre
- Recognizing the tools text creators use
- Describing how form and structure affect meaning
- Awareness that values influence critical response
- Describing the portrayal of culture and reality
Unit 3: Writing and Representing
Growing as a writer and representer: writing to explore and reflect, creating a range of texts for real purposes and audiences, and developing effective, well-crafted products.
Target 8: Write to Explore, Clarify, Reflect and Imagine
- Experimenting with strategies as a language learner
- Writing to reflect on ideas, values, and attitudes
- Assessing strategies and describing growth
- Integrating stylistic effects to create interest
Target 9: Create Texts
- Creating a range of texts
- Experimenting with forms and styles for purpose and audience
- Assessing feedback to inform future work
Target 10: Develop Effective Writing Products
- Choosing strategies to create varied texts
- Using the conventions of written language
- Using technologies for varied purposes and audiences
- Committing to the process of creating texts
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