Eighth Grade English

Curriculum Pacing Guide Narrative

One Quarter = 9 weeks
Second Quarter
Reading/Literature
Literature Fcus! "n#rmatinal $rticles
%tudents shuld read the #llwing in the Glencoe Literature, Reading with Purpose (RP)!
&$ 'remendus 'rade( )* +erem* Ca,lan
&"n Res,nse t E-ecutive Order 9.//( )* 0wight Okita
&Cruise Cntrl( )* 1evin O2Lear*
&'atts! Fad3 Fashin3 r Fll*4( )* Linda 5ickersta##
&6e Real Cl( )* Gwendl*n 5rks
#rm Zoyas Story )* 7*a with +hn Fllain and Rita Crist#ari
&'he Ransm # Red Chie#( )* O8 9enr*
&'he Rad Nt 'aken( 5* R)ert Frst
&6ishing 6ell( )* 1ate %chmitt
&:ther t %n( )* Langstn 9ughes
&9arlem( )* Langstn 9ughes
#rm &' the 0emcratic Natinal Cnventin( )* +esse +acksn
&O Ca,tain; :* Ca,tain;( )* 6alt 6hitman
#rm Thuras Diary )* 'hura $l<6indawi
&Esca,ing( )* 7denk %l)dnik
#rm Reading at Night )* 0avid "gnatw
'he #cus # the students= reading shuld )e )ased n the la!a"a #ourse o$ Study standards
#r eighth grade >$R:'?3 the %$'<@. reading standards3 as well as the $la)ama 9igh %chl
Graduatin E-am reading )Aectives8 $ll standards are listed in se,arate clumns n the
,acing guide8
'he literar* terms #cus and the academic vca)ular* #cus shuld )e addressed thrughl*
while reading the a)ve te-ts8 'he ,acing guide includes these literar* elements and
vca)ular* lists and activities8
$n utside reading nvel shuld )e assigned t students #rm the )ard<a,,rved reading list
#r eighth grade8 'his nvel can cver the same literar* elements as thse cvered in the unit8
%uggestins are given in the ,acing guide and were selected )ased n resurce availa)ilit*
#rm ,u)lishing cm,anies and nline8
%u,,lemental materials such as #lda)les3 gra,hic rganiBers3 discussin guides3 and
Cuestins are indicated n the ,acing guide and can )e #und n the 'eacher 6rks C08
Grammar
'he #llwing skills shuld )e cvered and can )e #und in the Glencoe %riters #hoice
Gra""ar and #o"position (%#)!
End Punctuatin
%im,le %entences
Fragments 'hat Lack a %u)Aect r a Der)
0e,endent Clauses as %entence Fragments
0irect O)Aects
"ndirect O)Aects
%u)Aect Der) $greement
$ctual ,age num)ers are indicated n the ,acing guide8
'he #cus # the students= learning shuld )e )ased n the la!a"a #ourse o$ Study standards
#r eighth grade3 the %$'<@. Language standards3 and thse skills cvered in eighth grade that
crres,nd t the $la)ama 9igh %chl Graduatin E-am8 $ll standards are listed in se,arate
clumns n the ,acing guide8
'he grammar terms #cus shuld )e addressed thrughl* while teaching the a)ve units8
%u,,lemental materials are availa)le #r each # these units # stud* n the 'eacher 6rks
C08
6riting
'he #llwing shuld )e cvered and can )e #und in the Glencoe %riters #hoice Gra""ar
and #o"position (G%)!
Prewriting
Planning
0ra#ting
Revising
Editing
Researching
Cnventins
6rd Chice
Pur,se and $udience
6riting a Pem
$ctual ,age num)ers are indicated n the ,acing guide8
'he #cus # the students= learning shuld )e )ased n the la!a"a #ourse o$ Study #r eighth
grade as well as the $la)ama 0irect $ssessment # 6riting8 'eachers ma* want t cntinue
using the $0$6 grading ru)rics r the writing ru)rics included with the te-ts #r assessment
,ur,ses8
%u,,lemental materials such as discussin guides n the writing ,rcess3 gra,hic rganiBers3
etc8 as well as wrksh, in#rmatin are availa)le n the 'eacher 6rks C0 and are listed n
the ,acing guide8
Dca)ular*
Dca)ular* knwledge is essential t reading cm,rehensin8 5uilding relevant )ack<grund
in#rmatin and vca)ular* shuld )e a ,re<reading activit* #r ever* reading/literature lessn #r all genres!
#ictin3 including shrt stries3 nvels3 ,etr*3 dramaE as well as nn<#ictin8 "n additin3 students )ene#it
#rm a regular and mre structured s,elling and vca)ular* ,rgram8
Fse the #llwing Glence su,,lementar* materials t hel, *u incr,rate vca)ular* int *ur teaching #
literature!
Leveled Dca)ular* 0evel,ment $da,ted
Leveled Dca)ular* 0evel,ment ELL
Leveled Dca)ular* 0evel,ment Enriched
Leveled Dca)ular* 0evel,ment Grade Level
'here is a ne t tw<,age lessn #r each str* >nt including the warm<u, str* r the wra,<u, str*? that
#cuses n vca)ular* #rm that selectin8
Spelling Power 6rk)k >included n the %tudent 6rks C0? cntains the #llwing ,er lessn!
G units >cn#rming t the G units in the literature )k?
H lessns
$ review lessn
$ ,r#reading a,,licatin
Dca)ular* and %,elling unit in the student Gra""ar and Language %or&!oo& cntains the #llwing skills
>#r a ttal # I lessns and a review which culd )e wrked in ,eridicall* thrughut the *ear i# desired?!

%kills Cvered!
@8 wrds in cnte-t J8 hmgra,hs/hm,hnes
K8 wrd rts /8 )asic s,elling rules
L8 ,re#i-es/su##i-es >K lessns?
H8 s*nn*ms/antn*ms I8 K review ,ages #r vc8/s,elling