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READING
Academic Vocabulary Analysis | Grade 8 Reading
Fiction
8.6 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Fiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of fiction and
provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
8.2 Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing.
8.3 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different
cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
8.8 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Sensory Language. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about how an author’s sensory
language creates imagery in literary text and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
important words for concept development related to the genre word study
words new to grade level previously introduced words
Expository
8.10 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about expository text and provide
evidence from text to support their understanding.
8.2 Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing.
8.9 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Culture and History. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the author’s purpose in
cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to explain the
difference between a stated and an implied purpose for an expository text.
8.12 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Procedural Text. Students understand how to glean and use information from procedural texts and documents.
important words for concept development related to the genre word study
words new to grade level previously introduced words
Poetry
8.4 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and
provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
8.2 Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing.
8.3 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different
cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
8.8 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Sensory Language. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about how an author’s sensory
language creates imagery in literary text and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
important words for concept development related to the genre word study
words new to grade level previously introduced words
extended metaphor character use context to determine or clarify meaning
simile grade level academic words derived
from Latin, Greek or other linguistic
theme roots and affixes
complete function and description
analogies
common words and word parts from
other languages
dictionary, glossary, thesaurus
(meaning, syllabication, pronunciations,
alternative word choice, parts of
speech)
Drama
8.5 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Drama. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of drama and
provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
8.2 Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing.
8.3 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different
cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
8.8 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Sensory Language. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about how an author’s sensory
language creates imagery in literary text and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
important words for concept development related to the genre word study
words new to grade level previously introduced words
antagonists character use context to determine or clarify meaning
extended metaphor dialogue grade level academic words derived
from Latin, Greek or other linguistic
protagonists simile roots and affixes
staging complete function and description
theme analogies
common words and word parts from
other languages
dictionary, glossary, thesaurus
(meaning, syllabication, pronunciations,
alternative word choice, parts of
speech)
central message* mythology (myth)
cultural setting play
historical setting playwright
literary work values
Literary Nonfiction
8.7 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Literary Nonfiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patterns
and features of literary nonfiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
8.2 Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing.
8.3 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different
cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
8.8 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Sensory Language. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about how an author’s sensory
language creates imagery in literary text and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
important words for concept development related to the genre word study
words new to grade level previously introduced words
aphorisms simile use context to determine or clarify meaning
epigraph speech grade level academic words derived
extended metaphor theme from Latin, Greek or other linguistic
roots and affixes
complete function and description
analogies
common words and word parts from
other languages
dictionary, glossary, thesaurus
(meaning, syllabication, pronunciations,
alternative word choice, parts of
speech)
Persuasive
8.11 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Persuasive Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about persuasive text and provide
evidence from text to support their analysis.
8.2 Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing.
8.9 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Culture and History. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the author’s purpose in
cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
8.12 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Procedural Text. Students understand how to glean and use information from procedural texts and documents.
important words for concept development related to the genre word study
words new to grade level previously introduced words
logical fallacies author’s purpose use context to determine or clarify meaning
evidence grade level academic words derived
from Latin, Greek or other linguistic
rhetorical fallacies roots and affixes
topic complete function and description
analogies
common words and word parts from
other languages
dictionary, glossary, thesaurus
(meaning, syllabication, pronunciations,
alternative word choice, parts of
speech)
WRITING
Academic Vocabulary Analysis | Grade 8 Writing
Composition
8.17 Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts. Students write expository and procedural or work‐related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific
audiences for specific purposes.
8.14 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.
important words for concept development
words new to grade level previously introduced words
audience
draft
genre
thesis
topic
Revision
8.14 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.
important words for concept development
words new to grade level previously introduced words
coherence
focus
precise word choice
transitions
vivid image
Editing
8.14 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.
conventions for editing
new to grade level previously introduced
PUNCTUATION PARTS OF SPEECH
brackets adjectival phrases and clauses
commas after dependent adverbial clauses adverbial phrases and clauses
correct punctuation in complex sentences antecedents
ellipses appositive phrases
consistent tense
main vs subordinate clauses
modifiers
parallel structure
perfect and present tense verbs
participles
relative pronouns
simple, compound, complex sentences
subordinating conjunctions
PUNCTUATION
colon
commas after introductory structures
hyphen
parenthesis
semicolon