FOCUS STANDARDS (UNIT 1)
Key: 6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade
Reading for Information:
RI.6.1: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
RI.7.1: Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
RI.8.1: Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Reading Literature:
RL.6.7: Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, poem, or drama to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what they “see” and “hear” when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch.
RL.7.7: Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film).
RL.8.7: Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.
Writing:
W.6.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
W.7.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
W.8.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Speaking and Listening:
SL.6.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners
SL.7.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 7 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
SL.8.1: 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.
Language:
L.6.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.6.1(a): Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (subjective, objective, possessive).
L.6.1(b): Use intensive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves).
L.7.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.7.1(a): Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences.
L.7.1(b): Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.
L.8.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.8.1(a): Explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and their function in particular sentences.
L.8.1(b): Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice.