Appendix A - Implementing District Standards
Writing
ELA.8.15D - Write to entertain such as to compose humorous poems or short stories.
ELA.8.15F - Write in personal, creative, and academic forms to address specific audiences.
ELA.8.15E - Write compositions in which he/she consistently engages the reader with a natural and distinctive voice by employing controlled use of compositional risk elements active voice, and stylistic elements to develop unique or individual perspectives.
ELA.8.15H - Produce well-organized, focused and coherent compositions using effective transitions, voice, sentence fluency, and appropriate word choice.
ELA.8.18F - Refine and publish selected work in accepted formats for general and student audiences using traditional and technological methods.
Reading
ELA.8.7A - Read daily in independent-level materials; or appropriate lexile reading level.
ELA.8.10B - Establish and adjust purposes for reading.
ELA.8.8C - Read both assigned and self-selected texts to accomplish a variety of purposes such as to be informed, entertained, inspired, appreciate the writer's craft, and discover models for his/her own writing.
ELA.8.14B - Determine distinctive and common characteristics of elements of culture including communication, customs, and community through wide reading.
ELA.8.10I - Find similarities and differences across texts such as in treatment (the author's approach), scope (depth of information about the topic), and/or organization.
ELA.8.12F - Identify, describe, and analyze important characters, including their traits, points of view, causes of feelings and motivations, relationships, conflicts and their solutions, and the changes they undergo.
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