Language Arts III - 8
Overview
Become a critical reader and thinker using fiction and informational texts. Acquire the tools to understand and express yourself through writing.
Major Concepts:
- Text connections
- Identifying theme
- Moving a story forward
- How theme develops
- Comparing and contrasting mediums
- Using context clues
- Thesaurus and dictionary skills
- Implicit and explicit meaning
- Finding the main idea
- Writing an effective summary
- Assess internet sources
- Why writers choose words
- Reading informational texts
- Researching and organizing information
- Avoiding plagiarism/citing sources
- Writing an introduction
- Connecting and supporting ideas
- Syntax and voice
- Writing a conclusion
- Revising writing
- Using formal language in writing
- Recognizing point of view
- Identifying the narrator
- Planning narrative writing
- Beginning a narrative
- Writing dialogue
- Writing the body of a narrative
- Using commas
- Temporal transitions
- Identifying and using verbals
- Structure of a text
- Identifying conflicting points of view
- Using supporting evidence
- Using correct spelling
- Capitalization rules
- Presenting information in different mediums
- Evaluating modes of communication
- Analyzing theme
- Greek and Latin roots and affixes
- Figurative language
- How words affect meaning and tone
- Syntax and diction
- American rights in Civic expression
- Interpreting implicit and explicit ideas
- Identifying irony and puns
- Poetic elements
- Types of literary conflict
- Point of view
- Analyzing plot pattern
- Interpreting symbolism
- Using and correcting types of verb moods
- Making a movie pitch
- Argumentation vs. persuasion
- Identifying multiple perspectives on an issue
- Finding credible sources
- Knowing your audience
- Making a claim
- Writing an effective introduction
- Using quotations
- Supporting your claim
- Acknowledging counter-claims
- Writing effective transitions
- Preparing a rebuttal
- Concluding an argument
- Maintaining a formal style
- Revising and editing
Advanced
- Historical context
- Analyzing style
- Writing in a different genre
- Analyzing poem structure
- Effect of poem structure on meaning
- Diction and poetic devices
- How authors create meaning and tone
Fee Details
| S.No. | Program Name | Fee Component | Amount (USD) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Regular | Course Fee | $ 250 | To be paid by the student at the time of Registration. |
| 2 | Advanced | Course Fee | $ 275 | To be paid by the student at the time of Registration. |
Grade Level
Grade 8
Duration
Annual
Requirements
All students select ONE novel below:
Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt
The Outsiders by SE Hinton
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein
Prerequisites
Recommended for 8th grade
