Eighth Grade reading & writing skills progression
Writing
- Nonfiction Writing
- Reflective Writing
- Writing Process
- Brainstorming
- Revising Writing
- Editing
- Writing Organization and Structure
- Publishing
- Voice in Writing
- Relevant Details
- Informative Essay Structure
- Fiction Writing
- Poetry
- Realistic Fiction
- Creative Writing
- Research Writing
- Informational Writing
- Opinion Writing
- Argument Writing
- Narrative Writing
- Response to Literature
- Research Strategies
- Assessing Credibility of Sources
- Citing Sources
Grammar
- Language and Vocabulary
- Language
- Literary Devices
- Allusions
- Grammar and Mechanics
- Parts of Speech
- Verbals
- Gerunds
- Infinitives
- Participles
- Irony
- Spelling
- Irregularly Spelled Words
- Vocabulary
- Determining Meaning Using Context Clues
- Determining Meaning Using Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
- Root Words
- Shades of Meaning
- Synonyms and Antonyms
- Homophones and Homographs
- Figurative Language
- Onomatopoeia
- Analogies
- Alliteration
- Pun
- Personification
- Transition Words
- Nouns
- Verbs
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Sentence Structure
- Phrases and Clauses
- Active and Passive Voice
- Punctuation
- Plurals
- Commas
- Irregular Plural Forms
- Commas After an Introductory Phrase
- Commas With Nonrestrictive Elements
- Commas With Coordinate Adjectives
- Apostrophes
- Apostrophes in Plural Possessive Nouns
- Ellipses
- Verb Moods
Reading
- Reading Genres and Types
- Novel Study
- Reading Comprehension Strategies
- Identifying Problems and Solutions in Reading
- Making Predictions
- Identifying Problems and Solutions in Fiction
- Making Inferences
- Sequencing Events
- Making Inferences in Fiction
- Making Inferences in Nonfiction
- Summarizing
- Sequencing in Fiction
- Comparing and Contrasting
- Summarizing Fiction Texts
- Summarizing Nonfiction Texts
- Identifying the Main Idea
- Comparing and Contrasting in Fiction
- Comparing and Contrasting in Nonfiction
- Comparing and Contrasting Characters
- Cause and Effect
- Identifying the Main Idea in Fiction
- Identifying the Main Idea in Nonfiction
- Identifying the Author's Purpose
- Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction
- Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction
- Analyzing Word Choice
- Author's Purpose in Fiction
- Using Text Features
- Author's Purpose in Nonfiction
- Making Connections in Reading
- Nonfiction Text Features
- Analyzing Story Structure
- Making Connections in Fiction
- Making Connections in Nonfiction
- Analyzing Text Structure
- Analyzing Character
- Analyzing Point of View
- Themes
- Comprehension Questions
- Fiction Comprehension Questions
- Nonfiction Comprehension Questions
- Text Evidence
- Fact vs. Opinion
- Making Predictions in Fiction
- Fiction
- Poems
- Myths
- Nonfiction
