ELA 8Th Grade Pacing Guide

ELA 8th Grade Pacing Guide

Comprehension Learning Path

Grade: / Lesson, Activity or Quiz:
Unit 1: Character
Literature: My Brooklyn Grandmother
______ / Comprehension 2: Compare/Contrast
Literature: LupitaMañana Part 1
Literature: LupitaMañana Part 2
______ / Comprehension 2: Draw Conclusions
______ / Compare and Contrast I
______ / Compare and Contrast II
______ / Dr. Dorn's Revenge I
Literature: Ruthie's Journal Part 2
______ / Comprehension Check 2
Literature: Shipwreck Part 1
______ / Comprehension Check 1
Literature: True North Part 1
______ / Comprehension Check 1
Unit 2: Making Inferences
Literature: Far North Part 1
Literature: Far North Part 2
______ / Comprehension 2: Make Inferences
______ / Make Inferences I
______ / Make Inferences II
______ / Inferences and Conclusions I
______ / Inferences and Conclusions II
Literature: The Wreckers Part 1
______ / Comprehension Check 1
Literature: Wright Brothers Part 1
______ / Comprehension Check 1
Literature: Shipwreck Part 1
______ / Comprehension Check 1
Literature: True North Part 1
______ / Comprehension Check 1
Unit 3: Cause and Effect
Cause and Effect: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Cause and Effect: Quiz 1
______ / Cause and Effect: Quiz 2
Think Aloud - Level 1 - Part 3
Cause and Effect: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Cause and Effect: Quiz 1
______ / Cause and Effect: Quiz 2
Cause and Effect: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Cause and Effect: Quiz 1
______ / Cause and Effect: Quiz 2
Unit 4: Author’s Purpose
Author's Purpose: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Author's Purpose: Quiz 1
______ / Author's Purpose: Quiz 2
Think Aloud - Level 1 - Part 4
Author's Purpose: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Author's Purpose: Quiz 1
______ / Author's Purpose: Quiz 2
Author's Purpose: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Author's Purpose: Quiz 1
______ / Author's Purpose: Quiz 2
Unit 6: Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
Inferencing: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Inferencing: Quiz 1
______ / Inferencing: Quiz 2
Think Aloud - Level 1 - Part 1
Inferencing: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Inferencing: Quiz 1
______ / Inferencing: Quiz 2
Inferencing: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Inferencing: Quiz 1
______ / Inferencing: Quiz 2
Unit 7: Plot
Plot: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Plot: Quiz 1
______ / Plot: Quiz 2
Think Aloud - Level 1 - Part 2
Plot: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Plot: Quiz 1
______ / Plot: Quiz 2
Plot: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Plot: Quiz 1
______ / Plot: Quiz 2
Unit 8: Plot, Character, and Setting
Plot, Character and Setting: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Plot, Character and Setting: Quiz 1
______ / Plot, Character and Setting: Quiz 2
Think Aloud - Level 1 - Part 3
Plot, Character and Setting: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Plot, Character and Setting: Quiz 1
______ / Plot, Character and Setting: Quiz 2
Plot, Character and Setting: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Plot, Character and Setting: Quiz 1
______ / Plot, Character and Setting: Quiz 2
Unit 9: Elements of Character Development
Story Sarah, Plain and Tall
______ / Comprehension Back on the Trail (character's actions)
Character Development
Literature: Far North Part 1
Literature: Far North Part 2
______ / Comprehension 1: Character, Plot, Setting
______ / Compare and Contrast I
______ / Compare and Contrast II
______ / Elements in a Passage I
______ / Elements in a Passage II
Dr. Dorn's Revenge I
Literature: The Wreckers Part 1
______ / Comprehension Check 1
Unit 10: Author’s Purpose and Point of View
Author's Purpose: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Author's Purpose: Quiz 1
______ / Author's Purpose: Quiz 2
______ / Author's Purpose
______ / Recognize Point of View
Determine Purpose and Theme I
______ / Determine Purpose and Theme II
Literature: The Scarlet Pimpernel Part 2
______ / Comprehension: The Scarlet Pimpernel (point of view)
Author's Purpose: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Author's Purpose: Quiz 1
______ / Author's Purpose: Quiz 2
Literature: True North Part 2
______ / Comprehension Check 2: True North
Unit 11: Main Idea and Theme: Fiction
Theme & Main Idea-Fiction: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Theme & Main Idea-Fiction: Quiz 1
______ / Theme & Main Idea-Fiction: Quiz 2
Think Aloud - Level 1 - Part 1
Theme & Main Idea-Fiction: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Theme & Main Idea-Fiction: Quiz 1
______ / Theme & Main Idea-Fiction: Quiz 2
Theme & Main Idea-Fiction: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Theme & Main Idea-Fiction: Quiz 1
______ / Theme & Main Idea-Fiction: Quiz 2
Unit 12: Identify and Understand Themes
Determine Purpose and Theme I
______ / Determine Purpose and Theme II
______ / Thank You, Uncle Louis I
______ / Inaugural Address: JFK I
______ / Pumped Up I
______ / Product That Kills I
Literature: Wright Brothers Part 1
______ / Comprehension Check 1
Literature: Ruthie's Journal Part 2
______ / Comprehension Check 2
Literature: Shipwreck Part 2
______ / Comprehension Check 2
Unit 13: Main Idea and Supporting Details: Non-fiction
Main Idea/Supporting Details-Non-Fiction: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Main Idea/Supporting Details-Non-Fiction: Quiz 1
______ / Main Idea/Supporting Details-Non-Fiction: Quiz 2
Think Aloud - Level 1 - Part 4
Main Idea/Supporting Details-Non-Fiction: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Main Idea/Supporting Details-Non-Fiction: Quiz 1
______ / Main Idea/Supporting Details-Non-Fiction: Quiz 2
Main Idea/Supporting Details-Non-Fiction: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Main Idea/Supporting Details-Non-Fiction: Quiz 1
______ / Main Idea/Supporting Details-Non-Fiction: Quiz 2
Unit 14: Compare and Contrast
Compare and Contrast: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Compare and Contrast: Quiz 1
______ / Compare and Contrast: Quiz 2
Think Aloud - Level 1 - Part 2
Compare and Contrast: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Compare and Contrast: Quiz 1
______ / Compare and Contrast: Quiz 2
Compare and Contrast: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Compare and Contrast: Quiz 1
______ / Compare and Contrast: Quiz 2
Unit 15: Identify Characteristics of Genres
Elements of Poetry
Understanding Fables
Historical Fiction about the Civil War
Literature: Poems By Langston Hughes
______ / Comprehension 2: Analyze Lang: Literary Devices
Elements of Fiction
Fiction
______ / Characteristics of Fiction
Reading a Biography
______ / Characteristics of a Biography
Literature: The Scarlet Pimpernel Part 1
Literature: The Scarlet Pimpernel Part 2
Literature: Hush Part 1
Literature: Hush Part 2
Literature: Ruthie's Journal Part 1
Literature: Ruthie's Journal Part 2
Literature: Shipwreck Part 1
Literature: Shipwreck Part 2
Literature: True North Part 1
Literature: True North Part 2
Unit 16: Comprehension of a Variety of Texts
Literature: My Brooklyn Grandmother
______ / Comprehension 1: Main Idea
Literature: LupitaMañana Part 1
Literature: LupitaMañana Part 2
______ / Comprehension 2: Draw Conclusions
______ / Identify Main Idea I
______ / Summarize I
______ / Summarize II
______ / Political Pioneers I
______ / The Road Not Taken I
______ / Pumped Up I
______ / A Product That Kills I
______ / Inaugural Address: JFK I
Literature: The Scarlet Pimpernel Part 1
Literature: The Scarlet Pimpernel Part 2
Literature: Hush Part 1
Literature: Hush Part 2
Literature: Surviving the Applewhites Part 1
Literature: Surviving the Applewhites Part 2
Literature: 19 Varieties of Gazelle Part 1
Literature: 19 Varieties of Gazelle Part 2
Unit 17: Charts and Graphs
Interpreting Charts & Graphs: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Interpreting Charts & Graphs: Quiz 1
______ / Interpreting Charts & Graphs: Quiz 2
Think Aloud - Level 1 - Part 2
Interpreting Charts & Graphs: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Interpreting Charts & Graphs: Quiz 1
______ / Interpreting Charts & Graphs: Quiz 2
Interpreting Charts & Graphs: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Interpreting Charts & Graphs: Quiz 1
______ / Interpreting Charts & Graphs: Quiz 2
Unit 18: Discriminate Fact and Opinion
______ / Fact, Fiction or Opinion
Literature: An American Safari
______ / Comprehension 2: Fact or Opinion
Literature: Growing Up in Coal Country Part 1
Literature: Growing Up in Coal Country Part 2
______ / Comprehension 2: Fact or Opinion
______ / Fact and Opinion I
______ / Fact and Opinion II
______ / Product That Kills I
______ / Comprehension Activity
Unit 19: Explain Effect of Literary Devices
______ / Language Analysis Paint a Picture (imagery)
______ / Language Analysis Creative Comparisons (metaphor)
______ / Language Analysis Heroes are Like Good Sandwiches (simile)
Figures of Speech in Poetry
Literature: Poems By Langston Hughes
______ / Comprehension 2: Analyze Lang: Literary Devices
Literal and Figurative Language
Flashbacks and Foreshadowing
______ / Techniques of Writing
______ / Figurative Language I
______ / Figurative Language II
______ / Ode to the West Wind I
______ / Mother to Son I
______ / The Old Man's Lazy I
Unit 20: Use Information to Form/Explain Questions
Literature: The Black Stallion
______ / Comprehension 1: Predict Outcomes
Literature: Far North Part 1
Literature: Far North Part 2
______ / Comprehension 2: Make Inferences
Literature: LupitaMañana Part 1
Literature: LupitaMañana Part 2
______ / Comprehension 1: Predict Outcomes
______ / Comprehension 2: Draw Conclusions
______ / Inferences and Conclusions I
______ / Inferences and Conclusions II
______ / Thank You, Uncle Louis I
______ / Inaugural Address: JFK I
______ / Pumped Up I
Unit 21: Reading Comprehension 1
Literature: LupitaMañana Part 1
Literature: LupitaMañana Part 2
______ / Comprehension 1: Predict Outcomes
______ / Comprehension 2: Draw Conclusions
______ / Make Inferences I
______ / Make Inferences II
______ / Inferences and Conclusions I
______ / Inferences and Conclusions II
Determine Purpose and Theme I
______ / Determine Purpose and Theme II
______ / Thank You, Uncle Louis I
______ / Inaugural Address: JFK I
______ / Dr. Dorn's Revenge II
Unit 22: Implicit Main Idea
Literature: My Brooklyn Grandmother
______ / Comprehension 1: Main Idea
Identify Main Idea II
______ / Identify Main Idea III
______ / Details I
______ / Details II
Cause and Effect II
Determine Purpose and Theme I
______ / Determine Purpose and Theme II
______ / Political Pioneers I
______ / The Road Not Taken I
______ / Pumped Up I
______ / A Product That Kills I
Unit 23: Comprehension Strategies
Understanding What You Read
Reading Carefully
Literature: The Black Stallion
______ / Comprehension 1: Predict Outcomes
Text Organizers
Using Context Clues when Reading
Literature: LupitaMañana Part 1
Literature: LupitaMañana Part 2
______ / Comprehension 1: Predict Outcomes
______ / Seeing Andrew's Destruction I
______ / Thank You, Uncle Louis I
______ / Inaugural Address: JFK I
______ / Mother to Son I
Unit 24: Reading Comprehension 2
Literature: Mother and Daughter
______ / Comprehension 2: Draw Conclusions
Literature: My Brooklyn Grandmother
______ / Comprehension 1: Main Idea
Identify Main Idea II
______ / Identify Main Idea III
______ / Summarize I
______ / Summarize II
______ / Inferences and Conclusions I
______ / Inferences and Conclusions II
______ / Political Pioneers I
______ / Thank You, Uncle Louis I
______ / Pumped Up I
______ / A Product That Kills I
Unit 25: Reading Development
Literature: My Brooklyn Grandmother
______ / Comprehension 1: Main Idea
______ / Identify Main Idea I
______ / Identify Main Idea II
______ / Summarize I
______ / Summarize II
______ / Children of the Wild West I
______ / Political Pioneers I
______ / Inaugural Address: JFK I
______ / Pumped Up I
Literature: Ruthie's Journal Part 1
Literature: Ruthie's Journal Part 2
Literature: Shipwreck Part 1
Literature: Shipwreck Part 2
Literature: True North Part 1
Literature: True North Part 2
Unit 26: Compare/Extend Text
Literature: The Giver
______ / Comprehension 2: Compare/Contrast
Literature: My Brooklyn Grandmother
______ / Comprehension 2: Compare/Contrast
______ / Compare and Contrast I
______ / Compare and Contrast II
Use Context Clues II
______ / Use Context Clues III
______ / Inferences and Conclusions I
______ / How to Make a Mask I
______ / Comprehension Activity
Unit 27: Reading Comprehension 3
Literature: My Brooklyn Grandmother
______ / Comprehension 1: Main Idea
______ / Summarize I
______ / Summarize II
______ / Follow Directions
______ / Inferences and Conclusions II
______ / Recognize Point of View
______ / Children of the Wild West I
______ / Political Pioneers I
______ / Pumped Up I
______ / A Product That Kills I
______ / Inaugural Address: JFK I
Unit 28: Summarizing
Summarizing: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Summarizing: Quiz 1
______ / Summarizing: Quiz 2
Think Aloud - Level 1 - Part 1
Summarizing: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Summarizing: Quiz 1
______ / Summarizing: Quiz 2
Summarizing: Interactive Guided Instruction
______ / Summarizing: Quiz 1
______ / Summarizing: Quiz 2

ELA 8th Grade Comprehension 1