8th Grade English Language Arts

A Comparison

Reading

Speaking

Writing

Listening

All three are based on balanced literacy

Compose a variety of texts that demonstrate

clear focus, the logical development of

ideas in well-organized paragraphs, and the

use of appropriate language that advances

the author’s purpose.

WRITINGA Summary

Locate explicit textual information, draw

complex inferences, and analyze and

evaluate the information within and across

texts of varying lengths.

READINGA Summary

Apply listening skills as an individual

and as a member of a group in a variety

of settings (e.g., lectures, discussions,

conversations, team projects, presentations,

interviews).

LISTENINGA Summary

Understand the elements of

communication both in informal group

discussions and formal presentations (e.g.,

accuracy, relevance, rhetorical features,

organization of information).

SpeakingA Summary

PROCESS SKILLS

These essential TEKS should be taught on an ongoing basis throughout each nine weeks. This is essential to a student’s preparation for college and career.

• Use the text’s structure or progression of ideas such as cause and effect or chronology to locate and recall information

• Determine a text’s main idea and how those ideas are supported with details

• Draw inferences such as conclusions or generalizations and support them with text evidence

• Support responses by referring to relevant aspects of text

• Analyze characters, including their traits, motivations, conflicts, point of view, relationships, and changes they undergo

• Draw on experiences to bring meanings to words in context such as interpreting multiple-meaning words and analogies

CCISD ELA CurriculumA Comparison

Reading Listening Speaking Writing

CCISD & the TEKS

CCISD’s 8th Grade ELA Curriculum

aligns closely with the TEKS.

CCISD & the TEKS

Reading Writing

CCISD – College Readiness

Listening Speaking

CCISD – College Readiness

Possible Improvement – To continue to improve student’s college and career readiness, the district will need to continually improve its curriculum.

For continual improvement, curriculum writers in Clear Creek ISD will need to routinely evaluate the curriculum to meet the needs of all of our students.

The three curriculum standards are very similar and meet the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. Furthermore, Clear Creek ISD’s 8th grade ELA curriculum meets the standard’s set by all three curriculum standards .

Summary