• GLE-RW8


    COLORADO MODEL CONTENT
    STANDARDS FOR READING AND
    WRITING
    8th Grade Level Expectations
     
    Standard 1:
    Students read and understand a variety of materials.
    Eighth grade students will:
    1.1 use a full range of strategies to comprehend technical writing, newspapers, magazines,
    poetry, short stories, plays, and novels;
     
    1.2 paraphrase, summarize, synthesize, and evaluate information from a variety of text and
    genres;
     
    1.3 identify main idea and supporting details in a variety of text and genres;
     
    1.4 infer and predict using information in a variety of text and genres;
     
    1.5 monitor own comprehension and make modifications when understanding breaks down
    by reading a portion, using reference aids, and searching for clues;
     
    1.6 confirm meaning of figurative, idiomatic, and technological language using context
    clues;
     
    1.7 use background knowledge of subject and text structure to make complex predictions
    of content and purpose of text;
     
    1.8 use text structure, such as cause and effect, to locate and recall information;
     
    1.9 establish and adjust purposes for reading, such as reading to find out, to understand, to
    interpret, to enjoy, and to solve problems;
     
    1.10 apply knowledge of letter-sound correspondence, language structures, and context to
    recognize words;
     
    1.11 locate meanings, pronunciations, and derivations of unfamiliar words using
    dictionaries, glossaries, and other sources.
     
    Standard 2:
    Students write and speak for a variety of purposes and audiences
    Eighth grade students will:
    2.1 write stories, letters, and reports with greater detail and supporting material;
     
    2.2 choose vocabulary and figures of speech that communicate clearly;
     
    2.3 draft, revise, edit, and proofread for a legible final copy;
     
    2.4 apply skills in analysis, synthesis, evaluation, and explanation to their writing and
    speaking;
     
    2.5 incorporate source materials intro their speaking and writing (for example,
    interviews, news articles, encyclopedia information);
     
    2.6 write and speak in the content areas (for example, science, geography, history,
    literature), using the technical vocabulary of the subject accurately;
     
    2.7 recognize stylistic elements such as voice, tone, and style.
    Standard 3:
    Students write and speak using conventional grammar, usage, sentence
    structure, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
    Eighth grade students will:
    3.1 identify the parts of speech such as nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives,
    conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections;
     
    3.2 use correct pronoun case, regular and irregular noun and verb forms, and
    subject-verb agreement involving comparisons in writing and speaking;
     
    3.3 use modifiers, homonyms, and homophones in writing and speaking;
     
    3.4 use simple, compound, complex, and compound/complex sentences in writing and
    speaking;
     
    3.5 punctuate and capitalize titles and direct quotation;
     
    3.6 use possessives and correct paragraphing in writing;
     
    3.7 use prefixes, root words, and suffixes correctly in writing and speaking;
     
    3.8 expand spelling skills to include more complex words;
     
    3.9 demonstrate use of conventional spelling in their published works;
     
    3.10 use resources such as spell checkers, dictionaries, and charts to monitor their
    spelling and accuracy.
    Standard 4:
    Students apply thinking skills to their reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing.
    Eighth grade students will:
    4.1 recognize an author's or speaker's point of view and purpose, separating fact from
    opinion;
     
    4.2 use reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing skills to solve problems and
    answer questions;
     
    4.3 make predictions, draw conclusions, and analyze what they read, hear, and view;
     
    4.4 recognize, express, and defend a point of view orally in an articulate manner and in
    writing;
     
    4.5 determine literary quality based on elements such as the author's use of vocabulary,
    character development, plot development, description of setting, and realism or
    dialogue.
    Standard 5:
    Students read to locate, select, and make use of relevant information from a variety of media, reference, and technological sources.
    Eighth grade students will:
    5.1 use organizational features of printed text such as prefaces, afterwards, and appendices;
     
    5.2 use organizational features of electronic information (for example, microfiche headings
    and numbering, headings for accessing nested information in hypertext media), and
    library and interlibrary catalog databases;
     
    5.3 locate and select relevant information;
     
    5.4 use available technology to research and produce an end-product that is accurately
    documented;
     
    5.5 give credit for borrowed information in a bibliography.
    Standard 6:
    Students read and recognize literature as a record of human experience.
    Eighth grade students will:
    6.1 read, respond to, and discuss a variety of novels, poetry, short stories, non-fiction,
    content-area and technical material, and plays;
     
    6.2 read, respond to, and discuss literature that represents points of view from places,
    people, and events that are familiar and unfamiliar;
     
    6.3 use literature terminology accurately, including setting, character, conflict, plot,
    resolution, dialect, and point of view;
     
    6.4 apply knowledge of literary techniques, including foreshadowing, metaphor, simile
    personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration, and flashback, to understand text;
     
    6.5 use new vocabulary from literature in other context.