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Language Arts OVERVIEW
Language Arts OVERVIEW

This Week In Class 11/16-11/20
This Week In Class 11/16-11/20

Sunshine State Standards
Sunshine State Standards

ESOL Strategies
ESOL Strategies

Adolescent Literacy
Adolescent Literacy

List of Reading Strategies
List of Reading Strategies

Reading Sequence
Reading Sequence

Reading Plan
Reading Plan

Websites for Vocabulary Development
Websites for Vocabulary Development

Traits of the Effective Reader
Traits of the Effective Reader

Vocabulary by Selection
Vocabulary by Selection

Traits of Effective Writing
Traits of Effective Writing

Condensed Scoring Guide for Writing
Condensed Scoring Guide for Writing

Top Writing Skills
Top Writing Skills

Broward County Homework Policy
Broward County Homework Policy

Poetry All Year
Poetry All Year

ZERO TOLERANCE LIST Period 1, 6
ZERO TOLERANCE LIST Period 1, 6

BCPS 8th Grade Core Works
BCPS 8th Grade Core Works

Description of the mature reader
Description of the mature reader

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BCPS 8th Grade Core Works BCPS 8th Grade Core Works
Core Works with FCAT CONTENT FOCUS

Core Works:
Nothing But the Truth (novel)
Raymond's Run (short story)
The Tell Tale Heart (short story)
Stop the Sun (short story)
Rules of the Game (short story)
The Treasure of Lemon Brown (short story)
O Captain! My Captain! (poetry)
Paul Revere's Ride (poetry)
Mother to Son (poetry)
Legacies (poetry)
Mi Madre (poetry)
Fear (poetry)
Pecos Bill (oral tradition)
The Diary of Anne Frank (drama)

FCAT READING 2009  GRADE 8
Cluster 1:  WORDS AND PHRASES IN CONTEXT
Analyze words and phrases in context

Analyze words/text
Conclusions/inferences
Context clues
TOTAL POINTS  8
Cluster 2: MAIN IDEA, PLOT, AND PURPOSE
Details/facts
Main idea/essential message
Text organization patterns
Author's point of view
Author's purpose
Plot development
Conflict/Conflict resolution
Descriptive language to establish mood, tone
Character development
Character point of view
TOTAL POINTS  24
Cluster 3:  Comparison/Cause and Effect
Comparison
Cause and Effect
TOTAL POINTS  15
Cluster 4:  Reference and Research
Locates, organizes, interprets information
TOTAL POINTS:  4





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