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Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
1st Six Weeks
Unit 1: Fiction and Nonfiction
Big Question: Is truth the same for everyone?
Selections Listed may be replaced by other text.
NCSCoS Unit
Objectives/Goals
CCSS Skill/Vocabulary
Terms
Instructional Strategies
Recommended Resources Recommended
Assessments
Days 1 & 2
Aug 25-26
Discuss the Classroom
Syllabus and
School Handbook,
Build Classroom
Rules/Expectations
Pretest
Class Syllabus
EMS School Handbook
Classroom
Rules/Expectations
Diagnostic Assessment
Week 1
Aug 29-Sept
2
I Can:
1.02.3 Review characteristics
of expressive works.
1.02.4 Determine importance
of literary effects.
I Can:
RSL9) Analyze how a
modern work of fiction
draws on themes, patterns
of events, or character
types from myths,
traditional stories, or
religious works such as the
Bible, including describing
how the material is
rendered new.
RSL9) Analyze how a
modern work of fiction
draws on themes, patterns
of events, or character
types from myths,
traditional stories, or
religious works such as the
Bible, including describing
Introduce
Vocabulary for the
Unit
Selection Vocabulary
Introduce the Unit Big
Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Introduce the author of the
selection
Teach Elements of Fiction and
Types of Fiction
Teach Characteristics of
Nonfiction and Types of
Nonfiction
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Choose a selection to teach
(A Retrieved Reformation or
Raymond’s Run)
Reading Skill Focus: Make and
Support Predictions
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Daily Formative
Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing Assessments
(Rubric)
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
5.01.7 Analyze the effects of
plot, theme, and style.
how the material is
rendered new.
RSL6) Determine an
author’s point of view or
purpose in a text and
analyze how the author
acknowledges and
responds to conflicting
evidence or viewpoints.
Literary Analysis: Plot
Complete Selection Activities
Complete Writing Activity
Extend Your Learning Activity
Research and Technology
Activity
Week 2
Sept 12-16
I Can:
4.02.1 Evaluate the quality of
communication by applying
knowledge of language and
media techniques.
4.02.3 Consider the impact of
conclusion.
I Can:
RSL7) Analyze the extent
to which a filmed or live
production of a story or
drama stays faithful to or
departs from the text or
script, evaluating the
choices made by the
director or actors.
RSL7) Analyze the extent
to which a filmed or live
production of a story or
drama stays faithful to or
departs form the text or
script, evaluating the
choices made by the
director or actors.
Selection Vocabulary
Continue Discussions/Activities
on the Unit Big Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Introduce the author of the
selection
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Choose a selection to teach
(Gentleman of Rio en Medio or
Cub Pilot on the Mississippi)
Reading Skill Focus: Read
Ahead to Confirm or Correct
Predictions
Literary Analysis: Conflict and
Resolution
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Daily Formative
Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing
Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
Complete Selection Activities
Complete Writing Activity
Extend Your Learning Activity
Research and Technology
Activity
Week 3
Sept 19-23
I Can:
2.01.2 Recognize
characteristics of
informational materials.
2.01.4 Analyze informational
materials for accuracy.
2.02.2 Understand focus.
I Can:
RSIT5) Analyze in detail
the structure of a specific
paragraph in a text,
including the role of
particular sentences in
developing and refining a
key concept.
RSIT9) Analyze a case in
which two or more texts
provide conflicting
information on the same
topic and identify where
the texts disagree on
matters of fact or
interpretation.
WS6) Use technology,
including the Internet, to
produce and publish
writing and present the
relationships between
information and ideas
efficiently as well as to
interact and collaborate
with others.
Selection Vocabulary
Continue Discussions/Activities
on the Unit Big Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Introduce the author of the
selection
Introduce the author of the
selection
Reading Informational
Materials
North Carolina Ferry System
Schedule
(Consumer Document)
Comparing Literary Works
Teach the following selections:
(Old Ben and Fox Hunt)
Literary Analysis: Comparing
Narrative Structure
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Daily Formative
Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing
Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Common Assessment
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
2.02.5 Evaluate information
for inconsistencies and
relevance.
RSIT7) Evaluate the
advantages and
disadvantages of using
different mediums (e.g.,
print or digital text, video,
multimedia) to present a
particular topic or idea.
Complete Selection Activities
Complete Writing Workshop
Extend Your Learning Activity
Research and Technology
Activity
Administer Common
Assessment
Reteach skills, judging which
skills to reteach by evaluating
students’ performance on the
Common Assessment.
Week 4
Sept 26-30
I Can:
3.01.7 Evaluate author’s
purpose.
4.01.2 Analyze author’s
purpose for bias.
I Can:
RSL6) Analyze how
differences in the points of
view of the characters and
the audience or reader
(e.g., created through the
use of dramatic irony)
create such effects as
suspense or humor.
SLS2) Analyze the purpose
of information presented
in diverse media and
formats (e.g., visually,
quantitatively, orally) and
evaluate the motives (e.g.,
social, commercial,
Selection Vocabulary
Reteach Skills Not Mastered
by students during this week.
Continue Discussions/Activities
on the Unit Big Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Introduce the author of the
selection
Choose a selection to teach
(The Adventure of the
Speckled Band or from An
American Childhood)
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Daily Formative
Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing
Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
Project Rubric
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
1.02.3 Review characteristics
of expressive works.
5.01.7 Analyze the effects of
plot, theme, and style.
political) behind its
presentation.
RSL9) Analyze how a
modern work of fiction
draws on themes, patterns
of events, or character
types from myths,
traditional stories, or
religious works such as the
Bible, including describing
how the material is
rendered new.
RSL6) Analyze how
differences in the points of
view of the characters and
the audience or reader
(e.g., created through the
use of dramatic irony)
create such effects as
suspense or humor.
Reading Skill Focus: Recognize
Details That Indicate Author’s
Purpose
Literary Analysis: Mood
Complete Selection Activities
Complete Writing Activity
Extend Your Learning Activity
Research and Technology
Activity
Instructional Coach
Week 5
Oct 3-7
I Can:
2.02.6 Research and organize
information.
I Can:
WS6) Use technology,
including the Internet, to
produce and publish
writing and present the
relationships between
information and ideas
efficiently as well as to
Selection Vocabulary
Continue Discussion/Activities
on the Unit Big Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Introduce the author of the
selection
Pre-reading Strategies
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis Activities
Writing About the Big
Daily Formative
Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing
Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
4.02.1 Evaluate the quality of
communication by applying
knowledge of language and
media techniques.
5.01.7 Analyze the effects of
plot, theme, and style.
3.01.6 Evaluate the
effectiveness of tone.
5.01.7 Analyze the effects of
plot, theme, and style.
interact and collaborate
with others.
RSL5) Compare and
contrast the structure of
two or more texts and
analyze how the differing
structure of each text
contributes to its meaning
and style.
RSL6) Analyze how
differences in the points of
view of the characters and
the audience or reader
(e.g., created through the
use of dramatic irony)
create such effects as
suspense or humor.
RSIT8) Delineate and
evaluate the argument and
specific claims in a text,
assessing whether the
reasoning is sound and the
evidence is relevant and
sufficient; recognize when
irrelevant evidence is
introduced.
RSL6) Analyze how
differences in the points of
view of the characters and
the audience or reader
(e.g., created through the
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Reading Informational
Materials
Sun Suckers and Moon
Cursers
(Magazine Article)
Reading Skill Focus:
Determining Purpose
Choose a selection to teach
(from Travels with Charley or
The American Dream)
Reading Skill Focus: Evaluate
Whether the Author Achieves
His or Her Purpose
Literary Analysis: Author’s
Style
Complete Selection Activities
Complete Writing Activity
Extend Your Learning Activity
Research and Technology
Activity
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
use of dramatic irony)
create such effects as
suspense or humor.
Week 6
Oct. 3 - 7
I Can:
5.02.1 Read a variety of
literature to study
characteristics.
5.02.4 Evaluate impact of
literary elements on meaning.
6.02.1 Use common spelling
rules and patterns and master
a list of often misspelled words
to identify and edit errors in
spoken and written English.
I Can:
RSL10) By the end of the
year, read and
comprehend literature,
including stories, dramas,
and poems, at the high end
of grades 6-8 text
complexity band
independently and
proficiently.
RSL4) Determine the
meaning of words and
phrases as they are used in
a text, including figurative
and connotative meanings;
analyze the impact of
specific word choices on
meaning and tone,
including analogies or
allusions to other texts.
LS2) Demonstrate
command of the
conventions of standard
English capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling
when writing.
Introduce the Unit Big
Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Introduce the author of the
selection
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Comparing Literary Works
Teach the following selections:
(Up the Slide and A Glow in
the Dark from Woodsong)
Literary Analysis: Comparing
Types of Narratives
Own Your Own: Readings in
Environmental Science
from Wilderness on 68th Street
Complete Selection Activities
Complete Spelling Workshop
Complete Writing Workshop
Complete Communications
Workshop
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Daily Formative Assessment
Selection
Writing Assessment/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
Six Week Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Project Rubric
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
6.01.2 Use appropriate verb
tense and agreement.
2.02.1 Determine audience and
context.
6.01.9 Apply correct language
conventions and usage during
formal oral presentations.
a Use punctuation
(comma, ellipsis, dash) to
indicate a pause or break.
LS1) Demonstrate
command of the
conventions of standard
English grammar and
usage when writing or
speaking.
b. Use an ellipsis to
indicate an omission.
WS6) Use technology,
including the Internet, to
produce and publish
writing and present the
relationships between
information and ideas
efficiently as well as to
interact and collaborate
with others.
LS3) Use knowledge of
language and its
conventions when writing,
speaking, reading, or
listening. Use verbs in the
active and passive voice
and in the conditional and
subjunctive mood to
achieve particular effects
(e.g., emphasizing the
actor or the action;
Extend Your Learning Activity
Research and Technology
Activity
Administer Six Week
Assessment
Cumulative Project
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
6.02.4 Developing an
awareness of errors in
everyday speech.
expressing uncertainty or
describing a state contrary
to fact).
LS2) Demonstrate
command of the
conventions of standard
English capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling
when writing.
a. Use punctuation
(comma, ellipsis, dash) to
indicate a pause or break.
b. Use an ellipsis to
indicate an omission.
c. Spell correctly.
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
2nd Six Weeks
Unit 2: Short Stories
Big Question: Can all conflict be resolved?
NCSCoS Unit
Objectives/Goals
CCSS Skill/Vocabulary
Terms
Instructional Strategies
Recommended
Resources
Recommended Assessments
Week 1
Oct. 10 -14
I Can:
3.01.5 Compare argument
and counter-argument.
5.01.7 Analyze the effects of
plot, theme, and style.
5.02.1 Read a variety of
literature to study
characteristics.
I Can:
RSL1) Cite the textual
evidence that most
strongly supports an
analysis of what the text
says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from
the text.
RSL6) Analyze how
differences in the points
of view of the characters
and the audience or
reader (e.g., created
through the use of
dramatic irony) create
such effects as suspense
or humor.
RSL10) By the end of the
year, read and
comprehend literature,
including stories, dramas,
and poems, at the high
end of grades 6-8 text
complexity band
independently and
proficiently.
Introduce Vocabulary
for the Unit
Selection Vocabulary
Introduce the Unit Big
Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Introduce the author of the
selection
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Teach Elements of Short
Stories and Literary Devices
Choose a selection to teach
(Who Can Replace a Man?
or Tears of Autumn)
Reading Skill Focus: Ask
Questions to Compare and
Contrast
Literary Analysis: Setting
Complete Selection Activities
Complete Writing Activity
Extend Your Learning
Activity
Research and Technology
Activity
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis
Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Daily Formative Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Week 2 I Can: I Can: Selection Vocabulary Continue Textbook Daily Formative Assessments
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
Oct 17 - 21 5.01.7 Analyze the effects of
plot, theme, and style.
5.01.11 Analyze
relationships among
characters and ideas.
RSL6) Analyze how
differences in the points
of view of the characters
and the audience or
reader (e.g., created
through the use of
dramatic irony) create
such effects as suspense
or humor.
RSL3) Analyze how
particular lines of
dialogue or incidents in a
story or drama propel the
action, reveal aspects of a
character, or provoke a
decision.
Discussions/Activities on the
Unit Big Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Introduce the author of the
selection
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Choose a selection to teach
(Hamadi or The Tell-Tale
Heart)
Reading Skill Focus:
Compare and Contrast
Perspectives
Literary Analysis: Character
Complete Selection Activities
Complete Writing Activity
Extend Your Learning
Activity
Research and Technology
Activity
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis
Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Selection Assessments
Writing Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Week 3
Oct 24 – 28
I Can:
2.01.3 Summarize
information.
I Can:
RSIT2) Determine a
central idea of a text and
analyze its development
over the course of the
text, including its
relationship to supporting
Selection Vocabulary
Continue
Discussions/Activities on the
Unit Big Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Introduce the author of the
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis
Daily Formative Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Common Assessment
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
3.01.5 Compare argument
and counter-argument.
1.02.4 Determine
importance of literary
effects.
5.01.11 Analyze
relationships among
characters and ideas.
ideas; provide an
objective summary of the
text.
RSL1) Cite the textual
evidence that most
strongly supports an
analysis of what the text
says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from
the text.
RSL9) Analyze how a
modern work of fiction
draws on themes,
patterns of events, or
character types from
myths, traditional stories,
or religious works such as
the Bible, including
describing how the
material is rendered new.
RSL3) Analyze how
particular lines of
dialogue or incidents in a
story or drama propel the
action, reveal aspects of a
character, or provoke a
decision.
selection
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Introduce the author of the
selections
Reading Informational
Materials
Two Summaries of the Tell-
Tale Heart
(Summaries)
Reading Skill Focus:
Compare an Original With Its
Summary
Comparing Literary Works
Teach the following
selections:
(The Finish of Patsy Barnes
and The Drummer Boy of
Shiloh
Literary Analysis: Comparing
Characters of Different
Historical Eras
Complete Selection Activities
Complete Writing Workshop
Extend Your Learning
Activity
Research and Technology
Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
Activity
Administer Common
Assessment
Reteach skills, judging which
skills to reteach by evaluating
students’ performance on the
Common Assessment.
Week 4
Oct 31 – Nov 4
I Can:
3.02.2 Utilize problems-
solution process in various
situations.
4.01.4 Evaluate effects of
author’s craft.
4.01.3 Evaluate author’s
underlying assumptions.
I Can:
WS4) Produce clear and
coherent writing in which
the development,
organization, and style
are appropriate to task,
purpose, and audience.
SLS2) Analyze the
purpose of information
presented in diverse
media and formats (e.g.,
visually, quantitatively,
orally) and evaluate the
motives (e.g., social,
commercial, political)
behind its presentation.
SLS2) Analyze the
purpose of information
presented in diverse
media and formats (e.g.,
Selection Vocabulary
Reteach Skills Not Mastered
by students during this week.
Continue
Discussions/Activities on the
Unit Big Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Introduce the author of the
selection
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Choose a selection to teach
(Flowers for Algernon or
Charles)
Reading Skill Focus: Use
Details to Make Inferences
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis
Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Daily Formative Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
1.01.2 Establish point of
view.
visually, quantitatively,
orally) and evaluate the
motives (e.g., social,
commercial, political)
behind its presentation.
WS3) Write narratives to
develop real or imagined
experiences or events
using effective technique,
relevant descriptive
details, and well-
structured event
sequences.
a. Engage and orient the
reader by establishing a
context and point of view
and introducing a
narrator and/or
characters; organize an
event sequence that
unfolds naturally and
logically.
Literary Analysis: Point of
View
Complete Selection Activities
Complete Writing Activity
Extend Your Learning
Activity
Research and Technology
Activity
Week 5
Nov 7 -11
I Can:
5.01.7 Analyze the effects of
plot, theme, and style.
I Can:
RSL6) Analyze how
differences in the points
of view of the characters
and the audience or
reader (e.g., created
through the use of
dramatic irony) create
Selection Vocabulary
Continue
Discussion/Activities on the
Unit Big Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Introduce the author of the
selection
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis
Activities
Daily Formative Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
5.01.9 Analyze themes in
literature in relation to self
and society.
such effects as suspense
or humor.
RSIT2) Determine a
central idea of a text and
analyze its development
over the course of the
text, including its
relationship to supporting
ideas; provide an
objective summary of the
text.
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Choose a selection to teach
(Thank You, M’am or The
Story-Teller)
Reading Skill Focus: Make
Inferences to Determine
Meaning
Literary Analysis: Theme
Complete Selection Activities
Complete Writing Activity
Extend Your Learning
Activity
Research and Technology
Activity
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
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Instructional Coach
Week 6
Nov 14 - 18
I Can:
3.01.4 Recognize the effects
of bias.
4.02.1 Evaluate the quality
of communication by
applying knowledge of
I Can:
RSIT8) Delineate and
evaluate the argument
and specific claims in a
text, assessing whether
the reasoning is sound
and the evidence is
relevant and sufficient;
recognize when irrelevant
evidence is introduced.
RSL7) Analyze the extent
to which a filmed or live
production of a story or
Selection Vocabulary
Introduce the Unit Big
Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Introduce the author of the
selection
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Reading Informational
Materials
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis
Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Daily Formative Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Six Week Assessment
Project Rubric
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
language and media
techniques.
3.01.5 Compare argument
and counter-argument.
6.02.3 Producing final
drafts that demonstrate
accurate spelling and the
correct use of punctuation
and capitalization.
1.01.2 Establish a point of
view.
drama stays faithful to or
departs from the text or
script, evaluating the
choices made by the
director or actors.
RSL1) Cite the textual
evidence that most
strongly supports an
analysis of what the text
says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from
the text.
LS2) Demonstrate
command of the
conventions of standard
English capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling
when writing.
a. Use punctuation
(comma, ellipsis, dash) to
indicate a pause or break.
WS3) Write narratives to
develop real or imagined
experiences or events
using effective technique,
relevant descriptive
details, and well-
structured event
sequences.
-Engage and orient the
reader by establishing a
Western Trains and
Pennsylvania Railroad
Advertisements
(Advertisements)
Reading Recognize Appeals to
Emotion
Comparing Literary Works
Teach the following
selections:
(The White Umbrella and
The Medicine Bag)
Literary Analysis: Comparing
Symbols
Own Your Own
Readings in Popular Culture
(Stephen King: His Books,
His Life, His Wife)
Complete Selection Activities
Spelling Workshop
Complete Writing Workshop
Complete Communications
Workshop
Extend Your Learning
Activity
Research and Technology
Activity
Administer Six Week
Assessment
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
2.02.3 Choose a relevant
topic.
2.01.4 Analyze
informational materials for
accuracy.
6.02.4 Developing an
awareness of errors in
everyday speech.
context and point of view
and introducing a
narrator and/or
characters; organize an
event sequence that
unfolds naturally and
logically.
WS6) Use technology,
including the Internet, to
produce and publish
writing and present the
relationships between
information and ideas
efficiently as well as to
interact and collaborate
with others.
RSIT1) Cite the textual
evidence that most
strongly supports an
analysis of what the text
says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from
the text.
LS2) Demonstrate
command of the
conventions of standard
English capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling
when writing.
a. Use
punctuation
Cumulative Project
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
(comma,
ellipsis, dash)
to indicate a
pause or
break.
b. Use an ellipsis
to indicate an
omission.
c. Spell correctly.
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
3rd Six Weeks
Unit 3: Types of Nonfiction
Big Question: How much information is enough?
NCSCoS Unit
Objectives/Goals
CCSS Skill/Vocabulary
Terms
Instructional Strategies
Recommended
Resources
Recommended
Assessments
Week 1
Nov 28 – Dec 2
I Can:
1.01.4 Select illuminating
details.
2.01.5 Connect
informational materials to
related topics.
5.02.2 Evaluate the impact
of genre-specific
characteristics on text.
I Can:
WS3) Write narratives to
develop real or imagined
experiences or events using
effective technique,
relevant descriptive
details, and well-structure
event sequences.
d. Use precise words and
phrases, relevant
descriptive details, and
sensory language to
capture the action and
convey experiences and
events.
RSIT3) Analyze how a text
makes connections among
and distinctions between
individual, ideas, or events
(e.g., through
comparisons, analogies, or
categories).
RSL4) Determine the
meaning of words and
phrases as they are used in
a text, including figurative
and connotative meanings;
Introduce
Vocabulary for the
Unit
Selection Vocabulary
Introduce the Unit Big
Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Introduce the author of the
selection
Teach Elements of
Non-Fiction Writing and
Types of Nonfiction Writing
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Choose a selection to teach
(Harriet Tubman: Guide to
Freedom or Baseball)
Reading Skill Focus: Identify
Implied Main Idea
Literary Analysis: Narrative
Essay
Complete Selection Activities
Complete Writing Activity
Extend Your Learning
Activity
Research and Technology
Activity
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis
Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Daily Formative Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web codeena-6112
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
5.02.3Evaluate how
author’s use of genre
shapes meaning.
analyze the impact of
specific word choices on
meaning and tone,
including analogies or
allusions to other texts.
RSIT4) Determine the
meaning of words and
phrases as they are used in
a text, including figurative,
connotative, and technical
meanings; analyze the
impact of specific word
choices on meaning and
tone, including analogies
or allusions to other texts.
Week 2
Dec 5 - 9
I Can:
1.02.2 Monitor expressive
materials for
comprehension.
2.01.2 Recognize
characteristics of
informational materials.
I Can:
RSL9) Analyze how a
modern work of fiction
draws on themes, patterns
of events, or character
types from myths,
traditional stories, or
religious works such as the
bible, including describing
how the material is
rendered new.
RSIT5) Analyze in detail
the structure of a specific
paragraph in a text,
including the role of
Selection Vocabulary
Continue
Discussions/Activities on the
Unit Big Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Introduce the author of the
selection
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Choose a selection to teach
(from I Know Why the Caged
Bird Sings or Always to
Remember: The Vision of
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis
Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
Daily Formative Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
particular sentences in
developing and refining a
key concept.
Maya Ying Lin)
Reading Skill Focus: Connect
Main Idea With Supporting
Paragraphs
Literary Analysis:
Biographical and
Autobiographical Essays
Complete Selection Activities
Complete Writing Activity
Extend Your Learning
Activity
Research and Technology
Activity
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Week 3
Dec 12 - 16
I Can:
1.01.1 Create an organized
personal narrative.
I Can:
WS3) Write narratives to
develop real or imagined
experiences or events using
effective technique,
relevant descriptive
details, and well-
structured event
sequences.
Engage and orient the
reader by establishing a
context and point of view
and introducing a narrator
and/or characters;
organize an event sequence
that unfolds naturally and
logically.
Selection Vocabulary
Continue
Discussions/Activities on the
Unit Big Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Introduce the author of the
selection
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Read Informational
Materials
The War in Vietnam from
The American Nation
(Textbook)
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis
Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Daily Formative Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Common Assessment
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
2.02.1 Determine audience
and context.
2.02.5 Evaluate
information for
inconsistencies and
relevance.
3.03.5 Create an argument
with appropriate
organizing structure.
WS6) Use technology,
including the Internet, to
produce and publish
writing and present the
relationships between
information and ideas
efficiently as well as to
interact and collaborate
with others.
RSIT 7) Evaluate the
advantages and
disadvantages of using
different mediums (e.g.,
print or digital text, video,
multimedia) to present a
particular topic or idea.
WS1) Write arguments to
support claims with clear
reasons and relevant
evidence.
e. Provide a concluding
statement or section that
follows from and supports
the argument presented.
Reading Skill Focus: Skim
and Scan to Locate
Information
Introduce the author of the
selection
Comparing Literary Works
Teach the following :
(Forest Fire and Why Leaves
Turn Color in the Fall and
The Season’s Curmudgeon
Sees the Light)
Literary
Analysis:ComparingTypes of
Organization
Complete Selection Activities
Complete Writing Workshop
Extend Your Learning
Activity
Research and Technology
Activity
Administer Common
Assessment
Reteach skills, judging which
skills to reteach by evaluating
students’ performance on the
Common Assessment.
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Week 4
Jan 2 – 6
I Can:
1.03.1 Share reactions in
I Can:
SLS1) Engage effectively
Selection Vocabulary
Reteach Skills Not Mastered
by students during this week.
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
Daily Formative Assessments
Selection Assessments
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
group activities.
1.03.2 Support opinions
with textual examples.
in a range of collaborative
discussions (one-on-one, in
groups, and teacher-led)
with diverse partners on
grade 8 topics, texts, and
issues, building on others’
ideas and expressing their
own clearly.
c. Pose questions that
connect the ideas of
several speakers and
respond to others’
questions and comments
with relevant evidence,
observations, and ideas.
SLS1) Engage effectively
in a range of collaborative
discussions (one-on-one, in
groups, and teacher-led)
with diverse partners on
grade 8 topics, texts, and
issues, building on others’
ideas and expressing their
own clearly.
c. Pose questions that
connect the ideas of
several speakers and
respond to others’
questions and comments
with relevant evidence,
observations, and ideas.
Continue
Discussions/Activities on the
Unit Big Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Introduce the author of the
selection
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Choose a selection to teach
(On Woman’s Right to
suffrage or The Trouble with
Television)
Reading Skill: Recognize
Clues That Indicate an
Opinion
Literary Analysis: Persuasive
Techniques
Complete Selection Activities
Complete Writing Activity
Extend Your Learning
Activity
Research and Technology
Activity
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis
Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Writing Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
3.03.1 Engage audience
when creating arguments.
3.03.3 Arrange details
persuasively in arguments.
WS4) Produce clear and
coherent writing in which
the development,
organization, and style are
appropriate to task,
purpose, and audience.
(Grade-specific
expectations for writing
types are defined in
standards 1-3 above.)
WS9) Draw evidence from
literary or informational
texts to support analysis,
reflection, and research.
-b. Apply grade 8 Reading
standards to literary
nonfiction (e.g., “Delineate
and evaluate the argument
and specific claims in a
text, assessing whether the
reasoning is sound and the
evidence is relevant and
sufficient; recognize when
irrelevant evidence is
introduced”).
Week 5
Jan 9 – 13
I Can:
6.01.2 Use appropriate
verb tense and agreement.
I Can:
LS1) Demonstrate
command of the
conventions of standard
English grammar and
Selection Vocabulary
Continue
Discussion/Activities on the
Unit Big Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Daily Formative Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
usage when writing or
speaking.
b. Form and use verbs in
the active and passive
voice.
Use I Can Statements
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Introduce the author of the
selection
Choose a selection to teach
(from Sharing in the
American Dream or Science
and the Sense of Wonder)
Reading Skill Focus: Evaluate
Support for Opinions
Literary Analysis:
Word Choice
Complete Selection Activities
Complete Writing Activity
Extend Your Learning
Activity
Research and Technology
Activity
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis
Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
web code: ena-6112
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
ek 6
Jan 16 - 20
I Can:
3.03.5 Create an argument
with appropriate
organizing structure.
4.02.1 Evaluate the quality
of communication by
applying knowledge of
language and media
techniques.
3.01.6 Evaluate
effectiveness of tone.
3.03.2 Develop a
controlling idea in
arguments.
I Can:
WS1) Write arguments to
support claims with clear
reasons and relevant
evidence.
e. Provide a concluding
statement or section that
follows from and supports
the argument presented.
RSL7) Analyze the extent
to which a filmed or live
production of a story or
drama stays faithful to or
departs from the text or
script, evaluating the
choices made by the
director or actors.
RSIT8) Delineate and
evaluate the argument and
specific claims in a text,
assessing whether the
reasoning is sound and the
evidence is relevant and
sufficient; recognize when
irrelevant evidence is
introduced.
WS1) Write arguments to
support claims with clear
reasons and relevant
evidence.
-b. Support claim(s) with
Introduce the Unit Big
Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Introduce the author of the
selection
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Reading Informational
Materials
Lots in Space
Reading Skill Focus: Identify
Organizational Structure
Comparing Literary Works
Teach the following:
(Emancipation from Lincoln:
Autobiography and Brown
vs. Board of Education)
Literary Analysis: Comparing
Tone
Own Your Own
Readings in Social Studies
from Across America on an
Emigrant Train
Complete Selection Activities
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis
Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Daily Formative Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Six Week Assessment
Project Rubric
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
2.02.8 Support ideas using
appropriate sources.
6.01.7 Extend vocabulary
knowledge by learning and
using new words.
3.02.1 Evaluate problems
and solutions within
various contexts.
&
3.02.3 Construct
presentations that propose
logical reasoning and
relevant evidence, using
accurate, credible sources
and demonstrating an
understanding of the topic
or text.
SLS4) Present claims and
findings, emphasizing
salient points in a focused,
coherent manner with
relevant evidence, sound
valid reasoning, and well-
chosen details; use
appropriate eye contact,
adequate volume, and
clear pronunciation.
WS6) Use technology,
including the Internet, to
produce and publish
writing and present the
relationships between
information and ideas
efficiently as well as to
interact and collaborate
with others.
WS4) Produce clear and
coherent writing in which
the development,
organization, and style are
appropriate to task,
purpose, and audience.
Complete Spelling Workshop
Complete Writing Workshop
Complete Communications
Workshop
Extend Your Learning
Activity
Research and Technology
Activity
Administer Six Week
Assessment
Cumulative Project
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
solutions to given
problems.
4.01.1 Monitor for
comprehension when
analyzing author’s
purpose.
(Grade-specific
expectations for writing
types are defined in
standards 1-3 above.)
RSL4) Determine the
meaning of words and
phrases as they are used in
a text, including figurative
and connotative meanings;
analyze the impact of
specific word choices on
meaning and tone,
including analogies or
allusions to other texts.
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
4th Six Weeks
Unit 4: Poetry
Big Question: What is the secret to reaching someone with words?
NCSCoS Unit
Objectives/Goals
CCSS Skill/Vocabulary
Terms
Instructional Strategies
Recommended Resources Recommended
Assessments
Week 1
Jan 23 - 27
I Can:
4.01.1 Monitor for
comprehension when
analyzing author’s purpose.
4.02.1 Evaluate the quality of
communication by applying
knowledge of language and
media techniques.
5.01.8 Discuss the effects of
literary devices.
I Can:
SLS2) Analyze the
purpose of information
presented in diverse
media and formats (e.g.,
visually, quantitatively,
orally) and evaluate the
motives (e.g., social,
commercial, political)
behind its presentation.
RSL7) Analyze the extent
to which a filmed or live
production of a story or
drama stays faithful to or
departs from the text or
script, evaluating the
choices made by the
director or actors.
RSL4) Determine the
meaning of words and
phrases as they are used
in a text, including
figurative and
connotative meanings;
analyze the impact of
specific word choices on
meaning and tone,
Introduce Vocabulary
for the Unit
Selection Vocabulary
Introduce the Unit Big
Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Introduce the author of the
selection
Teach Elements of
Poetry and Forms of Poetry
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Choose poems to teach
(Cat!, Silver, Your World,
Thumbprint, The Drum (for
Martin Luther King, Jr. or
Ring Out, Wild Bells)
Reading Skill Focus: Preview
to Identify Unfamiliar Words
Literary Analysis: Forms of
Poetry: Sound Devices
Complete Selection Activities
Complete Writing Activity
Extend Your Learning Activity
Research and Technology
Activity
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Daily Formative
Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing
Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
5.02.2 Evaluate the impact of
genre-specific characteristics
on text.
5.02.4 Evaluate impact of
literary elements on meanings.
including analogies or
allusions to other text.
RSIT4) Determine the
meaning of words and
phrases as they are used
in a text, including
figurative, connotative,
and technical meanings;
analyze the impact of
specific word choices on
meaning and tone,
including analogies or
allusions to other texts.
RSL4) Determine the
meaning of words and
phrases as they are used
in a text, including
figurative and
connotative meanings;
analyze the impact of
specific word choices on
meaning and tone,
including analogies or
allusions to other text.
Week 2
Jan 30 –
Feb 3
I Can:
3.03.2 Develop a controlling
idea in arguments.
I Can:
WS1) Write arguments
to support claims with
clear reasons and
relevant evidence.
b. Support claim(s) with
Selection Vocabulary
Continue Discussions/Activities
on the Unit Big Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Introduce the author of the
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Daily Formative
Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing
Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
6.01.7 Extend vocabulary
knowledge by learning and
using new words.
2.02.8 Support ideas using
appropriate sources.
5.01.8 Discuss the effects of
literary devices.
logical reasoning and
relevant evidence, using
accurate, credible sources
and demonstrating an
understanding of the
topic or text.
LS4) Determine or clarify
the meaning of unknown
and multiple-meaning
words or phrases based
on grade 8 reading and
content, choosing flexibly
from a range of
strategies.
b. Use common, grade-
appropriate Greek or
Latin affixes and roots as
clues to the meaning of a
word (e.g., precede,
recede, secede).
WS6) Use technology,
including the Internet, to
produce and publish
writing and present the
relationships between
information and ideas
efficiently as well as to
interact and collaborate
with others.
RSL4) Determine the
meaning of words and
selection
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Choose poems to teach
Introduce the Authors
Reading Informational
Materials
(Thumbprint Cookies)
Reading Skill Focus: Use
Context to Understand
Specialized Language
(Concrete Mixers, The City Is
So Big, Harlem Night Song,
Ode to Enchanted Light, Little
Exercise, or The Sky Is Low,
the Clouds Are Mean)
Reading Skill Focus: Reread
and Read Ahead to Confirm
Meaning
Literary Analysis: Figurative
Language: Similes, Metaphors,
Personification
Complete Selection Activities
Complete Writing Activity
Extend Your Learning Activity
Research and Technology
Activity
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
phrases as they are used
in a text, including
figurative and
connotative meanings;
analyze the impact of
specific word choices on
meaning and tone,
including analogies or
allusions to other texts.
Week 3
Feb 6 - 10
I Can:
1.02.4 Determine importance
of literary effects.
1.03.3 Clarify responses in
group situations.
I Can:
RSL9)Analyze how a
modern work of fiction
draws on themes,
patterns of events, or
character types from
myths, traditional stories,
or religious works such
as the Bible, including
describing how the
material is rendered new.
SLS1) Engage effectively
in a range of
collaborative discussions
(one-on-one, in groups,
and teacher-led) with
diverse partners on grade
8 topics, texts, and issues,
building on others’ ideas
and expressing their own
clearly.
c. Pose questions that
Selection Vocabulary
Continue Discussions/Activities
on the Unit Big Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Introduce the author of the
selection
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Comparing Literary Works
Teach the following poems:
(Southbound on the Freeway,
The Country, and The Choice)
Literary Analysis: Comparing
Humorous Imagery in Poetry
Complete Selection Activities
Complete Writing Workshop
Extend Your Learning Activity
Research and Technology
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Daily Formative
Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing
Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Common Assessment
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
connect the ideas of
several speakers and
respond to others’
questions and comments
with relevant evidence,
observations, and ideas.
Activity
Administer Common
Assessment
Reteach skills, judging which
skills to reteach by evaluating
students’ performance on the
Common Assessment.
Week 4
Feb 13 - 17
I Can:
2.01.3 Summarize information.
5.01.4 Take lead in student
teacher reading conferences.
I Can:
RSIT2) Determine a
central idea of a text and
analyze its development
over the course of the
text, including its
relationship to
supporting ideas; provide
an objective summary of
the text.
SLS1) Engage effectively
in a range of
collaborative discussions
(one-on-one, in groups,
and teacher-led) with
diverse partners on grade
8 topics, texts, and issues,
building on others’ ideas
and expressing their own
clearly.
Selection Vocabulary
Reteach Skills Not Mastered
by students during this week.
Continue Discussions/Activities
on the Unit Big Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Introduce the author of the
selection
Choose poems to teach
(Runagate Runagate, Blow,
Blow, Thou Winter Wind, or
Old Man, The New Colossus,
Paul Revere’s Ride, Harriet
Beecher Stowe)
Reading Skill: Reread to Clarify
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Daily Formative
Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing
Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
5.01.8 Discuss the effects of
literary devices.
5.02.2 Evaluate the impact of
genre-specific characteristics
on text.
a. Come to discussions
prepared, having read or
researched material
under study; explicitly
draw on that preparation
by referring to evidence
on the topic, text, or issue
to probe and reflect on
ideas under discussion.
RSL4) Determine the
meaning of words and
phrases as they are used
in a text, including
figurative and
connotative meanings;
analyze the impact of
specific word choices on
meaning and tone,
including analogies or
allusions to other texts.
RSIT4) Determine the
meaning of words and
phrases as they are used
in a text, including
figurative, connotative,
and technical meanings;
analyze the impact of
specific word choices on
meaning and tone,
including analogies or
allusions to other texts.
Meaning
Literary Analysis: Forms of
Poetry: Lyric and Narrative
Complete Selection Activities
Complete Writing Activity
Extend Your Learning Activity
Research and Technology
Activity
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
5.02.4 Evaluate impact of
literary elements on meaning.
RSL4) Determine the
meaning of words and
phrases as they are used
in a text, including
figurative and
connotative meanings;
analyze the impact of
specific word choices on
meaning and tone,
including analogies or
allusions to other texts.
Week 5
Feb 20 - 24
I Can:
2.02.8 Support ideas using
appropriate sources.
5.01.8 Discuss the effects of
literary devices.
I Can:
WS6) Use technology,
including the Internet to
produced and publish
writing and present the
relationships between
information and ideas
efficiently as well as to
interact and collaborate
with others.
RSL4) Determine the
meaning of words and
phrases as they are used
in a text, including
figurative and
connotative meanings;
analyze the impact of
specific word choices on
meaning and tone,
including analogies or
Selection Vocabulary
Continue Discussion/Activities
on the Unit Big Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Introduce the author of the
selection
Choose poems to teach.
(January, New World, For My
Sister Molly Who in the Fifties
or Grandma Ling, Drum Song,
your little voice/Over the wires
came leaping)
Reading Skill Focus: Read
Aloud Fluently according to
Punctuation
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Daily Formative
Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing
Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
allusions to other texts. Literary Analysis: Imagery
Complete Selection Activities
Complete Writing Activity
Extend Your Learning Activity
Research and Technology
Activity
Week 6
Feb 27 –
Mar 2, 5, 6,
& 8
I Can:
1.02.3 Review characteristics
of expressive works.
2.01.2 Recognize
characteristics of
informational materials.
3.01.5 Compare argument and
counter-argument.
I Can:
WS3) Write narratives to
develop real or imagined
experiences or events
using effective technique,
relevant descriptive
details, and well-
structured event
sequences. (a, b, c, d)
RSIT5) Analyze in detail
the structure of a specific
paragraph in a text,
including the role of
particular sentences in
developing and refining a
key concept.
RSL1) Cite the textual
evidence that most
strongly supports an
analysis of what the text
says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from
the text.
Introduce the Unit Big
Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Introduce the author of the
selection
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Reading Informational Text
Using Your Answering
Machine
(Technical Manual)
Reading Skill Focus: Read to
Perform aTask
Comparing Literary Works
Teach the following:
(The Road Not Taken and O
Captain! My Captain!)
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Daily Formative
Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing
Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Six Week Assessment
Project Rubric
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
6.01.6 Analyze roots, prefixes,
and suffixes of words.
1.01.1 Create an organized
personal narrative.
LS4) Determine or clarify
the meaning of unknown
and multiple-meaning of
unknown and multiple-
meaning words or
phrases based on grade 8
reading and content,
choosing flexibly from a
range of strategies.
b. Use common, grade-
appropriate Greek or
Latin affixes and roots as
clues to the meaning of a
word (e.g., precede,
recede, secede).
WS3) Write narratives to
develop real or imagined
experiences or events
using effective technique,
relevant descriptive
details, and well-
structured event
sequences.
a. Engage and orient the
reader by establishing a
context and point of view
and introducing a
narrator and/or
characters; organize an
event sequence that
unfolds naturally and
Literary Analysis: Comparing
Types of Description
Own Your Own
Readings in Alternative Media
(Louisiana Purchase)
Complete Selection Activities
Complete Spelling Workshop
Complete Writing Workshop
Complete Communications
Workshop
Extend Your Learning Activity
Research and Technology
Activity
Administer Six Week
Assessment
Cumulative Project
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
2.02.1 Determine audience and
context.
3.01.7 Evaluate author’s
purpose.
4.02.2 Draw conclusions based
on evidence.
logically.
WS6) Use technology,
including the Internet, to
produce and publish
writing and present the
relationships between
information and ideas
efficiently as well as to
interact and collaborate
with others.
RSL6) Analyze how
differences in the points
of view of the characters
and the audience or
reader (e.g., created
through the use of
dramatic irony) create
such effects as suspense
or humor.
RSL7) Analyze the extent
to which a filmed or live
production of a story or
drama stays faithful to or
departs from the text or
script, evaluating the
choices made by the
director or actors.
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
5th Six Weeks
Unit 5: Drama
Big Question: Is it our differences or our similarities that matter most?
NCSCoS Unit
Objectives/Goals
CCSS Skill/Vocabulary
Terms
Instructional Strategies
Recommended Resources Recommended
Assessments
Week 1
Mar 12 - 16
I Can:
2.01.6 Draw inferences.
4.02.2 Draw conclusions based
on evidence.
5.01.6 Participate actively in
seminars.
I Can:
RSIT1) Cite the textual
evidence that most
strongly supports an
analysis of what the text
says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from
the text.
RSL7) Analyze the extent
to which a filmed or live
production of a story or
drama.
SLS1) Engage effectively
in a range of
collaborative discussions
(one-on-one, in groups,
and teacher-led) with
diverse partners on grade
8 topics, texts, and issues,
building on others’ ideas
and expressing their own
clearly.
c. Pose questions that
connect the ideas of
several speakers and
respond to others’
questions and comments
Introduce Vocabulary
for the Unit
Selection Vocabulary
Introduce the Unit Big
Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Introduce the author of the
selection
Teach Elements of
Drama and Types of Drama
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Teach: The Governess
Reading Skill Focus: Make
Connections to Draw
Conclusions
Literary Analysis: Stage
Directions
Complete Selection Activities
Complete Writing Activity
Extend Your Learning Activity
Research and Technology
Activity
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Daily Formative
Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing
Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
with relevant evidence,
observations, and ideas.
Week 2
Mar 19 - 23
I Can:
5.01.3 Read teacher-selected
literature.
3.02.4 Create a problem-
solution structure appropriate
to context.
5.01.1 Use effective reading
strategies to increase fluency.
I Can:
RSL10) By the end of the
year, read and
comprehend literature,
including stories, dramas,
and poems, at the high
end of grades 6-8 text
complexity band
independently and
proficiently.
WS4) Produce clear and
coherent writing in which
the development,
organization, and style
are appropriate to task,
purpose, and audience.
RSL6) Analyze how
differences in the points
of view of the characters
and the audience or
reader (e.g., created
through the use of
dramatic irony) create
such effects as suspense
or humor.
Selection Vocabulary
Continue Discussions/Activities
on the Unit Big Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Reading Informational
Materials:
(U.S. Department of Labor
Public Document)
Reading Skill Focus: Make
Generalizations
Comparing Literary Works
The Ninny
Literary Analysis: Comparing
Adaptations to Originals
Complete Selection Activities
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Daily Formative
Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing
Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Week 3
Mar 26 - 30
I Can:
3.01.1 Monitor argumentative
works for understanding.
I Can:
RSL1) Cite the textual
evidence that most
strongly supports an
Selection Vocabulary
Continue Discussions/Activities
on the Unit Big Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Daily Formative
Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
5.01.2 Read self-selected
literature.
2.02.1 Determine audience and
context.
5.01.8 Discuss the effects of
literary devices.
analysis of what the text
says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from
the text.
RSL10) By the end of the
year, read and
comprehend literature,
including stories, dramas,
and poems, at the high
end of grades 6-8 text
complexity band
independently and
proficiently.
WS6) Use technology,
including the Internet, to
produce and publish
writing and present the
relationships between
information and ideas
efficiently as well as to
interact and collaborate
with others.
RSL4) Determine the
meaning of words and
phrases as they are used
in a text, including
figurative and
connotative meanings;
analyze the impact of
specific word choices on
meaning and tone,
Use I Can Statements
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Introduce the author of the
selection
Teach the Diary of Anne
Frank, Act I
Reading Focus Skill:Use
Background information to
Link Historical Causes With
Effects.
Literary Analysis: Dialogue
Complete Selection Activities
Complete Writing Workshop
Extend Your Learning Activity
Research and Technology
Activity
Administer Common
Assessment
Reteach skills, judging which
skills to reteach by evaluating
students’ performance on the
Common Assessment.
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Common Assessment
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
1.01.2 Establish point of view.
1.01.4 Select illuminating
details.
including analogies or
allusions to other texts.
WS3 Write narratives to
develop real or imagined
experiences or events
using effective technique,
relevant descriptive
details, and well-
structured event
sequences.
a. Engage and orient the
reader by establishing a
context and point of view
and introducing a
narrator and/or
characters; organize an
event sequence that
unfolds naturally and
logically.
WS3) Write narratives
to develop real or
imagined experiences or
events using effective
technique, relevant
descriptive details, and
well-structured event
sequences.
d. Use precise words and
phrases, relevant
descriptive details, and
sensory language to
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
3.01.2 Identify positions and
evidence in argumentative
works.
capture the action and
convey experiences and
events.
RSL1) Cite the textual
evidence that most
strongly supports an
analysis of what the text
says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from
the text.
Week 4
April 2 – 6
I Can:
2.02.1 Determine audience and
context.
5.01.8 Discuss the effects of
literary devices.
I Can:
WS6) Use technology,
including the Internet, to
produce and publish
writing and present the
relationships between
information and ideas
efficiently as well as to
interact and collaborate
with others.
RSL4) Determine the
meaning of words and
phrases as they are used
in a text, including
figurative and
connotative meanings;
analyze the impact of
specific word choices on
meaning and tone,
including analogies or
Selection Vocabulary
Continue Discussions/Activities
on the Unit Big Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Introduce the author of the
selection
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Teach: The Diary of Anne
Frank, Act II
Reading Skill Focus: Ask
Questions to Analyze Cause-
and-Effect Relationships
Literary Analysis: Character’s
Motivation
Complete Selection Activities
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Daily Formative
Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing
Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
allusions to other texts.
Week 5
April 16 - 20
I Can:
2.02.10 Use graphics and
diagrams to enhance
communication.
6.01.5 Use phrases and clauses
correctly.
5.02.2 Evaluate the impact of
genre-specific characteristics
on text.
I Can:
WS 2) Write
informative/explanatory
texts to examine a topic
and convey ideas,
concepts, and
information through the
selection, organization,
and analysis of relevant
content.
a Introduce a topic
clearly, previewing what
is to follow; organize
ideas, concepts, and
information into broader
categories; include
formatting (e.g.,
headings) graphics (e.g.,
charts, tables), and
multimedia when useful
to aiding comprehension.
LS3) Use knowledge of
language and its
conventions when
writing, speaking,
reading, or listening.
RSIT4) Determine the
meaning of words and
phrases as they are used
Selection Vocabulary
Continue Discussions/Activities
on the Unit Big Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Introduce the author of the
selection
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
After Reading Strategies
Reading Informational
Materials
Anne Frank Web Site
Reading Skill: Locate
Information on a Web Site
Comparing Literary Works
from Anne Frank: The Diary
of a Young Girl
Literary Analysis: Comparing a
Primary Source With a
Dramatization
Complete Communications
Workshop
Complete Selection Activities
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Daily Formative
Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing
Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Six Week Assessment
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
5.02.3 Evaluate how author’s
use of genre shapes meaning.
in a text, including
figurative, connotative,
and technical meanings;
analyze the impact of
specific word choices on
meaning and tone,
including analogies or
allusions to other texts.
RSIT4) Determine the
meaning of words and
phrases as they are used
in a text, including
figurative, connotative,
and technical meanings;
analyze the impact of
specific word choices on
meaning and tone,
including analogies or
allusions to other texts.
Week 6
April 23-27
I Can:
6.01.6 Analyze roots, prefixes
and suffixes of words.
I Can:
LS4) Determine or clarify
the meaning of unknown
and multiple-meaning
words or phrases based
on grade 8 reading and
content, choosing flexibly
from a range of
strategies.
Selection Vocabulary
Continue Discussions/Activities
on the Unit Big Question
Develop Learning Targets
Discuss Learning Targets
Use I Can Statements
Introduce the author of the
selection
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
Textbook
Revised Blooms Taxonomy
(Key words & Model
Questions)
Vocabulary and Reading
Warm-up Activities
Literary Analysis Activities
Writing About the Big
Question
Daily Formative
Assessments
Selection Assessments
Writing
Assessments/Rubric
Vocabulary Assessment
www.PHSchool.com
web code: ena-6112
Six Week Assessment
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
6.02.3 Producing final drafts
that demonstrate accurate
spelling and the correct use of
punctuation and
capitalization.
2.02.3 Choose a relevant topic.
3.02.3 Construct presentations
that propose solutions to given
problems.
6.01.1 Use varied sentence
types and proper punctuation
in written and spoken
b. Use common, grade-
appropriate Greek or
Latin affixes and roots as
clues to the meaning of a
word (e.g., precede,
recede, secede).
LS2) Demonstrate
command of the
conventions of standard
English capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling
when writing.
c. Spell correctly.
WS6) Use technology,
including the Internet, to
produce and publish
writing and present the
relationships between
information and ideas
efficiently as well as to
interact and collaborate
with others.
WS4) Produce clear and
coherent writing in which
the development,
organization, and style
are appropriate to task,
purpose, and audience.
LS2) Demonstrate
command of the
conventions of standard
After Reading Strategies
On Your Own: Readings in
World History
(from Anne Frank
Remembered)
Cumulative Project
Complete Spelling Workshop
Complete Writing Workshop
Complete Communication
Workshop
Administer Six Week
Assessment
Vocabulary Building
Activities
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
Dictionary
SmartBoard
Laptop/Computer
Student Journals
Instructional Coach
Project Rubric
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
expression.
6.01.3 Apply parts of speech to
clarify language.
English capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling
when writing.
a. Use punctuation
(comma, ellipsis, dash) to
indicate a pause or
break.
LS5) Demonstrate
understanding of
figurative language, word
relationships, and
nuances in word
meanings.
c. Distinguish among the
connotations
(associations) of words
with similar denotations
(definitions) (e.g.,
bullheaded, willful, firm,
persistent, resolute).
Halifax County Pacing Guide Grade 8
RSL – Reading Standard for Literature
RSIT – Reading Standard for Informational Text
SLS – Speaking and Listening Standards
WS – Writing Standards
LS – Language Standards
6th Six Weeks
REVIEW for EOG
Big Question: Community or Individual – which is more important?
NCSCoS Unit
Objectives/Goals
CCSS Skill/Vocabulary
Terms
Instructional Strategies
Recommended Resources Recommended
Assessments
Week 1
April 30 -
May 4
Review for EOG EOG Testing Strategies
Week 2
May 7 - 11
Review for EOG EOG Testing Strategies
Week 3
May 14 - 18
Review for EOG EOG Testing Strategies
Week 4
May 21 – 25
EOG
Week 5
May 28 –
June 1
EOG
Week 6
June 4- June
8
Make-ups and Retest
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