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McDougal Littell Literature, Grade 8

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Reading

1. Apply strategies, including making inferences todetermine theme, confirming or refuting predictions,and using specific context clues, to comprehendeighth-grade recreational reading materials.

11, 12-15, 33, 36, 38, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 50,51, 53, 54, 55, 57, 59, 70, 87, 156, 169, 172,174, 175, 177, 178, 179, 180, 189, 190, 199,207, 239, 248, 250, 251, 259, 272, 281, 291,302, 303, 304, 317, 318, 321, 323, 324, 325,333, 338, 346, 359, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367,368, 371, 372, 381, 423, 436, 443, 444, 449,450, 452, 455, 458, 460, 463, 473, 477, 521,568, 570, 602, 605, 610, 613, 614, 617, 619,625, 630, 631, 637, 646, 660, 680, 681, 683,705, 712, 713, 717, 726, 727, 733, 735, 740,754, 779, 780, 783, 786, 789, 790, 791, 792,796, 797, 798, 801, 805, 817, 827, 828, 870,871, 872, 996, 1000, 1011, R2, R68

1.a Applying self-monitoring strategies for textunderstanding

11, 12, 13, 189, 259, 260, 262, 263, 265, 268,271, 321, 323, 705, 706, 708, 710, 712

1.b Distinguishing fact from fiction to enhanceunderstanding

4, 8, 119, 317, 324, 374, 485, 857, 938, 1040

1.c Determining sequence in recreational readingmaterial

63, 66, 67, 69, 72, 73, 119, 122, 124, 127,129, 154-155, 179, 189, 198, 206, 210, 211,214, 219, 485, 521, 542, 673, 674, 677, 678,679, 752, 753, 827, R2

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2. Evaluate the impact of setting, mood, andcharacterization on theme in specific literaryselections.

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2.a Identifying components of plot 5, 24-31, 33, 34, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 47, 50, 51,53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 64, 66, 68, 69, 71, 73, 119,120, 122, 123, 124, 126, 128, 129, 133, 135,138, 139, 154-155, 219, 235, 310, 311, 314,333, 344, 353, 355, 442, 443, 444, 445, 473,485, 521, 542, 639, 645, 646, 692, 779, R2

3. Distinguish among the subcategories of poetry, suchas ballads, lyric poems, epics, haiku, and limericks,based on their characteristics.

4, 133, 134, 135, 137, 138, 139, 283, 291,576-577, 581, 597, 600, 602, 613, 616, 617,619, 622, 623, 636, 637, 638, 639, 640, 643,645, 646, 733

3.a Identifying rhythm and rhyme scheme 6, 139, 283, 284, 286, 289, 291, 577, 578-579,589, 592, 594, 619, 620, 623, 637, 639, 642,645, 646, 658, 735, 736, 740, 741, R2

4. Apply strategies appropriate to type of readingmaterial, including making inferences to determinebias or theme and using specific context clues, tocomprehend eighth-grade informational andfunctional reading materials.

11, 12, 15, 259, 272, 280, 281, 381, 397, 413,414, 705, 712, 713, 717, 726, 727, 754, 817,827, 828, 870, 871, 872, 880, 881, 883, 885,895, 896, 898, 899, 901, 902, 905, 919, 924,925, 929, 936, 937, 956, 985, 992, 996, 1000,1004, 1009, 1028, 1045, R2, R3-R7, R8-R13,R14-R19, R20-R26, R68, R91-R92

4.a Applying self-monitoring strategies for textunderstanding

11, 12, 259, 260, 262, 263, 265, 268, 271,705, 706, 708, 710, 712, 929, 931, 932, 935,936

4.b Comparing predicted with actual content ininformational and functional reading materials

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4.c Distinguishing fact from opinion ininformational reading materials

275, 876, 909, 911, 912, 913, 914, 915, 916,924, 969, 970, 971, 972, 974, 976, 977, 1026,1027, R25

4.d Confirming author’s credentials 553, 1045-1048, 1050, 1057, R254.e Determining sequence of steps, events, or

information15, 119, 122, 124, 127, 129, 182, 183, 185,186, 401, 404, 412, 752, 753, 827, 902, R9-R10, R16


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Literature

5. Explain distinguishing characteristics of odes,ballads, epic poetry, historical documents, essays,letters to the editor, and editorials.

4, 8, 283, 291, 326, 327, 331, 619, 623, 637,646, 1003, 1042

6. Analyze works of literature for charactermotivation, mood, tone, theme, similarities acrosstexts, and literary devices.

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Writing and Language

7. Compose a business letter, including heading, insideaddress, salutation, body, closing, and signature.

799, 829, 979, R42, R43, R44

8. Write in narrative, expository, and persuasive modeswith attention to descriptive elements.

16, 32, 45, 61, 75, 99, 110, 131, 143, 144-150,181, 187, 221, 222, 237, 253, 258, 273, 282,292-298, 331, 357, 373, 395, 415, 424-430,448, 453, 475, 483, 484, 543, 553, 558-564,582, 603, 611, 624, 635, 647, 648-654, 681,692, 697, 714, 727, 728, 741, 742-748, 781,799, 816, 829, 849, 860-866, 893, 927, 928,944-950, 979, 993, 1010, 1015, 1016-1022,1023, 1052-1066, R34-R41

9. Apply mechanics in writing, including punctuatingtitles using quotation marks, underlining, or italicsand using semicolons, conjunctive adverbs, andcommas to join two independent clauses or tocorrect run-on sentences.

61, 75, 150, 157, 237, 430, 543, 571, 603,647, 654, 661, 681, 714, 741, 755, 781, 799,829, 866, 873, 893, 927, 957, 979, 1029,1060, R49-R51, R61, R62, R63, R64-R65

9.a Demonstrating correct sentence structure byavoiding comma splices in writing

61, R65

9.b Using commas to set off nonessential clausesand appositives in writing

681, 755, R61, R62


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10. Use prepositional phrases and compound, complex,and compound-complex sentences to vary sentencestructure.

61, 237, 297, 357, 426, 560, 649, 653, 714,727, 743, 747, 755, 781, 873, 945, 1017,1065, R48, R60, R63-R64

10.a Using gerunds, infinitives, and participles inwriting

R61-R62

10.b Recognizing active and passive voice inwriting

483, 571, 1022, R57

10.c Applying subject-verb agreement rules withcollective nouns, nouns compound in form butsingular in meaning, compound subjects joined bycorrelative and coordinating conjunctions, andsubjects plural in form but singular in meaning

373, 395, 437, 453, 950, R65-R67

11. Write sentence patterns common to Englishconstruction.

45, 61, 146, 237, 273, 297, 426, 430, 560,649, 653, 714, 727, 743, 747, 755, 781, 861,865, 873, 945, 1017, 1054, 1065, R48, R60,R63-R65

12. Identify the correct use of degrees of comparison,adjectives and adverb forms, subject-verb agreementwith collective nouns when verb forms depend onthe rest of the sentence and with compound subjects,including those joined by or with the secondelement as singular or plural.

221, 305, 373, 437, R47, R57-R59, R65-R67

12.a Recognizing parallelism in phrases and clauses 748, 1015, 1029, R64Research and Inquiry

13. Combine all aspects of the research process tocompose a report.

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13.a Taking notes to gather and summarizeinformation

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13.b Using paraphrasing and documentation ofsources to avoid plagiarism

749, 1052-1066, 1067

Oral and Visual Communication

14. Identify characteristics of spoken formal andinformal language.

179, 617, 666, 667, R68, R78

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