Compton Junior High

8th Grade English Standards Focus for April & May 2007

Word Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary Development

8RW 1.1  Analyze idioms, analogies, metaphors, and similes to infer the literal and figurative meanigns of phrases.

8RW 1.3  Use word meanings within the appropriate context, and show ability to verify those meanings by definition, restatement, example, comparison, or contrast.

Reading Comprehension (Focus on Informational Materials)

8RC 2.7  Evaluate the unity, coherence, logic, internal consistency, and structural patterns of text.

Literary Response and Analysis

8RL 3.7  Analyze a work of literature, showing how it reflects the heritage, traditions, attitudes, and beliefs of its author (biographical approach).

Written Conventions

8WC 1.1  Use correct and varied sentences.

8WC 1.2  Identify and use parallelisms, including similar gramatical forms in all written discourse.

8WC 1.3  Use subordination, coordination, apposition, and other devices to indicate clearly the relationship between ideas.

8WC 1.6  Use correct spelling conventions.