Eight Grade
ELA 8
Reading Literature
RL8-1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
RL8-2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
RL8-3 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.
RL8-4 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.
RL8-5 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.
RL8-10 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.
Reading Informational Text
RI8-1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
RI8-2 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.
RI8-5 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.
RI8-6 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.
RI8-8 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.
Writing
W8-1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
W8-2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
W8-3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
W8-4 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.)
W8-5 With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed. (Editing for convention
W8-10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Speaking and Listening
SL8-1 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.
SL8-4 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.
SL8-5 Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest.
Language
L8-1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L8-2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
L8-5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
L8-6 Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
History 8
Reading History
Rh.1-Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
RH.2- - Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
RH.8 - Distinguish among fact, opinion and reasoned judgement in a text.
Writing History
8.W.1 - Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
W2-Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events.
W.4 Task, purpose & audience - Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
W.9 - Draw evidence from informational text to support analysis, reflection and research.
Geography
D2.Geo.5.6-8. Analyze the combinations of cultural and environmental characteristics that make places both similar to and different from other places.
D2.Geo.6.6-8 (interactions) - Explain how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions are connected to human identities and cultures.
History
D2.His.2.6-8 (classification) - Classify series of historical events and developments as examples of change and/or continuity.
D2.His.14.6-8 - Explain multiple causes and effects of events and developments in the past
Civics
D2.Civ.5.6-8 - Explain the origins, functions, and structure of government with reference to the U.S. Constitution, state constitutions, and selected other systems of government.
D2.Civ.8.6-8- Analyze ideas and principles contained in the founding documents of the United States, and explain how they influence the social and political system.
D2.Civ.10.6-8. Explain the relevance of personal interests and perspectives, civic virtues, and democratic principles when people address issues and problems in government and civil society.
D2.Civ.12.6-8-Assess specific rules and laws (both actual and proposed) as means of addressing public problems.
D2.Civ.14.6-8. Compare historical and contemporary means of changing societies, and promoting the common good.
Source and Evidence
D3.3.6-8 - Identify evidence that draws information from multiple sources to support claims, noting evidentiary limitations.
Math 8
Number Systems
8.NS.A Know that there are numbers that are not rational, and approximate them by rational numbers.
Expressions & Equations
8.EE.A Work with radicals and integer exponents.
8.EE.B Understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations.
8.EE.C Analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations.
Functions
8.F.A Define, evaluate, and compare functions.
8.F.B Use functions to model relationships between quantities.
Geometry
8.G.A Understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software.
8.G.B Understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem.
8.G.C Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving volume of cylinders, cones, and spheres.
Statistics & Probability
8.SP.A Investigate patterns of association in bivariate data.
Practice
MP1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
MP2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
MP3 Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
MP4 Model with mathematics.
MP5 Use appropriate tools strategically.
MP6 Attend to precision.
MP7 Look for and make use of structure.
MP8 Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
SCIENCE 8
Matter and Its Interactions
PS1-4 Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
PS1-6 Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes
Motion and Stability
PS2-1 Apply Newton's Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects.
PS2-2 Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object's motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.
PS2-3 Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
PS2-4 Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
PS2-5 Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
Energy
PS3-1 Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object.
PS3-2 Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
PS3-3 Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.*
PS3-4 Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.
PS3-5 Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Heredity
LS3-1 Develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism.
LS3-2 Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.
From Molecules to Organisms
LS1-5 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.
Biological Evolution
LS4-1 Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.
LS4-2 Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships.
LS4-3 Analyze displays of pictorial data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evident in the fully formed anatomy.
Engineering Design
ETS1-4 Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved
Science and Engineering Practice
SEP1-2 Developing and Using Models
SEP1-3 Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
SEP1-4 Analyzing and Interpreting Data
SEP1-7 Engaging in Argument from Evidence
SEP1-8 Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information
Cross Cutting Concepts
CCC1-3 Scale, Proportion, and Quantity
CCC1-4 Systems and System Models
CCC1-5 Energy and Matter
LS4-4 Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increasesome individuals' probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
LS4-5 Gather and synthesize information about the technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms.
LS4-6 Use mathematical representations to support explanations of how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.