Yr 8 English

Curriculum Pacing Guide Narrative

One Term = 8 weeks
Term 3
Grammar
The following skills should be covered and can be found in the Glencoe Writers Choice
Grammar and Composition (WC)
!erbs
Com"ound # Com"le$ %entences
Clauses
Commas
Phrases
%entence Combining
&un'On %entences
Colons
(ashes
)"ostro"hes
Parentheses
%emi'colons *
+isused and Confused ,ords
-uotation +arks
.rregular !erbs
Ca"itali/ation
!erbals
0omo"hones
1sage # mechanics
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)ctual "age numbers are indicated on the "acing guide*
The focus of the students2 learning should be based on the CIPP and CCCS standards for the
eighth grade** Notice that the standards are listed in a se"arate column on the "acing guide*
The grammar terms focus should be addressed thoroughl3 while teaching the above units*
%u""lementar3 materials are available via Course Com"onents from ,riter2s Choice
Program* 1se these to hel" teach the standards and terms and to "lan a""ro"riate lessons that
will engage students in the learning "rocess*
,riting
The following t3"es of writing should be covered in these units
E$"ositor3 ,riting
News re"ort
E$"ositor34Persuasive ,riting
Essa3
,riting News &e"ort
Narrative ,riting
%tor3 ,riting
Poetr3
Persuasive ,riting
%"eech
5etter to Editor
Essa3
E$"ositor3 ,riting
Pro"osal
6usiness vs* Personal 5etters
Essa3
(escri"tive ,riting
7ournal ,riting
E3ewitness &e"orts
)ctual "age numbers are indicated on the "acing guide*
The focus of the students2 learning should be based on the CIPP and CCCS standards for the
eighth grade** Notice that the standards are listed in a se"arate column on the "acing guide*
%u""lementar3 materials are available via Course Com"onents from ,riter2s Choice
Program* 1se these to hel" teach the standards and terms and to "lan a""ro"riate lessons that
will engage students in the learning "rocess*
!ocabular3
!ocabular3 knowledge is essential to reading com"rehension* 6uilding relevant back'ground information
and vocabular3 should be a "re'reading activit3 for ever3 reading4literature lesson for all genres fiction8
including short stories8 novels8 "oetr38 drama9 as well as non'fiction* .n addition8 students benefit from a
regular and more structured s"elling and vocabular3 "rogram*
!ocabular3 and %"elling unit contains the following skills :for a total of ; lessons and a review which could
be worked in "eriodicall3 throughout the 3ear if desired<

%kills Covered
=* words in conte$t >* homogra"hs4homo"hones
?* word roots @* basic s"elling rules
A* "refi$es4suffi$es :? lessons<
B* s3non3ms4anton3ms ;* ? review "ages for voc*4s"elling