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Yr 8 EnglishCurriculum Pacing Guide Narrative

One Term = 8 weeks

Second Term

Grammar

The following skills should be covered and can be found in the Glencoe Writers ChoiceGrammar and Composition (WC)

End Punctuation

!im"le !entences

#ragments That $ack a !ub%ect or a &erb

'e"endent Clauses as !entence #ragments

'irect Ob%ects

(ndirect Ob%ects

!ub%ect &erb )greement

)ctual "age numbers are indicated on the "acing guide*

The focus of the students+ learning should be based on the CIPP and CCCSstandards 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 thoroughl, while teaching the above units*

!u""lementar, materials are available via Course Com"onents from -riter+s Choice

Program* .se 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 should be covered and can be found in the Glencoe Writers Choice Grammar

and Composition (GW) Prewriting

Planning

'rafting

/evising

Editing

/esearching

Conventions

-ord Choice

Pur"ose and )udience

-riting a Poem

)ctual "age numbers are indicated on the "acing guide*

The focus of the students+ learning should be based on the CIPP and CCCSstandards for the

eighth grade* Notice that the standards are listed in a se"arate column on the "acing guide*

!u""lementar, materials are available via Course Com"onents from -riter+s Choice

Program* .se these to hel" teach the standards and terms and to "lan a""ro"riate lessons thatwill engage students in the learning "rocess*

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&ocabular,

&ocabular, knowledge is essential to reading com"rehension* 0uilding relevant back1ground

information and vocabular, should be a "re1reading activit, for ever, reading2literature lesson for all genres

fiction3 including short stories3 novels3 "oetr,3 drama4 as well as non1fiction* (n addition3 students benefit

from a regular and more structured s"elling and vocabular, "rogram*

&ocabular, and !"elling unit contains the following skills5for a total of 6 lessons and a review which could

be worked in "eriodicall, throughout the ,ear if desired7

!kills Covered

* words in conte9t :* homogra"hs2homo"hones ;* word roots * s,non,ms2anton,ms 6* ; review "ages for voc*2s"elling