8th Grade ELA (Oklahoma Academic Standards)

Standard 1: Listening and Speaking

• 8.1.L.1 Listens actively within agreed rules, noticing spoken and body-language signals.
• 8.1.L.2 Listens closely, interprets messages, and questions the speaker's purpose and perspective.
• 8.1.S.1 Works respectfully in diverse groups, compromising and crediting contributions.
• 8.1.S.2 Discusses reading and writing clearly, building on the ideas of others.
• 8.1.S.3 Presents formally or informally, backing main ideas with evidence from texts and visuals.

Standard 2: Reading and Writing Foundations and Process

• 8.2.R.1 Summarizes related texts to show understanding within and across them.
• 8.2.R.2 Examines details in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction to identify features of genres.
• 8.2.R.3 Restates a passage in own words to show understanding.
• 8.2.W.1 Prewrites by generating and planning ideas, returning to this step as needed.
• 8.2.W.2 Organizes and develops ideas into a first draft, returning to this step as needed.
• 8.2.W.3 Revises for purpose, audience, organization, coherence, style, and word choice.
• 8.2.W.4 Edits for grammar, usage, and mechanics using resources.
• 8.2.W.5 Publishes polished work for real audiences, such as online or in contests.

Standard 3: Critical Reading and Writing

• 8.3.R.1 Analyzes works on the same topic from different perspectives and how authors reach their goals.
• 8.3.R.2 Judges how historical, cultural, ethnic, or global viewpoints shape texts.
• 8.3.R.3 Analyzes literary elements to support interpretations.
• 8.3.R.4 Analyzes figurative language, sound devices, and irony to support interpretations.
• 8.3.R.5 Identifies how literary elements and devices shape theme, mood, and tone.
• 8.3.R.6 Judges whether claims are backed up by evidence in the text.
• 8.3.R.7 Explains how informational text structures serve the author's purpose.
• 8.3.R.8 Compares or contrasts two or more texts, using evidence for inferences.
• 8.3.W.1 Writes stories with complex characters, sensory detail, and deliberate choices of sequence.
• 8.3.W.2 Writes objective, formal informational pieces with evidence and clear organization.
• 8.3.W.3 Writes argumentative essays with claims, counterclaims, and credible evidence.

Standard 4: Vocabulary

• 8.4.R.1 Analyzes how synonyms, antonyms, and analogies relate.
• 8.4.R.2 Uses context, connotation, and denotation to clarify word meanings.
• 8.4.R.3 Uses word parts such as Greek roots and affixes to work out meanings.
• 8.4.R.4 Uses dictionaries, glossaries, or thesauruses to clarify details about words.
• 8.4.W.1 Uses precise grade-level vocabulary to express ideas clearly.
• 8.4.W.2 Chooses language on purpose to create effects that fit the writing's goal.

Standard 5: Language

• 8.5.R.1 Recognizes active and passive voice and misplaced or dangling modifiers.
• 8.5.R.2 Explains how parts of speech affect the meaning of a sentence.
• 8.5.W.1 Writes varied sentence types, from simple to compound-complex, for clarity.
• 8.5.W.2 Uses nouns, verbs, verbals, and other parts of speech for clarity and variety.
• 8.5.W.3 Fixes misplaced or dangling modifiers, vague pronouns, and shifts into second person.
• 8.5.W.4 Uses capital letters correctly.
• 8.5.W.5 Uses end punctuation correctly.
• 8.5.W.6 Uses apostrophes correctly.
• 8.5.W.7 Uses commas to separate coordinate adjectives.
• 8.5.W.8 Uses a colon to introduce quoted source material.
• 8.5.W.9 Uses quotation marks correctly.
• 8.5.W.10 Underlines or italicizes titles, a narrator's thoughts, and foreign words.
• 8.5.W.11 Uses semicolons in compound and compound-complex sentences.

Standard 6: Research

• 8.6.R.1 Uses own research questions to find and understand claims and evidence.
• 8.6.R.2 Gathers and organizes sources ethically and legally.
• 8.6.R.3 Judges the relevance, reliability, and validity of information found.
• 8.6.W.1 Writes and refines a workable research question.
• 8.6.W.2 Writes a clear, concise, defensible thesis statement.
• 8.6.W.3 Quotes, paraphrases, and summarizes sources with consistent citations.
• 8.6.W.4 Completes research projects over several days or a week.

Standard 7: Multimodal Literacies

• 8.7.R Works out the purposes of rhetorical techniques in multimodal content.
• 8.7.W Creates multimodal content aimed at an audience to achieve a purpose.

Standard 8: Independent Reading and Writing

• 8.8.R Reads self-chosen texts on their own for different lengths of time, choosing genres.
• 8.8.W Writes on their own in print, cursive, or typing, combining modes and genres.