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English Language Arts (41)
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| Standard | Short Description | Open |
|---|---|---|
| ELA.8.RL.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. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.RL.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. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.RL.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. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.RL.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. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.RL.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. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.RL.6 | Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.RL.7 | Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.RL.9 | Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.RL.10 | Read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, independently and proficiently at grade level. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.RI.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. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.RI.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. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.RI.3 | Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories). | Open Page |
| ELA.8.RI.4 | Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.RI.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. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.RI.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. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.RI.7 | Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g., print or digital text, video, multimedia) to present a particular topic or idea. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.RI.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. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.RI.9 | Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.RI.10 | Read and comprehend literary nonfiction independently and proficiently at grade level. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.W.1 | Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources, precise language, and a concluding statement that follows from and supports the argument presented. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.W.2 | Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content using precise language and domain-specific vocabulary. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.W.3 | Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences, including a conclusion that follows and reflects on the events. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.W.4 | Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.W.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. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.W.6 | Use technology to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently, as well as to interact and collaborate with others. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.W.7 | Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.W.8 | Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; quote or paraphrase data while avoiding plagiarism and following citation guidelines. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.W.9 | Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research by applying grade 8 reading standards to literature and informational texts. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.W.10 | Write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.SL.1 | Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.SL.2 | Analyze the purpose of information presented in diverse media and formats and evaluate the motives (e.g., social, commercial, political) behind its presentation. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.SL.3 | Delineate a speaker's argument and specific claims, evaluating the soundness of the reasoning and relevance and sufficiency of the evidence and identifying when irrelevant evidence is introduced. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.SL.4 | Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with relevant evidence, sound valid reasoning, and well-chosen details. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.SL.5 | Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.SL.6 | Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.L.1 | Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking, including using verbs in active and passive voice and recognizing inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.L.2 | Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing, including using punctuation to indicate a pause or break and using an ellipsis to indicate an omission. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.L.3 | Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening, including using verbs in active voice and distinguishing between appropriate uses of language. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.L.4 | Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases based on grade 8 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies including context, affixes, Greek/Latin roots, and reference materials. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.L.5 | Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings, including interpreting figures of speech in context and analyzing relationships between words with similar denotations. | Open Page |
| ELA.8.L.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. | Open Page |
Mathematics (28)
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| Standard | Short Description | Open |
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| MATH.8.NS.A.1 | Know that numbers that are not rational are called irrational; understand that every number has a decimal expansion; for rational numbers show that the decimal expansion repeats eventually, and convert a decimal expansion which repeats eventually into a rational number. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.NS.A.2 | Use rational approximations of irrational numbers to compare the size of irrational numbers, locate them approximately on a number line diagram, and estimate the value of expressions. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.EE.A.1 | Know and apply the properties of integer exponents to generate equivalent numerical expressions. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.EE.A.2 | Use square root and cube root symbols to represent solutions to equations of the form x² = p and x³ = p where p is a positive rational number; evaluate square roots of small perfect squares and cube roots of small perfect cubes. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.EE.A.3 | Use numbers expressed in the form of a single digit times an integer power of 10 to estimate very large or very small quantities, and to express how many times as much one is than the other. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.EE.A.4 | Perform operations with numbers expressed in scientific notation, including problems where both decimal and scientific notation are used; use scientific notation and choose units of appropriate size for measurements of very large or very small quantities. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.EE.B.5 | Graph proportional relationships, interpreting the unit rate as the slope of the graph; compare two different proportional relationships represented in different ways. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.EE.B.6 | Use similar triangles to explain why the slope m is the same between any two distinct points on a non-vertical line in the coordinate plane; derive the equation y = mx for a line through the origin and y = mx + b for a line intercepting the vertical axis at b. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.EE.C.7 | Solve linear equations in one variable, including equations with rational number coefficients, equations with one solution, infinitely many solutions, or no solutions. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.EE.C.8 | Analyze and solve pairs of simultaneous linear equations; understand that solutions to a system of two linear equations correspond to points of intersection of their graphs; solve simple systems by inspection, substitution, or elimination. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.F.A.1 | Understand that a function is a rule that assigns to each input exactly one output; the graph of a function is the set of ordered pairs consisting of an input and the corresponding output. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.F.A.2 | Compare properties of two functions each represented in a different way (algebraically, graphically, numerically in tables, or by verbal descriptions). | Open Page |
| MATH.8.F.A.3 | Interpret the equation y = mx + b as defining a linear function, whose graph is a straight line; give examples of functions that are not linear. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.F.B.4 | Construct a function to model a linear relationship between two quantities; determine the rate of change and initial value of the function from a description of a relationship or from two (x, y) values, including reading these from a table or graph. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.F.B.5 | Describe qualitatively the functional relationship between two quantities by analyzing a graph (e.g., where the function is increasing or decreasing, linear or nonlinear); sketch a graph that exhibits the qualitative features of a function described verbally. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.G.A.1 | Verify experimentally the properties of rotations, reflections, and translations, including that lines and angles are taken to lines and angles of the same measure. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.G.A.2 | Understand that a two-dimensional figure is congruent to another if the second can be obtained from the first by a sequence of rotations, reflections, and translations; describe a sequence that exhibits the congruence between two given congruent figures. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.G.A.3 | Describe the effect of dilations, translations, rotations, and reflections on two-dimensional figures using coordinates. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.G.A.4 | Understand that a two-dimensional figure is similar to another if the second can be obtained from the first by a sequence of rotations, reflections, translations, and dilations; describe a sequence that exhibits the similarity between two given similar figures. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.G.A.5 | Use informal arguments to establish facts about the angle sum and exterior angle of triangles, about the angles created when parallel lines are cut by a transversal, and the angle-angle criterion for similarity of triangles. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.G.B.6 | Explain a proof of the Pythagorean Theorem and its converse. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.G.B.7 | Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to determine unknown side lengths in right triangles in real-world and mathematical problems in two and three dimensions. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.G.B.8 | Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to find the distance between two points in a coordinate system. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.G.C.9 | Know the formulas for the volumes of cones, cylinders, and spheres and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.SP.A.1 | Construct and interpret scatter plots for bivariate measurement data to investigate patterns of association between two quantities; describe patterns such as clustering, outliers, positive or negative association, linear association, and nonlinear association. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.SP.A.2 | Know that straight lines are widely used to model relationships between two quantitative variables; for scatter plots that suggest a linear association, informally fit a straight line and informally assess the model fit by judging the closeness of the data points to the line. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.SP.A.3 | Use the equation of a linear model to solve problems in the context of bivariate measurement data, interpreting the slope and intercept. | Open Page |
| MATH.8.SP.A.4 | Understand that patterns of association can also be seen in bivariate categorical data by displaying frequencies and relative frequencies in a two-way table; construct and interpret a two-way table; use relative frequencies to describe possible association between the two variables. | Open Page |
Science (11)
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| Standard | Short Description | Open |
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| SCI.8.PS1.A | Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures, and relate structure and arrangement of atoms to the properties of matter. | Open Page |
| SCI.8.PS1.B | Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred; develop models to describe conservation of atoms in chemical reactions. | Open Page |
| SCI.8.PS2.A | Apply Newton's Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects; 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. | Open Page |
| SCI.8.PS2.B | Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects; conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even with no physical contact. | Open Page |
| SCI.8.PS3.A | 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; apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer. | Open Page |
| SCI.8.PS3.B | 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; 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. | Open Page |
| SCI.8.PS3.C | Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on a macroscopic object during a collision; analyze data to determine the effects of strength of an electric or magnetic field on the force between objects. | Open Page |
| SCI.8.PS4.A | Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in the wave; develop and use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. | Open Page |
| SCI.8.PS4.B | Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals; apply concepts of statistics and probability to explain the variation and distribution of expressed traits in a population. | Open Page |
| SCI.8.ESS1.A | Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons; analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system. | Open Page |
| SCI.8.ESS1.B | Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth's 4.6-billion-year-old history; construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales. | Open Page |
Social Studies (18)
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| Standard | Short Description | Open |
|---|---|---|
| SS.8.E.8.A | Describe how industrialization, technological innovation, and market growth transformed the American economy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the roles of labor, capital, and entrepreneurship. | Open Page |
| SS.8.E.8.B | Explain how economic changes during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era led to labor reform movements, immigration patterns, and debates about the role of government in regulating the economy. | Open Page |
| SS.8.GS.A | Use maps and geographic tools to analyze how physical geography, natural resources, and regional differences influenced economic development, migration patterns, and conflict in 19th- and early 20th-century America. | Open Page |
| SS.8.GS.B | Analyze how immigration, westward expansion, and urbanization changed the human geography of the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. | Open Page |
| SS.8.GS.C | Describe how the economic and cultural characteristics of American regions shaped political conflict, including the causes and consequences of the Civil War and Reconstruction. | Open Page |
| SS.8.GS.D | Explain how the movement of people, goods, and ideas — including immigration waves, westward migration, and American imperialism — changed the United States and its role in the world. | Open Page |
| SS.8.H.8.A | Analyze the causes, major events, and long-term consequences of Reconstruction, including the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, the Freedmen's Bureau, and the end of Reconstruction. | Open Page |
| SS.8.H.8.B | Describe the major developments of the Gilded Age and industrialization, including the rise of big business, labor unions, immigration, urbanization, and the experiences of different groups in this era. | Open Page |
| SS.8.H.8.C | Explain the causes and key features of the Progressive Era, including social reform movements, muckraking journalism, women's suffrage, and the expansion of government regulation. | Open Page |
| SS.8.H.8.D | Describe the causes of World War I, the role of the United States in the war, and the impact of the war and its aftermath on American society and foreign policy. | Open Page |
| SS.8.PC.A | Analyze how constitutional amendments, legislation, and Supreme Court decisions changed the rights and protections of Americans during Reconstruction and the Progressive Era, including cases such as Plessy v. Ferguson. | Open Page |
| SS.8.PC.B | Describe how various groups — including African Americans, women, workers, and immigrants — advocated for expanded rights and civic participation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. | Open Page |
| SS.8.PC.C | Explain how reform movements and growing government power during the Progressive Era reflected evolving ideas about democracy, individual rights, and the common good. | Open Page |
| SS.8.TS.A | Develop and use compelling and supporting questions to investigate topics in 19th- and early 20th-century US history using social studies inquiry processes. | Open Page |
| SS.8.TS.B | Gather and evaluate information from multiple primary and secondary sources, including documents, photographs, and digital sources, to answer historical questions about US history. | Open Page |
| SS.8.TS.C | Organize and interpret information from maps, timelines, charts, and other sources to analyze patterns and relationships in 19th- and early 20th-century US history. | Open Page |
| SS.8.TS.D | Construct explanations and arguments about 19th- and early 20th-century US history using evidence gathered and evaluated from multiple sources. | Open Page |
| SS.8.TS.E | Communicate findings about US history through speaking, writing, and multimedia to present well-organized arguments and information. | Open Page |