Yr 8 English

Curriculum Pacing Guide Narrative

One Term = 8 weeks
Second Term
Grammar
The following skills should be covered and can be found in the Glencoe Writers Choice
Grammar 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 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 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 CCCS standards 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 that
will engage students in the learning "rocess*
&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 skills 5for a total of 6 lessons and a review which could
be worked in "eriodicall, throughout the ,ear if desired7

!kills Covered
8* words in conte9t :* homogra"hs2homo"hones
;* word roots <* basic s"elling rules
=* "refi9es2suffi9es 5; lessons7
>* s,non,ms2anton,ms 6* ; review "ages for voc*2s"elling