6th Grade 

Reading Skills/Comprehension

• Use evidence from text in order to summarize the plot and make inferences about and analyze the text.
• Determine the central theme or themes in a text.
• Figurative Language 
• Understand and explain point of view in the text.
• Read and compare different texts and genres that address the same topic.

Writing

• Informative/explanatory texts
• Evidence based essays
• Opinion Writing 

Grammar

• Adverbs
• Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections
• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Diagramming Sentences
• Punctuation

7th Grade

Reading Skills/Comprehension

• Use evidence from text in order to summarize the plot and make inferences about and analyze the text.
• Determine the central theme or themes in a text.
• Determine central ideas in a text.
• Figurative Language
• Understand and explain point of view in the text.

Writing

• Informative/explanatory texts
• Evidence based essays
• Opinion Writing 

Grammar

• Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections
• Clauses and Complex Sentences
• Verbals
• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Diagramming Sentences

 

8th Grade

Reading Skills/Comprehension

• Analyzing Meaning, Theme and Summarizing 
• Analyzing Plot and Character
• Comparing and Contrasting Text Structures
• Analyzing Point of View
• Analyzing Text Structure
• Determine Point of View and Purpose
• Analyzing sources of Fiction Text

Writing

• Informative/explanatory texts
• Evidence based essays
• Opinion Writing 
• Research Paper

Grammar

• Prepositions, Conjunctions and Interjections
• Clauses and Complex Sentences
• Verbals
• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Diagramming Sentences