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