Eighth Grade Writing Skills
How to Teach Reading Lesson Plans: Eighth Grade Writing Skills
- Identifies and demonstrates knowledge of sentence patterns
- Utilizes a variety of sentence patterns
- Writes for a variety of purposes
- Uses proper mechanics and usage
- Self-corrects and corrects others' writing by editing/proofreading (uses proper mechanics, usage, spelling)
- Utilizes appropriate grade level vocabulary
- Writes sequentially to present what has been read
- Utilizes prior knowledge
- Summarizes or paraphrases a literary passage
- Writes character analysis
- Responds to passages by addressing story elements
- Compiles information from texts, media, and other printed materials to construct a written product
- Organizes content of texts, media, and other printed materials to construct a written product
- Develops and presents a written product
- Utilizes prior knowledge
- Explains and writes author’s purpose (inform, entertain, persuade, describe)
- Writes to interpret ideas and opinions of others
- Utilizes prior knowledge
- Creates different types of composition to entertain, inform, persuade, and describe
- Creates various genres of literary writing (fiction, non-fiction, biography, autobiography, poetry, etc.)
- Utilizes prior knowledge
- Completes applications, forms, etc.
- Writes sequence of activities to complete a procedure (directions, instructions)
- Utilizes prior knowledge
- Writes a summary of passages heard
- Writes personal reaction to passage
- Integrates writing to interpret personal ideas/opinions and the ideas/opinions of others
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