Grade 08 ELA - EC: E08.D.2.1.1

Continuum of Activities

The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.

This continuum of activities offers:

Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
Questions/activities that grow in complexity
Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance

Grade Levels

8th Grade

Course, Subject

English Language Arts

Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content

E08.D.2.1.1 E08.D.2.1.1

Use verbs in the active and passive voice and in the conditional and subjunctive mood to achieve particular effects (e.g., emphasizing the actor or the action, expressing uncertainty, or describing a state contrary to fact).

Activities

Identify verbs used in the active and passive voice.
Identify verbs used in the conditional and subjunctive mood.

Explain the particular effects of using verbs in the active and passive voice.
Explain the particular effects of using verbs in the conditional and subjunctive mood.

Construct original sentences using verbs in the active and passive voice, and in the conditional and subjunctive mood to achieve particular effects.
Evaluate the use of verbs in the active and passive voice, and in the conditional and subjunctive mood to determine if the intended effects are achieved.

Answer Key/Rubric

Student identifies verbs used in the active and passive voice.

Verbs used in the active voice signify action performed by the subject of a sentence. Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Read
- Taught
- Sang
Verbs used in the passive voice signify action that is performed to or on the subject of a sentence. Verbs in the passive voice are past participles with a form of the verb “to be” proceeding it. Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Was read
- Were taught
- Is sung

Student identifies verbs used in the conditional and subjunctive mood.

Student lists verbs in the conditional mood. Verbs used in the conditional mood express a condition of possibility. These include words such as could, might, or should to express the condition. For example, “I could finish my homework if it were quiet.”
Student lists verbs in the subjunctive mood. Verb used in the subjunctive mood express a wish or a desire. For example, “If I did not have to do my homework, I would watch TV.”

Student explains the particular effects of using verbs in the active and passive voice. The student identifies verb voice as being active or passive. Verbs used in the active voice signify action performed by the subject of a sentence. Verbs used in the passive voice signify action that is performed to or on the subject of a sentence. Verbs in the passive voice are past participles with a form of the verb ‘to be’ proceeding it. An example of a sentence using correct active verb voice is “Mr. James teaches the students in the 6^th grade.” An example of a sentence using correct passive verb voice is “The students in the 6^th grade are taught by Mr. James.”
Student explains the particular effects of using verbs in the conditional and subjunctive mood. Verbs used in the conditional mood express a condition of possibility. The include words, such as could, might, or should, to express the condition. For example, “I could finish my homework if it is quiet.” Verb used in the subjunctive mood express a wish or a desire. For example, “If I did not have to do my homework, I would watch TV.”
Student constructs original sentences using verbs in the active and passive voice and in the conditional and subjunctive mood to achieve particular effects. The student correctly uses verbs in the active or passive voice to emphasize the actor or the action in a sentence. The student correctly uses verbs in the conditional or subjunctive mood to either express uncertainty or to describe a state contrary to fact.
Student evaluates the use of verbs in the active and passive voice and in the conditional and subjunctive mood to determine if the intended effects are achieved. For example, the student correctly evaluates a writer’s use of verb voice and mood to achieve a particular effect. Verbs used in the active voice emphasis the actor in a sentence. Verbs used in the passive voice emphasis the action in a sentence. Verbs used in the conditional mood express uncertainty in a sentence. Verbs used in the subjunctive mood describe a state contrary to fact.