Grade 08 ELA - EC: E08.D.2.1.4
Grade 08 ELA - EC: E08.D.2.1.4
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
Activities
- Define a writer’s style.
- Define a writer’s tone.
- Compare writing that consistently maintains a style and tone with writing that does not maintain a consistent style and tone.
- Explain strategies used by a writer to maintain a consistent style and tone.
- Construct an original written piece that maintains a consistent style and tone.
- Evaluate a text to determine if a consistent style and tone are maintained.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Student defines a writer’s style. A writer’s style refers to the way ideas are expressed as a result of deliberate stylistic choices. These choices include, but are not limited to, sentence patterns and word choices.
- Student defines a writer’s tone. A writer’s tone refers to how ideas are expressed and received by a reader. A writer’s tone is developed by deliberate choices that relate to the writer’s intended purpose and audience for writing. A writer may choose to establish an academic, serious, or humorous tone depending on the intended purpose and audience.
- Student compares writing that consistently maintains a style and tone with writing that does not maintain a consistent style and tone. Through the comparison, the student should conclude that maintaining a consistent style and tone communicates an unambiguous message that matches the writer’s intended purpose and audience.
- Student explains strategies used by a writer to maintain a consistent style and tone. A strategy writers use to maintain a consistent style and tone is to establish a clear understanding of purpose and audience for writing. This affects the writer’s deliberate stylistic choices. These choices include, but are not limited to, sentence patterns and word choices.
- Student constructs an original written piece that maintains a consistent style and tone. The student maintains a consistent style and tone that matches their purpose and audience. The consistent style and tone are maintained through sentence patterns and word choices.
- Student evaluates a text to determine if a consistent style and tone are maintained. The student evaluates the extent to which the style and tone remains consistent and matches the writer’s purpose and audience. The evaluation makes direct references to the author’s stylistic choices that are used deliberately to maintain a particular style and tone.
