Grade 08 ELA - Standard: CC.1.5.8.D
Grade 08 ELA - Standard: CC.1.5.8.D
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
Activities
- Identify claims and findings presented by a speaker.
- Identify the most salient points made by a speaker while presenting various claims and findings.
- Describe and display methods to effectively communicate information as a speaker.
- Determine relevant evidence a speaker should emphasize when presenting claims and findings.
- Construct and demonstrate a presentation of claims and findings that is focused and coherent.
- Evaluate the relevancy and soundness of evidence, reasoning, and details used to present claims and findings as a speaker.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Student identifies claims and findings presented by a speaker. A speaker’s claims and findings are identified as the evidence-based arguments and salient points that are used to support, explain, or defend a position.
- Student identifies the most salient points made by a speaker while presenting various claims and findings. The most salient points are the claims and findings that most strongly support, explain or defend a speaker’s position.
- Student describes and displays methods to effectively communicate information as a speaker. Methods to effectively communicate information as a speaker include, but are no limited to, appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.
- Student determines relevant evidence a speaker should emphasize when presenting claims and findings. A speaker should emphasize evidence that most strongly supports, explains or defends a speaker’s position. A clear understanding of purpose and intended audience allow a speaker to determine the evidence to emphasize.
- Student constructs and demonstrates a presentation of claims and findings that is focused and coherent. The student constructs claims and findings that are evidence-based arguments, and emphasizes salient points to support, explain, or defend his/her position. The presentation includes appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.
- Student evaluates the relevancy and soundness of evidence, reasoning, and details used to present claims and findings as a speaker. The evaluation makes direct references to the evidence provided by a speaker in order to asses their relevancy and soundness.