Grade 08 ELA - EC: E08.D.1.1.10
Grade 08 ELA - EC: E08.D.1.1.10
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
- List examples of frequently confused words.
- Match examples of frequently confused words to their meanings.
- Identify correct use of frequently confused words in a text.
- Identify examples of frequently confused words incorrectly used in a text.
- Construct original sentences that correctly use frequently confused words.
- Revise sentences that include incorrect use of frequently confused words.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Student lists examples of frequently confused words. Examples include, but are not limited to:
- To/Two/Too
- There/Their/They’re
- Farther/Further
- Fewer/Less
- Good/Well
- Its/It’s
- Than/Then
- Your/You’re
- Lets/Let’s
- Student matches examples of frequently confused words to their meanings. Examples include, but are not limited to:
- To: used to form an infinitive verb
- Two: the number 2
- Too: also
- There: indicates a place or location
- Their: a possessive pronoun
- They’re: contraction meaning “they are”
- Farther: a far distance
- Further: to a large or great extent
- Its: a possessive pronoun
- It’s: a contraction meaning “it is”
- Than: a conjunction to show a comparison
- Then: an adverb to indicate time
- Your: a possessive pronoun
- You’re: a contraction meaning “you are”
- Lets: to allow
- Let’s: a contraction meaning “let us”
- Student identifies correct use of frequently confused words in a text. The student cites direct text evidence to show the correct use of frequently confused words.
- Student identifies examples of frequently confused words incorrectly used in a text. The student cites direct text evidence to show the correct use of frequently confused words.
- Student constructs original sentences that correctly use frequently confused words. The constructed sentences correctly use the intended word to accurately maintain the sentence’s meaning.
- Student revises sentences that include incorrect use of frequently confused words. Tools, such as dictionaries used to verify a word’s meaning, are used to revise sentences that incorrectly use frequently confused words.