Grade 08 ELA - EC: E08.D.1.2.4
Grade 08 ELA - EC: E08.D.1.2.4
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
- List examples of punctuation that can be used to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.
- State the function of specific types of punctuation that are used to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.
- Identify examples of punctuation correctly used in a text to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.
- Identify examples of punctuation incorrectly used to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.
- Construct original sentences that use punctuation correctly to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.
- Revise sentences to incorporate or correct the use of punctuation to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Student lists examples of punctuation that can be used to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements. The student correctly identifies commas, parentheses, and dashes as examples of punctuation that set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.
- Student states the function of specific types of punctuation that are used to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements. Nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements are words in a sentence that are not essential to the meaning of the sentence. These elements provide additional information in a sentence. The student correctly identifies commas, parentheses, and dashes as punctuation used in a sentence to signify nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.
- Student identifies examples of punctuation correctly used in a text to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements. For example,
- My dog, a golden retriever, was adopted from an animal shelter.
- My dog (a golden retriever) was adopted from an animal shelter.
- My dog—a golden retriever—was adopted from an animal shelter.
- Student identifies examples of punctuation incorrectly used to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements. For example, the sentence, “My dog a golden retriever was adopted from an animal shelter,” includes a nonrestrictive element that is not correctly punctuated. The nonrestrictive element, “a golden retriever,” ought to be separated from the rest of the sentence by a set of commas, parentheses, or dashes.
- Student constructs original sentences that use punctuation correctly to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements. The sentences constructed display correct use of commas, dashes, or parentheses to separate nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.
- Student revises sentences to incorporate or correct the use of punctuation to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements. For example, the student correctly revises sentences to accurately use commas, dashes, or parentheses to separate nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.