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8th Grade

Alabama Course of Study Standards: 20.d

Construct simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.

Arizona - K-12 Academic Standards: 8.W.2.c

Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.8.2c

Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE8W2c

Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): W.8.2.c

Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: W.8.2c

North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: W.8.2.d

Ohio's Learning Standards: W.8.2.d

Wisconsin Academic Standards: W.8.3.b

Transitions: Vary transitions to create cohesion and clarity among ideas and concepts.

New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 8W2d

Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.

Tennessee Academic Standards: 8.W.TTP.2.g

Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.

Arizona - K-12 Academic Standards: 8.W.3.c

Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.8.3c

Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE8W3c

Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): W.8.3.c

Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: W.8.3c

North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: W.8.3.d

New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 8W3c

Wisconsin Academic Standards: W.8.3.c

Word Choice (including domain specific): Use genre-specific vocabulary. Use vocabulary that enhances the meaning and engages the reader.

Tennessee Academic Standards: 8.W.TTP.3.e

Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence, signal shifts, and show the relationships among experiences and events.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.8.d

Organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories; use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts;provide a concluding statement or section; include formatting when useful to aiding comprehension.
  • E08.E.1.1.1 - Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.

  • E08.E.1.1.3 - Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.

  • E08.E.1.1.6 - Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the analysis presented.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.8.e

Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of composition.

Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

Use sentences of varying lengths and complexities.

Create tone and voice through precise language.

Establish and maintain a formal style.
  • 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).

  • E08.D.2.1.2 - Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.*

  • E08.D.2.1.3 - Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.*

  • E08.D.2.1.4 - Maintain consistency in style and tone.*

  • E08.D.2.1.5 - Choose punctuation for effect.*

  • E08.D.2.1.6 - Choose words and phrases for effect.*

  • E08.E.1.1.4 - Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.

  • E08.E.1.1.5 - Establish and maintain a formal style.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.8.j

Organize the claim(s) with clear reasons and evidence clearly; clarify relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence by using words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion; provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented
  • E08.E.1.1.1 - Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.

  • E08.E.1.1.3 - Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.

  • E08.E.1.1.6 - Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the analysis presented.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.8.k

Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of composition.

Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

Use sentences of varying lengths and complexities.

Create tone and voice through precise language.

Establish and maintain a formal style.
  • 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).

  • E08.D.2.1.2 - Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.*

  • E08.D.2.1.3 - Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.*

  • E08.D.2.1.4 - Maintain consistency in style and tone.*

  • E08.D.2.1.5 - Choose punctuation for effect.*

  • E08.D.2.1.6 - Choose words and phrases for effect.*

  • E08.E.1.1.4 - Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.

  • E08.E.1.1.5 - Establish and maintain a formal style.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.8.p

Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically using a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence, signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another and show the relationships among experiences and events; provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.

8th Grade Writing - Transitions Lesson
 
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