Academic Words and Phrases
8th Grade
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Alabama Course of Study Standards:
31
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Integrate effective vocabulary into writing to create specific effects and communicate purposefully. |
Arizona Academic Standards:
8.W.2.d
Common Core State Standards:
Literacy.W.8.2d
Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE):
ELAGSE8W2d
Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS):
W.8.2.d
Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards:
W.8.2d
North Carolina - Standard Course of Study:
W.8.2.e
Ohio's Learning Standards:
W.8.2.e
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Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. |
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards:
8W2c
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Use precise language and content-specific vocabulary to explain a topic. |
Tennessee Academic Standards:
8.W.TTP.2.h
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Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary. |
Arizona Academic Standards:
8.L.6
Common Core State Standards:
Literacy.L.8.6
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards:
8L6
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Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. |
Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE):
ELAGSE8L6
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Acquire and accurately use grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. |
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks:
L.8.6
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Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; independently research words and gather vocabulary knowledge. (See grade 8 Reading Literature Standard 4 and Reading Informational Text Standard 4 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading; see grade 8 Writing Standard 5 and Speaking and Listening Standard 4 on strengthening writing and presentations by applying knowledge of vocabulary.) For example, after finding out that emoji was designated the 2015 “word of the year” by the Oxford
Online Dictionary, students decide that for a class project they will compile their own online etymological dictionary of words and phrases that are commonly used in English. Their diverse list of words and phrases to research includes blue jeans, jazz, hip-hop, numero uno, pizza, Algebra, lacrosse, Olympics, movie star, time flies, and bon appetit. (W.8.7, L.8.6) |
Tennessee Academic Standards:
8.L.VAU.6
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Acquire and accurately use grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; develop vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. |
Wisconsin Academic Standards:
L.8.4
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Demonstrate an ability to collaboratively and independently build vocabulary knowledge when encountering unknown words including cultural, general academic, and discipline-specific terms and phrases; make intentional vocabulary choices appropriate to the context and situation. |
Arkansas Academic Standards:
8.W.7.P
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Choose precise words, phrases, and clauses to clarify relationships among ideas, claims, counterclaims, reasons, and/or evidence. |
Arkansas Academic Standards:
8.V.1
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Use general academic and content-specific words and phrases accurately. |
Arkansas Academic Standards:
8.L.9.S
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Choose language that precisely expresses ideas, eliminating redundancy. |
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8th Grade Writing - Academic Words and Phrases Lesson