Integrate effective vocabulary into writing to create specific effects and communicate purposefully.
Arizona - K-12 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
Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards:
8W2c
Use precise language and content-specific vocabulary to explain a topic.
Tennessee Academic Standards:
8.W.TTP.2.h
Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary.
Arizona - K-12 Academic Standards:
8.L.6
Common Core State Standards:
Literacy.L.8.6
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards:
8L6
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
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
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
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.
8th Grade Writing - Academic Words and Phrases Lesson
Technical Meanings
Sometimes when you learn something new, you have to learn new words, too. These new words help you understand the topic better.
Some informational passages have words with technical meanings. These words are specific to a topic or a subject and have specific meaning. These are called academic words and phrases.
When you read, try to find the words that are new to you, or that you know are important to the topic or subject. Sometimes, these words will be in bold. Use context clues or a dictionary or glossary to help you figure out what the words mean.
8th Grade Writing - Academic Words and Phrases Lesson