Reading 8 (Alternative Delivery of Specialized Instructional Services Success Program)
Syllabus and Discipline Plan
Length: Full year course meeting every other day
Reading Standards
This class will provide students with additional support on the MN 2010 English Language Arts Anchor Standards for Informational Text and Literature.
1. Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences
drawn from the text.
2. Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to
supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
3. Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g. through
comparisons, analogies, or categories).
4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical
meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone including analogies or allusions to other
texts.
5. Analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph in a text, including the role of particular sentences in developing
and refining a key concept.
6. Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to
conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
7. Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g. print or digital text, video, multimedia) to
present a particular topic or idea.
8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the
evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.
9. Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the
texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.
Materials
1. Compass Learning Odyssey, novels and other iPAD applications to support Grade 8 benchmarks
2. SRA Corrective Reading along with Glencoe Literature, Course 3 textbook
3. Pine City Pioneer and St. Paul Pioneer Press
4. Current Events
MCA Test Preparation Activities
1. Reading blog-dragonsreadwithme.wordpress.com
2. Glencoe Course 3 test preparation activities
3. St. Paul Pioneer Press test preparation activities
Evaluation:
Classroom responsibility Plan
Reading goals are for you are to:
In order to accomplish these goals, you need to be:
Classroom Discipline Plan
How parents can help:
Syllabus and Discipline Plan
Length: Full year course meeting every other day
Reading Standards
This class will provide students with additional support on the MN 2010 English Language Arts Anchor Standards for Informational Text and Literature.
8th grade reading Benchmarks
- Literature
- Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the test.
- Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
- Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
- Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.
- Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader create such effects as suspense or humor.
- Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.
- Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new.
1. Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences
drawn from the text.
2. Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to
supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
3. Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g. through
comparisons, analogies, or categories).
4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical
meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone including analogies or allusions to other
texts.
5. Analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph in a text, including the role of particular sentences in developing
and refining a key concept.
6. Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to
conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
7. Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g. print or digital text, video, multimedia) to
present a particular topic or idea.
8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the
evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.
9. Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the
texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.
Materials
1. Compass Learning Odyssey, novels and other iPAD applications to support Grade 8 benchmarks
2. SRA Corrective Reading along with Glencoe Literature, Course 3 textbook
3. Pine City Pioneer and St. Paul Pioneer Press
4. Current Events
MCA Test Preparation Activities
1. Reading blog-dragonsreadwithme.wordpress.com
2. Glencoe Course 3 test preparation activities
3. St. Paul Pioneer Press test preparation activities
Evaluation:
- 1. Pass (80% or higher) or fail
2. Classwork, assessments and participation
Classroom responsibility Plan
Reading goals are for you are to:
- demonstrate independence
- Build strong reading skills
- Comprehend as well as critique
- Value evidence presented to you as a reader
- Use technology and digital media strategically and capable
In order to accomplish these goals, you need to be:
- Responsible (listen to the direction, cooperate, show a willingness to learn)
- Attentive (follow directions, eyes on speaker)
- Prompt (be seated with all needed materials when the bell rings)
- Prepared (pencil/pen and free reading book everyday)
- Considerate (show respect, raise your hand)
Classroom Discipline Plan
- I will address inappropriate behavior with you
- Correct inappropriate behavior
- Detention
- Parent contact
- Referral to PCHS Assistant Principal
- Removal from class
How parents can help:
- Read to your child and encourage them to read to you
- Encourage your child to read our classroom reading, newspapers and general interest magazines (blog is “dragonsreadwithme.wordpress.com”
- Discuss events and stories your child reads from our classroom reading blog, newspapers, magazines, books
- Check Planbook Connect and Schoolview
- Read the additional information for the Alternative Delivery of Specialized Instructional Services Success Program that is sent home with mid-quarter and quarterly reports
- Complete/return the mid-year Alternative Delivery of Specialized Instructional Services Success Program
- Discuss the importance of school, district and state assessments throughout the year
- Review Test Preparation Suggestions for Parents on the PCPS Homepage