Grade 8English Language Arts: Reading Literary Text
Use the information below to get a deeper understanding of what your child has mastered and areas where your child may need more help. There are also resources you can use to find activities to support your child’s learning at home.
Help can I help my child progress?
Next Steps
Here are some exercises you can work on at home with your Grade 8 student.
Below Mastery
Ask your student to read a story and explain how its theme is developed through elements like characters, events, or settings. Discuss how the author uses particular words or phrases to achieve effects. Have your student read literary texts from different genres like traditional stories and modern novels.
At or Near Mastery
Ask your student to read a story and explain how its theme is developed through elements like characters, events, or settings. Ask your student to explain how the author uses different points of view to create effects such as humor or tension. Have your student read literary texts from different genres.
Above Mastery
Ask your student to read a story and explain how the characters and plot develop the theme. Ask your student to analyze how the author uses different points of view to create effects. Have your student analyze how a modern work draws on a traditional story.
Talking With Your Child's Teacher
This document titled “Moving Forward: A Guide for Conversations with Your Child’s Teacher” includes helpful tips and questions to discuss with the teacher about your child’s classroom performance, academic progress, and more.
Additional Free Resources Available to Support Your Child's Learning
Use this information to have a meaningful conversation with your child’s teacher about the skills and content in the grade level and to support your child’s learning at home.
What Can I Do to Help My Child?
Talking with your child's teacher
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