Tennessee Department of Education

English/Language Arts - Eighth Grade: Learning Expectations

Reading

Learning Expectations:

  1. 1.01 Continue to develop oral language and listening skills.
  2. 1.02 Develop an understanding of the concepts of print.
  3. 1.03 Expand reading skills through phonemic awareness.
  4. 1.04 Use decoding strategies to read unfamiliar words.
  5. 1.05 Read to develop fluency, expression, accuracy, and confidence.
  6. 1.06 Expand reading vocabulary.
  7. 1.07 Employ pre-reading strategies to facilitate comprehension.
  8. 1.08 Use active comprehension strategies to derive meaning while reading and to check for understanding after reading.
  9. 1.09 Refine study skills and develop methods of research to enhance learning.
  10. 1.10 Develop skills to facilitate reading in the content areas.
  11. 1.11 Read independently for a variety of purposes.
  12. 1.12 Experience and explore the elements of various literary and media genres.
  13. 1.13 Develop and sustain a motivation for reading.

Writing

Learning Expectations:

  1. 2.01 Engage in prewriting using a variety of strategies.
  2. 2.02 Write for a variety of audiences and purposes.
  3. 2.03 Compose drafts of written works.
  4. 2.04 Show evidence of and determine appropriate revisions within the written draft.
  5. 2.05 Include editing before the completion of finished work.
  6. 2.06 Evaluate own and others' writing.
  7. 2.07 Experience numerous publishing opportunities.
  8. 2.08 Write in the expository mode.
  9. 2.09 Write frequently across all content areas.
  10. 2.10 Write expressively in order to develop an effective writing style.
  11. 2.11 Write in response to literature.
  12. 2.12 Write in a variety of modes and genres.
  13. 2.13 Locate and analyze information to prepare written works and presentations.

Elements of Language

Learning Expectations:

  1. 3.01  Demonstrate knowledge of standard English usage.
  2. 3.02  Demonstrate knowledge of standard English mechanics.
  3. 3.03  Demonstrate knowledge of standard English spelling.
  4. 3.04  Demonstrate knowledge of correct sentence structure.