Curriculum / ELA / 8th Grade / Standards Map
Each 8th grade Fishtank ELA unit deepens student mastery of a set of grade-level standards. These are split into core standards (standards especially important for understanding the core text and knowledge of the unit) and spiral standards (standards that students repeatedly use as they engage with, discuss, or write about a text). To learn more about how student mastery of the standards develops based on the focus areas of each 8th grade unit, read our 8th Grade English Course Overview.
Core Standards
Supporting Standards
Facing Prejudice: All American Boys
Encountering Evil: Night
Abusing Power: Animal Farm and Wicked History
Surviving Repression: Persepolis
Facing Calamity: Climate Change Facts and Fictions
Reading Standards for Literature
RL.8.1
RL.8.2
RL.8.3
RL.8.4
RL.8.5
RL.8.6
RL.8.7
RL.8.9
RL.8.10
Reading Standards for Informational Text
RI.8.1
RI.8.2
RI.8.3
RI.8.4
RI.8.5
RI.8.6
RI.8.7
RI.8.8
RI.8.9
RI.8.10
Writing Standards
W.8.1
W.8.2
W.8.3
W.8.4
W.8.5
W.8.6
W.8.7
W.8.8
W.8.9
W.8.10
Speaking and Listening Standards
SL.8.1
SL.8.2
SL.8.3
SL.8.4
SL.8.5
SL.8.6
Language Standards
L.8.1
L.8.2
L.8.3
L.8.4
L.8.5
L.8.6
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