Pennsylvania 8th Grade ELA Standards in Writing

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1.4 Writing

• Informative/Explanatory
  • CC.1.4.8.A Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information clearly.
• Informative/Explanatory Focus
  • CC.1.4.8.B Identify and introduce the topic clearly, including a preview of what is to follow.
• Informative/Explanatory Content
  • CC.1.4.8.C Develop and analyze the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples; include graphics and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
• Informative/Explanatory Organization
  • CC.1.4.8.D Organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories; use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts; provide a concluding statement or section; include formatting when useful to aiding comprehension.
• Informative/Explanatory Style
  • CC.1.4.8.E Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of composition.
    • CC.1.4.8.E.1 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
    • CC.1.4.8.E.2 Use sentences of varying lengths and complexities.
    • CC.1.4.8.E.3 Create tone and voice though precise language.
    • CC.1.4.8.E.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
• Informative/Explanatory Conventions of Language
  • CC.1.4.8.F Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
• Opinion/Argumentative
  • CC.1.4.8.G Write arguments to support claims.
• Opinion/Argumentative Focus
  • CC.1.4.8.H Introduce and state an opinion on a topic.
• Opinion/Argumentative Content
  • CC.1.4.8.I Acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims and support claim with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic.
• Opinion/Argumentative Organization
  • CC.1.4.8.J Organize the claim(s) with clear reasons and evidence clearly; clarify relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence by using words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion; provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.
• Opinion/Argumentative Style
  • CC.1.4.8.K Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of composition.
    • CC.1.4.8.K.1 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
    • CC.1.4.8.K.2 Use sentences of varying lengths and complexities.
    • CC.1.4.8.K.3 Create tone and voice though precise language.
    • CC.1.4.8.K.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
• Opinion/Argumentative Conventions of Language
  • CC.1.4.8.L Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
• Narrative
  • CC.1.4.8.M Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events.
• Narrative Focus
  • CC.1.4.8.N Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters.
• Narrative Content
  • CC.1.4.8.O Use narrative techniques such as dialogue, description, reflection, and pacing to develop experiences, events, and/or characters; use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
• Narrative Organization
  • CC.1.4.8.P Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically using a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence, signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another and show the relationships among experiences and events; provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
• Narrative Style
  • CC.1.4.8.Q Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of writing.
    • CC.1.4.8.Q.1 Use verbs in the active and passive voice and in the conditional and subjunctive mood to achieve particular effect.
    • CC.1.4.8.Q.2 Use sentences of varying lengths and complexities.
    • CC.1.4.8.Q.3 Create tone and voice though precise language.
• Narrative Conventions of Language
  • CC.1.4.8.R Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
• Response to Literature
  • CC.1.4.8.S Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research, applying grade-level reading standards for literature and literary nonfiction.
• Production and Distribution of Writing/Writing Process
  • CC.1.4.8.T With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.
• Technology and Publication
  • CC.1.4.8.U Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
• Conducting Research
  • CC.1.4.8.V Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
• Credibility, Reliability, and Validity of Sources
  • CC.1.4.8.W Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
• Range of Writing
  • CC.1.4.8.X Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.