Unit 1: Vocabulary 8th Grade English

Annotating

• Adding notes or comments to a text to highlight the most important parts or share your thoughts about the text.

• Working together with others to achieve a common goal, where everyone shares ideas and responsibilities.

• Fixing grammar, spelling, and punctuation in your writing before sharing it with others.

• The most important ideas in a piece of writing that support the main message.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Audience

• The most important ideas in a piece of writing that support the main message.

• Guessing what will happen next in a story based on the details you’ve read.

• The group of people a message is meant for.

• Written or digital communication between two or more people, like letters or emails.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Collaboration

• The most important ideas in a piece of writing that support the main message.

• Making an educated guess based on clues and information you have.

• Guessing what will happen next in a story based on the details you’ve read.

• Working together with others to achieve a common goal, where everyone shares ideas and responsibilities.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Correspondence

•  Written or digital communication between two or more people, like letters or emails.

• Reducing a large text to its most important points.

• Restating someone else’s ideas in your own words without changing the original meaning.

• Guessing what will happen next in a story based on the details you’ve read.

Editing

• Guessing what will happen next in a story based on the details you’ve read.

• Making an educated guess based on clues and information you have.

• Fixing grammar, spelling, and punctuation in your writing before sharing it with others.

• Reducing a large text to its most important points.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Inference

• Fixing grammar, spelling, and punctuation in your writing before sharing it with others.

• Restating someone else’s ideas in your own words without changing the original meaning.

• Reducing a large text to its most important points.

• Making an educated guess based on clues and information you have.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Key Ideas

• Reducing a large text to its most important points.

• The most important ideas in a piece of writing that support the main message.

• Guessing what will happen next in a story based on the details you’ve read.

• Written or digital communication between two or more people, like letters or emails.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Paraphrasing

•  Making an educated guess based on clues and information you have.

• Restating someone else’s ideas in your own words without changing the original meaning.

• Guessing what will happen next in a story based on the details you’ve read.

• Reducing a large text to its most important points.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Prediction

• Written or digital communication between two or more people, like letters or emails.

• Fixing grammar, spelling, and punctuation in your writing before sharing it with others.

• Restating someone else’s ideas in your own words without changing the original meaning.

• Guessing what will happen next in a story based on the details you’ve read.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Summarizing

• The most important ideas in a piece of writing that support the main message.

•  Working together with others to achieve a common goal, where everyone shares ideas and responsibilities.

• Reducing a large text to its most important points.

• Making an educated guess based on clues and information you have.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2