Comprehension

Grade 8 Strand: Comprehension
Lesson LO ID Concept Description
1 smre_di_02533 Genre, Poetry Students learn to analyze stucture, sound devices, imagery, and the effect of graphical elements in poetry using odes and ballads.
smre_itr_02533 Genre, Poetry Students read a poem and answer questions using structural elements, sound devices, and figurative language. Students will also answer literal and inferential questions, identify the theme, and the main idea of the text.
smre_ip_02533 Genre, Poetry Students identify odes and ballads. They also identify the use of differenty types of sound devices and structural elements of poetry.
smre_pp_02533 Genre, Poetry Students practice identifying characteristics of an ode and answer questions using structural elements.
1 smre_di_00460 Literary Devices Students learn to analyze author's word choice.
smre_itr_01460 Literary Devices Students read the informational text, "A Magical Future." Then they use question-and-answer relationships (Right There), draw conclusions, determine the author's purpose, identify the use of rhetorical appeals, and analyze the author's word choice.
smre_ip_01360 Literary Devices Students analyze author's word choice.
2 smre_di_02534 Literary Devices Students learn to compare and conrast archetypes in texts.
smre_itr_02534 Literary Devices Students read the literary text, "The Lesson of Icarus." Then they answer questions about the traits and actions of characters and draw conclusions. They also compare the use of archetypes in the text.
smre_ip_02534 Literary Devices Students compare and contrast the use of archetypes in text.
smre_pp_02534 Literary Devices Students practice comparing and contrasting the use of archetypes in text.
3 smre_di_00459 Literary Devices Students learn to determine the meaning of idioms.
smre_itr_01459 Literary Devices Students read the literary text, "No Time Like the Present." Students also determine the meaning of idioms; use question-and-answer relationships (Right There, Think and Search); draw conclusions; identify characters' actions, motives, emotions, traits, and feelings, and summarize information.
smre_ip_01359 Literary Devices Students determine the meaning of idioms using the context of short sentences.
smre_pp_00519 Literary Devices Students read sentences to determine the meaning of idioms.
4 smre_di_00465 Literary Devices Students learn to determine the meaning of metaphors.
smre_itr_01465 Literary Devices Students read the literary text, "Gift Clone." Students also determine the meaning of metaphors; use question-and-answer relationships; draw valid conclusions; and identify characters' actions, motives, emotions, traits, and feelings.
smre_ip_01365 Literary Devices Students determine the meaning of metaphors using the context of short sentences.
5 smre_di_00463 Literary Devices Students learn to determine the meaning of similes.
smre_itr_01463 Literary Devices Students read the informational text, "We the Parents Oppose Proposed Cell Phone Ban." Then they use question-and-answer relationships (Right There), draw conclusions, identify the use of rhetorical devices, determine the author's purpose, and determine the meaning of similes.
smre_ip_01363 Literary Devices Students determine the meaning of similes by using the context of short sentences.
6 smre_di_00467 Literary Devices Students learn to interpret analogies.
smre_itr_01467 Literary Devices Students read the informational text, "Building Science." Students also interpret analogies; use question-and-answer relationships (Right There, Think and Search), identify cause-and-effect relationships, and make inferences.
smre_ip_01367 Literary Devices Students interpret analogies in a standardized test format.
7 smre_di_00582 Literary Devices Students learn about symbolism and extended metaphor in poetry.
smre_itr_001319 Literary Devices Students read the poem, "Hope." Then they use structural elements to answer questions, draw conclusions, and interpret the meaning of symbolism and extended metaphor.
smre_ip_001419 Literary Devices Students identify the use and meanings of extended metaphor and symbolism in poems.
smre_pp_00597 Literary Devices Students practice using symbolism and extended metaphor to understand a poem.
1 smre_di_00468 Literary Elements Students learn to analyze how characters in literature deal with conflict, solve problems, and relate to real-life situations.
smre_itr_01468 Literary Elements Students read the literary text, "The Chance of a Lifetime." Students also analyze how characters in literature deal with conflict, solve problems, and relate to real-life situations; use question-and-answer relationships (Right There, Text and You), make predictions, and summarize information.
smre_ip_01368 Literary Elements Students analyze how characters in literature deal with conflict, solve problems, and relate to real-life situations.
smre_pp_00542 Literary Elements Students read a passage and answer questions to analyze characters in literature.
2 smre_di_02532 Literary Elements Students learn to analyze multiple themes in a text.
smre_itr_02532 Literary Elements Students read the literary text, "from The Journey Through Earth." Then they answer literal and inferential questions, identify traits of characters, use context to determine the meanings of words, compare and contrast characters, and analyze two or more themes in the text.
smre_ip_02532 Literary Elements Students compare multiple themes within a text.
smre_pp_02532 Literary Elements Students practice comparing multiple themes within a text.
3 smre_di_00458 Literary Elements Students learn to interpret and analyze a text, using story elements, point of view, and theme.
smre_itr_01458 Literary Elements Students read the literary text, "The Summer of Hurricane Andrew." Students also interpret and analyze a text using story elements, point of view, and theme; use question-and-answer relationships (Right There); and make, revise, and confirm predictions based on information from the text.
smre_ip_01358 Literary Elements Students interpret and analyze a text, using story elements, point of view, and theme.
1 smre_di_00450 Organizational Patterns of Text Students learn to analyze text that uses the cause-and-effect organizational pattern.
smre_itr_01450 Organizational Patterns of Text Students read the informational text, "The Changing Surface of the Earth." Students also analyze organizational patterns (cause-and-effect, compare and contrast), use question-and-answer relationships (Right There, Text and You), and identify the main idea and supporting details of a passage.
smre_ip_01350 Organizational Patterns of Text Students analyze text that uses the cause-and-effect organizational pattern.
smre_pp_00544 Organizational Patterns of Text Students read a passage and complete a table to use cause-and-effect to gain meaning.
2 smre_di_00462 Organizational Patterns of Text Students learn to analyze text that uses the compare-and-contrast organizational pattern.
smre_itr_01462 Organizational Patterns of Text Students read the informational text, "Natives and Immigrants in a Digital World." Students also analyze organizational patterns (compare and contrast), use question-and-answer relationships (Right There), draw conclusions, make inference, and make predictions based on information from the text.
smre_ip_01362 Organizational Patterns of Text Students analyze text that uses the compare-and-contrast organizational pattern.
smre_pp_00521 Organizational Patterns of Text Students read a passage and use a Venn diagram to analyze compare-and-contrast organizational patterns.
1 smre_di_00448 Skills Students learn to distinguish relevant from irrelevant information.
smre_itr_01448 Skills Students read the informational text, "Magnets." Students also distinguish relevant from irrelevant information, use question-and-answer relationships (Right There), draw conclusions, and make inferences.
smre_ip_01348 Skills Students distinguish relevant from irrelevant information.
smre_pp_00543 Skills Students read a passage and use a graphic organizer to distinguish relevant from irrelevant information.
2 smre_di_00470 Skills Students learn to draw valid conclusions by making connections based on patterns of what characters say and do in a text.
smre_itr_01470 Skills Students read an excerpt from the play, "Play the Game You Know (Part 1)." Students also draw valid conclusions by making connections based on patterns of what characters say and do in a text; use question-and-answer relationships (Right There); summarize information; and identify characters' actions, motives, emotions, traits, and feelings.
smre_ip_01370 Skills Students draw valid conclusions by making connections based on patterns of what characters say and do in a text.
3 smre_di_00456 Skills Students learn to make, confirm, and revise predictions based on information from a text.
smre_itr_01454 Skills Students read the literary text, "Spike It!" Students also use question-and-answer relationships (Right There); identify characters' actions, motives, emotions, traits, and feelings; determine the author's purpose; and make, confirm, and revise predictions based on information in the text.
smre_ip_01356 Skills Students make, confirm, and revise predictions based on information from a text.
4 smre_di_00452 Skills Students learn to use clue words to differentiate facts, opinions, generalizations, and overgeneralizations.
smre_itr_001315 Skills Students read the informational text, "Old Faithful." Students also use question-and-answer relationships (Right There), summarize information, make inferences, determine the author's purpose, and use clue words to differentiate facts, opinions, generalizations, and overgeneralizations.
smre_ip_01352 Skills Students use clue words to differentiate facts, opinions, generalizations, and overgeneralizations.
smre_pp_00545 Skills Students read a passage and complete an activity to sort facts, opinions, generalizations, and overgeneralizations.
1 smre_di_00454 Strategies Students learn to paraphrase information by simplifying difficult information to clarify meaning.
smre_itr_01456 Strategies Students read the informational text, "Miss America, With a Difference." Students also paraphrase information, use question-and-answer relationships (Right There), draw conclusions, analyze author's word choice, and identify explicit and implicit main ideas.
smre_ip_01354 Strategies Students paraphrase information from paragraphs.
smre_pp_00546 Strategies Students read a passage and then paraphrase the information in each paragraph.
2 smre_di_00466 Strategies Students learn to summarize by arranging information in a graphic organizer.
smre_itr_01466 Strategies Students read the informational text, "Green Homes." Students also summarize information, identify explicit and implicit main ideas and supporting details, determine the author's purpose, and use question-and-answer relationships (Right There).
smre_ip_01366 Strategies Students summarize information in paragraphs.
smre_pp_00547 Strategies Students read a passage and use a graphic organizer to identify the main idea of the story.
3 smre_di_00464 Strategies Students learn to use question-and-answer relationships to answer Text and You questions.
smre_itr_01464 Strategies Students read the informational text, "The Moon or Mars?" Students also use question-and-answer relationships (Right There), draw conclusions, compare and contrast ideas, and make predictions based on information from the text.
smre_ip_01364 Strategies Students use question-and-answer relationships to answer Text and You questions.
smre_pp_00522 Strategies Students read a passage and answer Text and You questions.

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