8th Grade-Standards of Achievement and Learning

Reading and Language Arts
● Identify verb moods, such as indicative, imperative, interrogative,conditional, and subjective
● Demonstrate the relationship between words to find meaning.
● Recognize the difference between explicitly stated and inferred information.
● Use verbs in active and passive voice and in the conditional and subjective mood.
● Identify the use of ellipsis.
● Identify structural elements of two or more texts.
● Compare/contrast themes in modern fiction to myth/traditional story/religious work.
● Identify verbals such as gerunds and participles.
● Present claims and findings emphasizing salient points with well-chosen details.
● Determine how to introduce claims and acknowledge alternate or opposing claims.
● Write an argument to support claims with clear, logical reasons, and relevant evidence.
● Develop a topic using definitions, concrete details, quotations, examples, and other information.
● Write informative and explanatory texts to explain concepts and information.
● Conduct short research projects that draw on secondary sources.
Math
● Write, solve, graph and comprehend real world problems involving linear functions.
● Solve and graph systems of two linear equations with two variables.
● Graph and understand various functions such as absolute value,
● Exponential, and square root.
● Add, subtract, multiply, and factor polynomials.
● Solve how the quadratic function works and how to manipulate its graph.
● Explain the properties of integer exponents to generate equivalent numerical expressions.
● Analyze data and work with basic probability such as permutations and combinations.
Science
● Model how molecules form based on the patterns in the periodic table.
● Construct and defend arguments on gravitational forces using data collected.
● Develop the historical perspective of atomic and molecular theory.
● Conduct an experiment and collect data to support the law of conservation of thermal energy.
● Explain that waves have wavelength,frequency and amplitude.
● Describe Newton’s Law of Gravitation.
● Compare/Contrast basic chemical reactions.
Social Studies
● Demonstrate ways in which a citizen may participate in public policy debates.
● Identify the economic roles of institutions.
● Analyze the cause and effect relationship of different events over time.
● Research the political values of freedom,democracy, equality, and justice embodied in important
documents.
● Critically analyze current events in the United States and the World.
● Describe the role and effects of international organizations/political alliances in the World.
● Explain the role and impact of civil actions.