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Grade 8

• Communication and Multimodal Literacies

  • 8.C.1
  • 8.C.1.A
  • 8.C.2.A
  • 8.C.3
  • 8.C.3.A
  • 8.C.3.B
  • 8.C.4
  • 8.C.4.A

• Language Usage

  • 8.LU.1
  • 8.LU.1.C
  • 8.LU.2
  • 8.LU.2.C

• Research

  • 8.R.1
  • 8.R.1.B
  • 8.R.1.E
  • 8.R.1.F

• Reading Informational Text

  • 8.RI.3.B

• Reading Literary Text

  • 8.RL.1
  • 8.RL.1.A
  • 8.RL.2
  • 8.RL.2.A
  • 8.RL.2.B

• Reading and Vocabulary

  • 8.RV.1
  • 8.RV.1.B
  • 8.RV.1.C
  • 8.RV.1.D
  • 8.RV.1.E
  • 8.RV.1.G

• Writing

  • 8.W.1
  • 8.W.1.A
  • 8.W.1.B
  • 8.W.1.C
  • 8.W.3
  • 8.W.3.A

Virginia ELA Standard: 8.W.1.B

Write expository texts to examine a topic or concept that conveys ideas and information by maintaining a clear focus with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, and examples from multiple credible sources, using structures and patterns (e.g., description, enumeration, classification, comparison, problem-solution, or cause- effect) to clarify relationships among ideas and concepts.