Common Core ELA Pacing Guide 8th Grade College and Career Readiness (CCR) Anchor Standard 1: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. Strand: Writing Cluster: Text Types and Purposes Grade: 8 Standard 1 (W.8.1) Write arguments to support Quarter 1: Quarter 2: Quarter 3: Quarter 4: claims with clear reasons and Identify and explain: Identify and explain: relevant evidence. accurate, credible sources accurate, credible sources a. Introduce claim(s), phrases and clauses that create phrases and clauses that create acknowledge and distinguish cohesion and clarify relationships cohesion and clarify relationships the claim(s) from alternate or claims; alternate, counter-or claims; alternate, counter-or opposing claims, and opposing claims opposing claims organize the reasons and relevance and evidence relevance and evidence evidence logically. argument argument b. Support claim(s) with concluding statement concluding statement logical reasoning and formal style formal style relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources Determine how to introduce claims, Determine how to introduce claims, and demonstrating an acknowledge or distinguish alternate or acknowledge or distinguish alternate or understanding of the topic or opposing claims opposing claims text.
Common Core ELA Pacing Guide 8th Grade College and Career Readiness (CCR) Anchor Standard 1: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. Strand: Writing Cluster: Text Types and Purposes Grade: 8 Standard 1 (W.8.1) Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. a. Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically. b. Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text. Quarter 1: Quarter 2: Quarter 3: Identify and explain: accurate, credible sources phrases and clauses that create cohesion and clarify relationships claims; alternate, counter-or opposing claims relevance and evidence argument concluding statement formal style Determine how to introduce claims, acknowledge or distinguish alternate or opposing claims Quarter 4: Identify and explain: accurate, credible sources phrases and clauses that create cohesion and clarify relationships claims; alternate, counter-or opposing claims relevance and evidence argument concluding statement formal style Determine how to introduce claims, acknowledge or distinguish alternate or opposing claims
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