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

TEKS.ELA.CR.3B

TEKS.ELA.CR.3D

TEKS.ELA.RI.1B

TEKS.ELA.RI.4B

TEKS.ELA.RI.4F

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

TEKS.ELA.7.9A

TEKS.ELA.8.9A

TEKS.ELA.8.9B

TEKS.ELA.E1.8B

TEKS.ELA.E4.6A

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

TEKS.ELA.5.6B

TEKS.ELA.7.5B

TEKS.ELA.8.5B

TEKS.ELA.E1.4B

TEKS.MATH.6.5B

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

TEKS.ELA.CR.3E

TEKS.ELA.CR.5A

TEKS.ELA.RI.1A

TEKS.ELA.RI.4D

TEKS.ELA.RI.4F

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

TEKS.ELA.7.5C

TEKS.ELA.8.5C

TEKS.ELA.8.6F

TEKS.ELA.E1.4C

TEKS.ELA.RI.5C

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

TEKS.ELA.7.5G

TEKS.ELA.8.5G

TEKS.ELA.E2.7D.I

TEKS.ELA.E3.7D.I

TEKS.ELA.E4.7D.I

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

TEKS.ELA.7.6D

TEKS.ELA.8.6D

TEKS.ELA.CR.5B

TEKS.ELA.E2.5D

TEKS.ELA.E3.5D

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

TEKS.ELA.8.5C

TEKS.ELA.8.6F

TEKS.ELA.CR.4F

TEKS.ELA.E4.4C

TEKS.ELA.RI.5D

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

TEKS.ELA.6.6D

TEKS.ELA.7.6D

TEKS.ELA.8.6D

TEKS.ELA.E1.5D

TEKS.ELA.E2.5D