TEACHER ELEMENTS

STUDENT ELEMENTS

GRADE 8

GRADE 8

THE TEACHER SHALL:

THE STUDENT SHOULD:

REVIEW, RETEACH, AND REASSESS PAST CONCEPTS.

NEW CONCEPTS

NEW CONCEPTS

Provide opportunities for students to look up words in dictionaries and trace the spelling, pronunciation, semantic changes, and origins of words.

Use dictionaries in order to trace the spelling, pronunciation, semantic changes, and origins of words..

Teach the spelling/meanings of Old English and Greek prefixes.

Tell the spelling/meanings of Old English and Greek prefixes A, ANTI, APO, BE, CATA, DIA, EPI, EU, FOR, HETERO, HOMO, HYPER, HYPO, META, MICRO, MIS, ORTH, OVER, PARA, PER, PRO, SYN/SYM/SYL, TELE, UN.

Teach the spelling/meanings of Latin root words.

Define the meanings of Latin root words FLU, GREG, LUC, NOV, PAC, RUPT, SANG, SCI, SCRIB/SCRIPT, SENS/SENT, SECT, SECUT/SEQU, SON, SPIR, STRICT/STRING, SPEC, STRUCT, TECT, TEMP, TORT, TRACT, VER/VERB, VER/VERT, VEN, VENT, VID/VIS, VIT/VIV, VIC/VINC, VOLV, VOC.

Teach the spelling/meanings of at least 50 more pairs of homophones.

Identify the spelling/meanings of at least 50 more pairs of homophones.

Provide opportunities for students to analyze the spelling/meanings of unfamiliar words based on the spelling/meanings of the individual word elements.

Analyze the spelling/meanings of unfamiliar words based on the spelling/meanings of the individual word elements.

Regularly and systematically teach spelling/vocabulary words taken from professional lists prepared for grade level.

Spell and use words regularly and correctly from professional lists prepared for grade level.

Provide opportunities for students to add to cumulative, individualized record of new spelling/vocabulary words found in literature selections.

Add to cumulative, individualized record of new spelling/vocabulary words found in literature selections.