Alberta Grade 8 Language Arts ELA - FULL YEAR BUNDLE
FULL YEAR BUNDLE - Teaching made easy! This NO PREP bundle includes everything you need to teach the Alberta Grade 8 Language Arts (ELA) Curriculum.
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Grade 8 - Alberta Language Curriculum – Vocabulary, Conventions, and Fluency. This resource is part of a program that covers all the general outcomes in the Grade 8 ELA curriculum. In this resource, we cover the specific outcomes related to vocabulary, conventions, and fluency. There are 408 pages that cover these specific outcomes.
Included in this unit are 30 weeks of ELA instruction, with weekly word lists that explicitly teach consonant clusters as well as vowel teams. Along with these Science of Reading principles, we have weaved in the skills and procedures students in grade 8 need, so they understand the specific outcomes in the ELA curriculum.
Included in this resource are the General Outcomes below:
General Outcome 2: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to comprehend and respond personally and critically to oral, print and other media texts.
General Outcome 4: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to enhance the clarity and artistry of communication.
In addition, we have included a full-year long range plan that outlines what concepts from the curriculum you will be teaching each week, and what prefixes/suffixes/letter blends will be covered.
Some of the concepts covered:
- Suffixes: -ing, -ly, -able, -less, -ment, -ful, -ness, -tion, -ous, -y, -ize, -ship and many more
- Prefixes: un-, re-, dis-, pre-, ex-, in-, non-, sub-, inter-, anti-, mis-, super-, and many more
- Sentence Essentials: Identifying Fragments, Understanding Simple Sentence Construction
- Grammar Foundations: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, and Their Roles
- Sentence Expansion: Building Complex Sentences, Avoiding Run-ons
- Advanced Syntax: Crafting Compound-Complex Sentences for Clarity
- Verb Varieties: Mastering "To Be," Linking, and Perfect Tense Forms
- Verb Tenses: Exploring Past, Present, and Future for Strong Writing
- Commands and Questions: Crafting Imperatives and Exploring Interrogatives
- Pronouns in Depth: Types, Roles, and Case Usage
- Enhancing Descriptions: Using Adjectives and Adverbs Effectively
- Gerunds and Infinitives: Expanding Writing with Verbal Nouns
- Voice in Writing: Active Versus Passive Voice, Choosing Effectively
- Noun Functions: Exploring Predicate Nouns and Adjectives in Sentences
- Use Correct Pronoun–Antecedent Agreement In Own Writing
- Phrase Building: Using Adverbial and Prepositional Phrases for Detail
- Using Hyphens – Break Words at the End of Lines and to Make New Words From Two Unrelated Words
- Dialogue Dynamics: Capitalization and Punctuation for Conversations
- Advanced Punctuation: Mastering Colons, Semicolons, Ellipses for Effect
- Using Dashes and Hyphens in Writing
- Use Parentheses Appropriately In Own Writing
- Vocabulary Development: Using Thesaurus for Word Choice and Variety
- Morphology Mastery: Identifying Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots in Words
- Comprehension Techniques: Strategies for Understanding and Analyzing Texts (Reader’s Theatre)
- Expressive Reading: Performance Techniques for Engaging Audiences
- Spelling Variants – Canadian versus American Spelling
- Genre-Specific Writing: Tailoring Style for Different Writing Forms
- Reading with Expression: Developing Fluency, Tone, and Pacing
- Spelling Strategies: Tackling Commonly Misspelled Words and Patterns
- Grammar Proficiency: Ensuring Clear and Correct Communication
- Weekly quizzes (30 different assessments)
- Answer pages for all activities
Grade 8 - Alberta Language Curriculum – Writing. This resource covers all outcomes in the Alberta Language (ELA) Curriculum. There are 373 activity sheets that are aligned to cover the learning outcomes in the Alberta Language Curriculum. Included are 10 blocks of content, each covering a different text form. Within each block, the outcomes are taught.
This is a language program developed by a language teacher. We have included exemplars for students to use to formulate success criteria so they can improve their writing quality. Moreover, we’ve scaffolded the skills involved with producing quality writing to ensure all students can progress.
In addition, we have included a full-year long range plan that outlines what concepts from the curriculum you will be teaching each week.
Included in this resource are the General Outcomes below:
General Outcome 2: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to comprehend and respond personally and critically to oral, print and other media texts.
General Outcome 3: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to manage ideas and information.
General Outcome 4: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to enhance the clarity and artistry of communication.
General Outcome 5: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to respect, support and collaborate with others
Some of the concepts covered:
- Types of text forms – when to use each one (narratives, letters/emails, persuasive, comic strips, reports, etc.)
- Experiment – writing with planning time versus writing without planning time (no brainstorming)
- Activity – Voice in Music
- Personal voice in writing
- Revising writing – adding words/phrases, varying sentence variety, and word choice
- How to write a perfect paragraph – topic sentence (hook), body (supporting details), conclusion
- Essay writing – how to write and identify a thesis statement
- Using paragraph structures to demonstrate unity and coherence
- Writing a 5-paragraph essay
- Formal versus informal letter writing – voice in our writing
- Narrative writing – beginning, middle, end
- Writing idioms, analogies, metaphors, and similes
- Main and minor characters – protagonists and antagonists
- Analyzing quality stories – building success criteria
- Using quotations in narrative writing – dialogue
- Activity – Story Swap Revision
- Activity – Being Persuasive: Debate
- Understanding bias in persuasive writing
- Assignment – advertising a new invention
- Expository text forms – reports, lists, problem/solution report, compare/contrast essay, cause and effect essay
- Writing a How-To-Guide
- Synthesizing multiple reports
- Writing a report – circulatory system and water bodies
- How to research effectively – trustworthy sources, using keywords
- Activity – Online Treasure Hunt
- Writing a problem/solution report
- Determining solutions to problems
- Types of poems – Haiku, Limerick, Rhyming Poems, Acrostic Poems
- Assignment – writing a poetry children’s book
- Comic strips – onomatopoeia and illustrating graphic texts
- Assignment - creating an online comic strip
- Biographies – cross curricular connections: Marie Curie, John A. Macdonald, and Tecumseh
- How to cite where we find research – bibliography
- Activity – Partner Biography/Bibliography Assignment
- Cursive writing package/booklet
- Answer pages for all activities
Grade 8 - Alberta Language Curriculum – Comprehension and Text Forms. This resource is part of a program that covers all the general outcomes in the Grade 8 ELA curriculum. In this resource, we cover the specific outcomes related to reading comprehension and text forms. There are 363 pages that cover these specific outcomes.
We’ve included a variety of activities, including independent reading responses, group activities, assignments, experiments, exemplars, and hands-on activities to keep your students engaged.
Included in this resource are the General Outcomes below:
General Outcome 1: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to explore thoughts, ideas, feelings and experiences.
General Outcome 2: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to comprehend and respond personally and critically to oral, print and other media texts.
General Outcome 5: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to respect, support and collaborate with others
In addition, we have included a full-year long range plan that outlines what concepts from the curriculum you will be teaching each week/block.
Some of the concepts covered:
- Personal interests in specific genres
- How techniques like word choice, fonts, and layouts affect texts
- What is reading comprehension? What strategies work for me?
- Before reading: comprehension strategies – activating prior knowledge and reasons for reading
- During reading: comprehension strategies – questioning, making connections, inferences, predictions, visualizing
- After reading: comprehension strategies – summarizing, inferences, synthesizing, evaluating, visualizing
- Indigenous Storywork – 7 Principles: respect, responsibility, reciprocity, reverence, holism, interrelatedness, synergy
- Cross-curricular connections – text forms related to themes in science and social studies (cells, water systems, etc.)
- Adjusting reading rates: Learning to read at different speeds based on the text's difficulty
- Bias in letter writing, book reviews, and in persuasive writing
- Making inferences from letter writing
- Narratives – finding examples of literary devices: irony, allusion, and satire
- Analyzing first-person, second-person, and third-person narratives
- Analyze the decision making of characters
- Drama stories – round and flat characters
- Sequencing a narrative with multiple plots – rearranging plot events
- Determining the causes and effects in narratives
- Implicit versus explicit evidence in persuasive texts
- Expository texts – informational reports and how-to-guides
- Text patterns in cause-and-effect essays, problem-and-solution reports, five-paragraph essays, compare and contrast essays
- Text patterns in blog posts
- Synthesizing multiple reports and essays
- Scanning texts looking for specific information for research
- Study strategy: read, recite, and review
- Five paragraph essays – text patterns and features
- Problem and solution letters
- Identifying thesis statements found in reports and essays
- Identifying literary devices in poetry – irony, allusion, and satire
- Analyzing poems – haiku, limerick, acrostic, cinquain, and rhyming poetry
- Studying poetry written by Indigenous authors
- Explicit and implicit perspectives in book reviews
- Activity – detecting bias in online reviews
- Book review – choose favourite author and compare the texts they have written
- Graphic texts – timelines, memes, comics, infographics, maps
- Biographies – Samuel de Champlain, Tom Longboat, Alexander Graham Bell, Joan Chalmers, Norval Morrisseau
- Answer pages for all activities
Grade 8 - New Alberta 2023 Language Curriculum – Oral Communication. This resource covers all skills and procedures in the organizing idea: Oral Communication (ELA). The 111-page unit includes lesson plans for the teacher, prompts for the students, planning pages, and reflection questions for students to consolidate their understanding.
Included in this unit are 29 activities that are interactive and engaging for grade 8 students. As students complete the activities, they will build on their oral communication skills, obtaining the learning outcome stated in the curriculum. There are several activities provided for each skill and procedure listed in the curriculum.
We are proud to include everything you need to complete these activities. For example, if an activity asks for a story to be read, we provide the story. We’ve also included all emotions, story starters, expressions, and plays (reader’s theatre) you need.
Some of the concepts covered:
- Activity: Collaborative Mind Maps
- Activity: Perspective Exchange Discussions
- Activity: Feedback Circle
- Activity: Classroom Teach-Back
- Activity: Targeted Presentation Project
- Activity: Feedback Circle
- Activity: Presentation Rehearsals with Peer Feedback
- Activity: Presentation Breakdown
- Activity: Guest Speaker Analysis
- Activity: Audio Story Analysis
- Activity: Respectful Response Role-Play
- Activity: Idea Gallery Walk
- Activity: Perspective Shift Debate
- Activity: Discussion Circles
- Activity: Group Discussion Leaders
- Activity: Role-Playing Scenarios
- Activity: Audience Analysis
- Activity: Interactive Q&A Sessions
- Activity: Nonverbal Communication Game
- Activity: Emotion Charades
- Activity: Story Circle Paraphrase
- Activity: Listening Journal Reflection
- Activity: Open-Ended Question Challenge
- Activity: Two Truths and a Lie - Listening Edition
- Activity: Debate Club
- Activity: Impromptu Speeches
- Activity: Cultural Communication Exploration
- Activity: Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt
- Activity: Grammar and Syntax Workshop
This is a comprehensive bundle that will save you hours of planning! It has everything you need to feel confident that you are covering the Alberta Language Arts curriculum.