Grade 8 - Conventions & Vocabulary - Manitoba Language - Lesson/Workbook Bundle

Grade 8 - Language Conventions and Vocabulary Unit - Manitoba Language Curriculum - Lesson/Workbook Bundle. This bundle was created to provide everything you need to teach the Grade 8 Language Conventions and Vocabulary unit in the Manitoba Language Curriculum.

With your purchase, you will receive lesson slides that follow the 3-Part lesson format, engaging your students from start to finish. You will also receive the workbook, which contains fun activities and worksheets for your students to demonstrate their understanding.

Workbook Details:
This 447-page resource covers all elements, grade band descriptors, and elaborations related to conventions, spelling, and fluency in the Manitoba Language Curriculum (ELA).

Included in this unit are 30 weeks of ELA instruction, with weekly word lists that explicitly teach a new prefix/suffix each week. Along with these Science of Reading principles, we have weaved in the elaborations students in grade 8 need to learn while working with these word lists.

Included in this resource are the elaborations within the elements below:

Language as Sense Making – using a variety of strategies to understand texts, as well as using different text features to articulate ideas to diverse audiences.

Language as System - spelling, grammar, capitalization, punctuation, fluency/automaticity, and more.

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
• Reading strategies: predicting, summarizing, making inferences, questioning, and visualizing activities
• 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
• Writing Using A Sentence Mix: Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex
• Reading Strategies: Questioning, Predicting, Summarizing, Making Inferences, and Visualizing Activities
• 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
• Comprehension Techniques: Strategies for Understanding and Analyzing Texts (Reader’s Theatre)
• Expressive Reading: Performance Techniques for Engaging Audiences
• Spelling Variants – Canadian versus American Spelling
• Distinguish between formal and informal conventions of oral and written language
• Formal and informal language – slang, social media texts, academic language
• Reconstructing texts – changing a news article into a short story or a formal text message into an informal one
• 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

Google Lesson Slides

Grade 8 - Language Conventions and Vocabulary Unit - Google Lesson Slides - Manitoba Language Curriculum. This resource is packed with all the lessons you need to teach the Language Conventions and Vocabulary Unit, Grade 8, Manitoba Language Curriculum.

We have structured these lessons to follow the popular 3-Part Lesson format. By using these lessons, you will be provided with learning goals, discussion questions, relevant YouTube videos, interactive slides, exit cards, and more. Check out the variety of activities you'll receive below.

Part 1: Minds On!
- Learning Goals

- Discussion Questions

- Quotes

Part 2: Action!
- Interactive Activities

- Drag and Drop

- Fill in the Blanks

- Matching

- Drawing

- Writing

Part 3: Consolidation

- Exit Cards

- Quizzes

- Reflection

After purchasing this resource, you will be able to download a copy of this file to your Google Drive. From there, you can complete these lessons with your class, and/or assign these slides in Google Classroom.