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ELA: Grade 8 - LISTENING
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Standard 1: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.
	8.1.L.1	Recall significant ideas and details and the relationships between and among them	Enchanting Readers with Revisionist Fairy Tales
	8.1.L.2	Identify missing, conflicting, or unclear information
	8.1.L.3	Draw conclusions and make inferences on the basis of explicit and implied information
	8.1.L.4	Recognize that the speaker’s voice and delivery impact communication
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Standard 2: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for literary response and expression.
	8.2.L.1	Listen to class lectures, and small group and classroom discussions, to comprehend, interpret, and critique literary text	Every Punctuation Mark Matters: A Mini-Lesson on Semicolons Lonely as a Cloud: Using Poetry to Understand Similes When I Was Young In... A Literature to Language Experience The Magnetism of Language: Parts of Speech, Poetry, and Word Play
	8.2.L.2	Identify how the author’s choice of words, use of characterization, and use of other literary devices affect the listener’s interpretation of the oral text	Introducing Shakespeare: The Bard's English The Magnetism of Language: Parts of Speech, Poetry, and Word Play
	8.2.L.3	Identify how the poet’s use of repetition, rhythm, and rhyming patterns affects the listener’s interpretation of poetry	Every Punctuation Mark Matters: A Mini-Lesson on Semicolons The Magnetism of Language: Parts of Speech, Poetry, and Word Play Latino Poetry Blog: Blogging as a Forum for Open Discussion
	8.2.L.4	Recognize social, historical, and cultural features in presentation of literary texts	Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges: Critical Discussion of Social Issues Introducing Shakespeare: The Bard's English When I Was Young In... A Literature to Language Experience
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Standard 3: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for critical analysis and evaluation.
	8.3.L.1	Form an opinion or judgment about the validity and accuracy of information, ideas, opinions, issues, themes, and experiences	Listening to History Accountable Book Clubs: Focused Discussions Thoughtful Threads: Sparking Rich Online Discussions
	8.3.L.2	Recognize persuasive techniques, such as emotional and ethical appeals, in presentations	Science at the White House
	8.3.L.3	Consider the experience, qualifications, and possible biases of speakers in analyzing and evaluating presentations	Listening to History
	8.3.L.4	Identify conflicting, missing, or unclear information
	8.3.L.5	Suspend judgment until all information has been presented
	8.3.L.6	Evaluate the quality of the speaker’s presentation style by using criteria such as voice quality, enunciation, and delivery	Give Them a Hand: Promoting Positive Interaction in Literature Circles
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Standard 4: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for social interaction.
	8.4.L.1	Participate as a listener in social conversation with one or more people who are friends or acquaintances	Using Children's Literature to Develop Classroom Community Self-Reflection: Taking Part in a Group: Student Interactive Self-Reflection: Taking Part in a Group: Student Interactive
	8.4.L.2	Respect the age, gender, social position, and cultural traditions of the speaker	Tell a Migration Story...With Interviews Using Children's Literature to Develop Classroom Community Using Classic Poetry to Challenge and Enrich Students' Writing When I Was Young In... A Literature to Language Experience
	8.4.L.3	Listen for more than one level of meaning, articulated and unspoken
	8.4.L.4	Encourage the speaker with appropriate facial expressions and gestures
	8.4.L.5	Withhold judgment	Using Children's Literature to Develop Classroom Community Using Classic Poetry to Challenge and Enrich Students' Writing
	8.4.L.6	Appreciate the speaker’s uniqueness	Tell a Migration Story...With Interviews Using Children's Literature to Develop Classroom Community Using Classic Poetry to Challenge and Enrich Students' Writing
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Literacy Competencies
	8.LC.L.1	Listening Listen with comprehension, for an extended period of time, to texts read aloud	Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges: Critical Discussion of Social Issues
	8.LC.L.2	Listening Listen with comprehension, for an extended period of time, to oral presentations
	8.LC.L.3	Listening Listen with comprehension for student-determined and teacher-determined purposes	In the Poet's Shoes: Performing Poetry-Building Meaning
	8.LC.L.4	Listening Respond appropriately to what is heard	Live from Ancient Olympia!
	8.LC.L.5	Listening Listen with comprehension and respect when others speak	Live from Ancient Olympia!


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