1. Literature

2. Informational text

3. 3-5 Lit and 6-8 Lit

4. PA Core Standards Anchor Standard
Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
Grade 6 Students:
Grade 7 Students:
Grade 8 Students:
RL.6.3
Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
Identify the emotions experienced by a character.
Identify flashback.
Identify main idea, time, setting, and characterization in a narrative.
RL.7.3
Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g. how setting shapes the characters or plot).
Identify the various types of conflict: character vs. self, character vs. character, character vs. outside force.
Identify mood conveyed in a selection.
Identify portions of selections which illustrate foreshadowing.
Recognize symbols and their meanings.
Identify situational irony and point of view.
Become aware of varying degrees of fantasy and reality in literature.
Recognize direct and indirect
characterization.
RL.8.3
Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
Describe characters based on inferences from speech or actions of the character.
Apply criteria for judging character, using character traits.

5. PA Core Standards Anchor Standard
Determine main (central) ideas and/or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Grade 6 Students:
Grade 7 Students:
Grade 8 Students:
IT.6.2
Determine main idea or theme of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide an objective summary of the text (distinct from personal opinions or judgments).
Identify the thesis statement of a given piece cite the details from the text that support the thesis.
IT.7.2
Determine a main idea or theme in a text and identify its development using particular details over the course of the text; provide objective summary of the text.
IT.8.2
Determine main idea or theme of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text including its relationship to supporting details; provide objective summary of the text.

6. PA Core Standards Anchor Standard
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Grade 6 Students:
Grade 7 Students:
Grade 8 Students:
W.6.10
Journal/write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences. Applying literacy skills, write a multi-paragraph text with the organizational structure of an introductory paragraph, supporting paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph.
Refer to the Diocesan Required Writing Tasks found on the Writing Portfolio Chart and the Written Communication Chart.
W.7.10
W.8.10

7. GRAMMAR SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT
TEACH / DEVELOP
MASTER / MAINTAIN
TEACH/DEVELOP
MASTER/MAINTAIN
PARTS OF SPEECH
NOUNS
Definition
K-1
2-8
Common 1
Proper
Abstract 5
6-8
Concrete
Collective 4
5-8
Compound
Number
Singular
Plural
Irregular plural
1-2
3-8
Gender
Person
Case
Nominative Case
Subject
Predicate nominative/Subject Complement 6
7-8
Apposition in nom. case
Direct address
2-3
4-8
Possessive Case
Recognition of possessive
Singular possessive formation
Plural possessive formation
Irregular possessive formation 3
Separate/joint possession
Objective Case
Direct object
Indirect object
Object of a preposition
4-5
Apposition
Cognate object 7 8
Adverbial objective
Object Complement

8. Revised Written Communication

9. PA Core Standards Anchor Standard
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Grade 6 Students:
Grade 7 Students:
Grade 8 Students:
W.6.10
Journal/write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences. Applying literacy skills, write a multi-paragraph text with the organizational structure of an introductory paragraph, supporting paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph.
Refer to the Diocesan Required Writing Tasks found on the Writing Portfolio Chart and the Written Communication Chart.
W.7.10
W.8.10
Reading/Writing Guidelines not just for ELA teachers but same standards apply to content area teachers.

10. Grade Six
narrative
informative/explanatory
essay
concrete
free verse
business letter
biography
Required for Writing Folder
response to learning
opinion
journal
limerick
summary
Grade Seven
diamante
friendly letter
autobiography
argument
narrative/ballad
Grade Eight
couplets
lyric/sonnet

11. W.6.1
Write to express an opinion on topics or texts, using arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Introduce the topic or text, state an opinion (claim) and develop an organizational structure where related ideas are categorized to support the claim.
Create a logically ordered body which provides clear reasons and relevant evidence to support the claim.
Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources; assess the credibility of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
Using transitional words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationship among the claim(s) and reasons.
Establish and maintain a formal style
Do not use contractions.
Do not use slang.
Use third person, active voice, present tense. (TAP)
Provide a concluding statement or section that follows the argument presented.
W.7.1
Write an argument to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
State a claim, acknowledge alternative or opposing claim(s), and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
Support claims with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
Using transitional words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationship among the claim(s), reasons, and evidence.
Establish and maintain a formal style.
Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.
W.8.1
Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claim(s), and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
Using transitional words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationship among the claim(s), counterclaim(s), reasons, and evidence.

12. Writing
PA Core Standards Anchor Standard
Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
Grade 6 Students:
Grade 7 Students:
Grade 8 Students:
W.6.5
With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising and editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards up to and including L.6.1-L.6.3).
W.7.5
With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising and editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards up to and including L.7.1-L.7.3).
W.8.5
With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising and editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards up to and including L.8.1-L.8.3).
PA Core Standards Anchor Standard (Reading Literature)
Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
Grade 3 Students:
Grade 4 Students:
Grade 5 Students:
RL.3.8
(Refer to Reading Informational Text, IT.3.8 and Writing W.3.1)
RL.4.8
(Refer to Reading Informational Text, IT.4.8 and Writing W.4.1)
RL.5.8
(Refer to Reading Informational Text, IT.5.8 and Writing W.5.1)