8th Grade ELA Targeted Standards (RL) Reading Literature Strand Cluster: Craft and Structure
ELA-08.RL.06 Explain how differences in the point of view of characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) creates such effects as suspense or humor.
Student Learning Targets for Grade 8 ELA:
Knowledge Targets
I can define point of view as the vantage point from which a story is told, the lens through which the reader is allowed to see the story.
I can identify from what point of view a story is told (first-person, third-person limited, third person omniscient).
I can define specific terminology such as narrator, omniscient, objective or unbiased, subjective, dramatic irony.
Reasoning Targets
I can explain the advantages and disadvantages of various points of view.
I can detect episodes of dramatic irony and explain how that creates suspense.
Skills (Performance) Targets
I can discuss how points of view creates specific tones and moods (e.g., suspense, horror) with a piece of literature.
I can examine a story from a variety of viewpoints and explain how a story might be different if told from a different point-of-view.
Proficiency Scale
Score
Description
Sample Activity
4.0
In addition to Score 3.0, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
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3.5
In addition to Score 3.0 performance, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding the more complex content with partial success.
3.0
“The Standard.” The student demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
The student can
discuss how points of view creates specific tones and moods (e.g., suspense, horror) with a piece of literature.
examine a story from a variety of viewpoints and explain how a story might be different if told from a different point-of-view.
explain the advantages and disadvantages of various points of view.
detect episodes of dramatic irony and explain how that creates suspense.
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2.5
The student demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and partial knowledge of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
2.0
The student demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
The student can
define point of view as the vantage point from which a story is told, the lens through which the reader is allowed to see the story.
identify from what point of view a story is told (first-person, third-person limited, third person omniscient).
define specific terminology such as narrator, omniscient, objective or unbiased, subjective, dramatic irony.
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1.5
The student demonstrates partial knowledge of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and procedures (Score 3.0 content).
1.0
With help, the student demonstrates a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and some of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
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0.5
With help, the student demonstrates a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) but not the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
