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Formal Writing

8th Grade

Arizona - K-12 Academic Standards: 8.W.1.d

Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.8.1d

Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE8W1d

Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): W.8.1.d

Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: W.8.1d

North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: W.8.1.e

Ohio's Learning Standards: W.8.1.e

Tennessee Academic Standards: 8.W.TTP.1.i

Establish and maintain a formal style.

Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks: W.8.1.e

Establish and maintain a style appropriate to audience and purpose (e.g., formal for academic writing).

New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 8W1f

Maintain a style and tone appropriate to the writing task.

Arizona - K-12 Academic Standards: 8.W.2.e

Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.8.2e

Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE8W2e

Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): W.8.2.e

Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: W.8.2e

North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: W.8.2.f

Ohio's Learning Standards: W.8.2.f

Tennessee Academic Standards: 8.W.TTP.2.j

Establish and maintain a formal style.

Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks: W.8.2.f

Establish and maintain a style appropriate to audience and purpose (e.g., formal for academic writing).

New Jersey Student Learning Standards: W.8.2.f

Establish and maintain a formal style/academic style, approach, and form.

New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 8W2f

Establish and maintain a style appropriate to the writing task.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.8.e

Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of composition.

Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

Use sentences of varying lengths and complexities.

Create tone and voice through precise language.

Establish and maintain a formal style.
  • E08.D.2.1.1 - Use verbs in the active and passive voice and in the conditional and subjunctive mood to achieve particular effects (e.g., emphasizing the actor or the action, expressing uncertainty, or describing a state contrary to fact).

  • E08.D.2.1.2 - Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.*

  • E08.D.2.1.3 - Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.*

  • E08.D.2.1.4 - Maintain consistency in style and tone.*

  • E08.D.2.1.5 - Choose punctuation for effect.*

  • E08.D.2.1.6 - Choose words and phrases for effect.*

  • E08.E.1.1.4 - Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.

  • E08.E.1.1.5 - Establish and maintain a formal style.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.8.k

Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of composition.

Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

Use sentences of varying lengths and complexities.

Create tone and voice through precise language.

Establish and maintain a formal style.
  • E08.D.2.1.1 - Use verbs in the active and passive voice and in the conditional and subjunctive mood to achieve particular effects (e.g., emphasizing the actor or the action, expressing uncertainty, or describing a state contrary to fact).

  • E08.D.2.1.2 - Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.*

  • E08.D.2.1.3 - Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.*

  • E08.D.2.1.4 - Maintain consistency in style and tone.*

  • E08.D.2.1.5 - Choose punctuation for effect.*

  • E08.D.2.1.6 - Choose words and phrases for effect.*

  • E08.E.1.1.4 - Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.

  • E08.E.1.1.5 - Establish and maintain a formal style.

Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking: ELA.8.C.1.5

Improve writing by planning, editing, considering feedback from adults and peers, and revising for clarity and cohesiveness

8th Grade Writing - Formal Writing Lesson
 
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