8th Grade Pacing Guide
GAME!!
START
Answer each question to help you
unpack the standards!
1st Nine Weeks
Essential Question #1
How do we determine if a narrator is unreliable?
This question would apply to all of the following Edgar Allan
Poe selections except:
A: The Raven
C: The Fall of the House of Usher
B: The Tell-Tale Heart
D: The Black Cat
OOPS!!!
Essential Question #2
How does knowledge of interviewing techniques
make for a more effective interview?
This question pertains to which S.O.L.?
A: 8.6
C: 8.3
B: 8.1
D: 8.4
SORRY!
Essential Question #3
What makes a piece of writing meaningful?
After reading sample Memoirs, which kind of essay
would be most relevant for the students to write?
A: Personal Narrative
C: Persuasive
B: Expository
D: Descriptive
2nd Nine Weeks
Essential Question #4
To what extent does the use of figurative language,
word choice, and imagery enhance poetry?
Which Robert Frost poem is recited in The Outsiders?
A: The Road Not Taken
C: Bereft
B: Stopping By
Woods On A
Snowy Evening
D: Nothing Gold
Can Stay
Essential Question #5
What is the importance of voice, mood, and pointof-view in persuasive writing?
Which Domain focus pertains the most to persuasive essay
writing?
A: Composing
C: Written Expression
B: Mechanics & Usage
D: None of the above
Essential Question #5
What is the importance of voice, mood, and pointof-view in persuasive writing?
Which Domain focus pertains the most to persuasive essay
writing?
A: Composing
C: Written Expression
B: Mechanics & Usage
D: None of the above
Essential Question #6
How does oral delivery aid in the comprehension of
poetry?
Which element of S.O.L. 8.2 does not pertain to this question?
A: Use appropriate verbal and
nonverbal presentation skills.
B: Choose vocabulary and
tone appropriate to the
audience, topic, and purpose.
C: Use grammatically
correct language
D: Critique oral
presentations
3rd Nine Weeks
Essential Question #7
How do graphic organizers lend themselves to the
writing of Compare and Contrast themes?
Which of the following is not a graphic organizer?
A: World Wide Web
C: Word Web
B: Cluster Map
D: Venn Diagram
Essential Question # 8
How does literature help us understand
ourselves and others?
Students can relate to all of the following facts about Anne
Frank except
A: her desire to write in a diary.
B: her MySpace page.
C: her need for friends.
D: disagreements with her
parents.
Essential Question # 9
How does literature provide us with a more
extensive perspective of history?
Which aspect of World War II will students not read about
in The Diary of Anne Frank play adaptation?
A: Nazi occupation
C: yellow stars
B: D-Day
D: conditions in the concentration
camps
4th Nine Weeks
Essential Question #10
How is an audience motivated by persuasive
language?
Which of the following is not a persuasive technique?
A: Monkey See, Monkey Do
C: Humor
B: Bandwagon
D: Heart Strings
Essential Question # 11
How do mass media messages influence public opinion trends?
This relationship can best be described using the format of
A: a Narrative essay.
C: a Venn Diagram.
B: Cause and Effect.
D: question and answer.
Essential Question # 12
How do we determine if a source is credible?
S.O.L. 8.3-c, which discusses the relationship between
intent and factual content, would be classified on which
level of Bloom’s taxonomy?
A: Analysis
C: Application
B: Knowledge
D: Evaluation
PLAY AGAIN?