Grade 8: Reading & writing
Start with a unit whose prerequisites fit. Work through the lessons, use the study guide to review, and try the new cases before continuing.
- Unit 1 · 4 lessons
Irony, Allusion and Turning-Point Dialogue
Apply distinguish an irony type, explain an original allusion, read dialogue’s effect on action, recognize a parallel text pattern using supplied texts and original responses.
Before you begin: Recognize metaphor, plot stages and narrator viewpoint.
- Unit 2 · 4 lessons
Purpose, Language and Evidence in Public Texts
Apply analyze a sentence’s purpose, identify connotation direction, test a claim against its evidence, distinguish response strategies using supplied texts and original responses.
Before you begin: Identify claim, evidence and rhetorical appeals.
- Unit 3 · 4 lessons
Read perspectives and revise interpretations
Compare narrators, trace a theme across events, reconcile dated accounts, and revise an ambiguous explanation.
Before you begin: Separate a narrator’s observation from inferred motive. · Recognize source purpose and a claim’s evidence limits.
- Unit 4 · 4 lessons
Verbals, Voice, Mood and Deliberate Punctuation
Apply identify a verbal’s function, distinguish active and passive voice, identify a verb mood, explain a punctuation effect using supplied texts and original responses.
Before you begin: Identify finite verbs and dependent clauses.
- Unit 5 · 4 lessons
Parallel Scenes, Pacing and Precise Revision
Apply choose a scene relation, choose a pacing technique, name a word revision’s effect, preserve meaning during revision using supplied texts and original responses.
Before you begin: Draft a scene with meaningful dialogue and reflection.
- Unit 6 · 4 lessons
Attribution, Note Organization and Visual Claims
Apply recognize source-use integrity, organize notes by a research question, check a presentation visual, respond to a question honestly using supplied texts and original responses.
Before you begin: Paraphrase with credit and ask focused questions.
Check what you can explain
The subject test uses additional supplied cases across these units. Its feedback links back to the relevant lessons. Use it to plan practice; a score on these questions is not a school grade or proof of complete subject mastery.
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