TOPIC OUTLINE

ENGLISH 8

QUARTER 1:
Lesson 1 – Noting Context Clues
Lesson 2 – Writing Bibliography
Lesson 3 – Use Modal Verbs, Nouns, and Adverbs
Lesson 4 – Using Transition Signals
Lesson 5 – Expressing Emotional Responses Using a Range of Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs
Lesson 6 – Language and Fluency
Lesson 7 – Using Phrases, Clauses, and Sentences Appropriately and Meaningfully

QUARTER 2:
Lesson 1 – Visual-Verbal Relationship
Lesson 2 – Opinion Making Signals
Lesson 3 – Compare and Contrast Same Topic in Different Multimodal Texts
Lesson 4 – Comparing and Contrasting Opinion
Lesson 5 – Analyzing Messages Conveyed in a Text
Lesson 6 - Compare and Contrast Own Opinion with Those Presented in Familiar Text
Lesson 7 – Oral and Language Fluency
Lesson 8 – Recognizing Positive and Negative Messages Conveyed in a Text

QUARTER 3:
Lesson 1 – Examining Biases
Lesson 2 – Using Propaganda Techniques
Lesson 3 – Determining Various Social, Moral, and Economic Issues Discussed in Text Listened
to
Lesson 4 – Analyzing Literature as A Minor to A School Heritage
Lesson 5 – Using Cohesive Devices
Lesson 6 – Using Parallel Structures

QUARTER 4:
Lesson 1 – Using Appropriate Grammatical Signals or Expressions to Each Pattern of Idea
Develop
Lesson 2 – Expanding The Content of an Outline Using Notes from Primary and Secondary
Sources
Lesson 3 – Synthesizing Information
Lesson 4 – Composing an Effective Paragraph
Lesson 5 – Developing Paragraphs that Illustrate Text Types
Lesson 6 – Delivering a Self-Composed Speech