Language Arts/English Curriculum Frameworks - Albemarle County ...

Virginia C/T SOL and Content Area SOL English
Technology Integration Strategies 8 th Grade
VA SOL Strand
for Content
Reading
Reading
VA SOL Standard for
Content
8.4b: The student will
apply knowledge of word
origins, derivations,
inflections, analogies, and
figurative language to
extend vocabulary
development by using
context, structure, and
connotations to determine
meaning of words and
phrases.
8.5c: The student will
read and analyze a
variety of narrative and
poetic forms, describing
how authors use
characters, conflict, point
of view and tone to create
meaning.
VA SOL Standard for
Technology
C/T 6-8.8: The student will
use technology resources for
solving problems and making
informed decisions. Employ
technology in the development
of strategies for solving
problems. Use content-specific
tools, software, and
simulations such as
environmental probes, graphic
calculators, exploratory
environments, and web tools.
C/T 6-8.9: The student will
use a variety of media and
formats to communicate
information and ideas
effectively to multiple
audiences. Independently use
technology tools to create and
communicate for individual
and/or collaborative projects.
C/T 6-8.6: The student will
use technology to locate,
evaluate, and collect
information from a variety of
sources. Use databases and
spreadsheets to evaluate
information.
VA SOL Essential
Understanding
All students should: use
word structure to
analyze and relate
words; recognize
internal and external
inflections that change
meaning and
pronunciation; recognize
that words have nuances
of meaning and that
understanding the
connotations may be
necessary to determine
the appropriate
meaning; recognize that
figurative language and
analogy enrich text.
All students should:
analyze an author’s craft
and style; make
interferences, draw
conclusions, and point to
an author’s implications
in the text.
VA SOL Essential
Knowledge
To be successful with
this standard, students
are expected to
recognize the
relationships between
words related by origin
and derivation; use both
context and reference
skills independently to
determine nuances and
connotations of words;
understand, evaluate
and use figurative
language.
To be successful with
this standard, students
are expected to
understand the elements
of story; understand and
analyze elements of an
author’s style; and
understand an author’s
use of literacy devices.
Technology
NETS-S Performance
Integration Strategies Indicators
Using graphic
organizers, students
analyze various pieces of
unfamiliar and abovelevel
writing for
relationships between
words used. Using the
graphic organizers to
help, students decode
meaning of unfamiliar
words.
Students will create a
database to store their
analyses of books read
throughout the year.
The database will include
a review of the book
that addresses
characters, conflict,
point of view, and tone.
They will merge their
database with others at
the end of the year to
create a resource for
other students and
determine how best to
provide that resource.
Apply productivity/
multimedia tools and
peripherals to support
personal productivity,
group collaboration, and
learning throughout the
curriculum.
Apply productivity/
multimedia tools and
peripherals to support
personal productivity,
group collaboration, and
learning throughout the
curriculum.
Collaborate with peers,
experts, and others
using
telecommunications and
collaborative tools to
investigate curriculumrelated
problems, issues,
and information, and to
develop solutions or
products for audiences
inside and outside the
classroom.
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