SaskatchewanGrade 8
SK Grade 8 English Curriculum
Lessons and practice for every Grade 8 English topic. Aligned to what Saskatchewan schools teach. Get help with reading, writing, and more.
SK Grade 8 English Curriculum | StudyPugHelp
SO_ID | Outcome | StudyPug Topic |
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ELA.8.CR8.1.a | Text comprehension and identity exploration: View listen to read and respond to visual multimedia oral and print texts addressing identity social responsibility and efficacy themes reflecting diverse identities worldviews and backgrounds |
ELA.8.CR8.1.b | Reading comprehension and critical analysis: Demonstrate comprehension by understanding ideas using text structures and responding to texts - summarize explain ideas make connections give supported opinions and organize responses around clear premises |
ELA.8.CR8.1.c | Character analysis with textual evidence: Explain motivation of characters in literary texts providing evidence from each text |
ELA.8.CR8.1.d | Literary techniques and mood identification: Identify and describe techniques used to create mood in visual oral written and multimedia including digital texts |
ELA.8.CR8.1.e | Personal response and literary preferences: Explain preferences for various texts genres or specific authors |
ELA.8.CR8.1.f | Schema building and text connections: Identify and explain connections between new ideas and information and previous beliefs values and experiences |
ELA.8.CR8.1.g | Critical media literacy and bias recognition: Identify stereotyping in what is seen heard and read and begin to recognize its negative impact on individuals and society |
ELA.8.CR8.1.h | Media literacy and cultural representation analysis: Identify techniques used to create particular effects or portray various people and cultures |
ELA.8.CR8.1.i | Comparative analysis and cultural understanding: Discuss how similar ideas people experiences and traditions are conveyed in variety of oral print and other texts |
ELA.8.CR8.1.j | Personal growth through literature: Consider how text has contributed to understanding of self and others including cultural groups |
ELA.8.CR8.1.k | Critical evaluation skills: Describe and give examples to explain personal criteria for assessing and responding to what is viewed heard or read |
ELA.8.CR8.1.l | Critical analysis and evaluation: Evaluate the content quality organization and presentation of a text |
ELA.8.CR8.1.m | Digital literacy and reflective writing: Produce response journals and use interactive websites such as web logs blogs that serve as journals |
ELA.8.CR8.1.n | Text analysis and comprehension: Describe purpose of specific texts and explain how their key features aid understanding |
ELA.8.CR8.2.a | Reading preparation and comprehension strategies: Apply before strategies including tap activate build prior knowledge ask questions preview text anticipate message predict content and set purpose |
ELA.8.CR8.2.b | Active reading and meaning construction: Apply during strategies including connect construct meaning note key ideas construct mental images make confirm adjust predictions inferences ask questions use cueing systems and adjust rate |
ELA.8.CR8.2.c | Reading reflection and critical thinking: Apply after strategies including recall paraphrase summarize synthesize reflect interpret evaluate respond personally and listen read view again to deepen understanding |
ELA.8.CR8.3.a | Language system understanding: Recognize and understand pragmatic textual syntactical semantic graphophonic and other cues and conventions in visual oral print and multimedia texts |
ELA.8.CR8.3.b | Comprehensive language analysis: Use language cues and conventions to construct monitor and confirm meaning including pragmatic textual syntactical semantic graphophonic and other cues |
ELA.8.CR8.4.a | Visual literacy and media analysis: Demonstrate behaviors of effective viewer including formulating questions relating text recognizing main ideas and reflecting on purpose |
ELA.8.CR8.4.b | Digital literacy and information processing: Demonstrate ability to navigate and process information when viewing websites films videos and presentations |
ELA.8.CR8.4.c | Media production analysis: Identify different techniques including data displays used in different media works including digital to impact viewers |
ELA.8.CR8.4.d | Creative expression and popular culture: Identify creative uses of language in visual and multimedia texts including those associated with popular culture |
ELA.8.CR8.4.e | Comparative media analysis: Compare how various forms of media cover the same topic |
ELA.8.CR8.4.f | Information literacy and visual analysis: Compare various styles of data displays for clarity and effectiveness |
ELA.8.CR8.4.g | Critical evaluation of media: Evaluate overall effectiveness and impact of range of individual visual and multimedia texts including digital texts |
ELA.8.CR8.5.a | Listening comprehension and engagement: Demonstrate behaviors of effective listener including adapting focus keeping open mind determining congruency between verbal and non-verbal cues and seeking clarification |
ELA.8.CR8.5.b | Listening comprehension skills: Demonstrate ability to process information when listening to formal presentation including podcast |
ELA.8.CR8.5.c | Comparative analysis through listening: Make connections among different texts by comparing features including themes issues styles and appeal |
ELA.8.CR8.5.d | Critical listening and analysis: Paraphrase speaker's purpose and point of view |
ELA.8.CR8.5.e | Critical thinking through listening: Listen critically to evaluate others ideas or opinions |
ELA.8.CR8.5.f | Media literacy and critical evaluation: Evaluate credibility of speaker and various ways visual images communicate information and affect impressions and opinions |
ELA.8.CR8.5.g | Critical analysis of oral information: Demonstrate ability to analyze informational texts differentiating between fact and opinion and recognizing point of view biases and stereotypes |
ELA.8.CR8.6.a | Reading comprehension strategies: Demonstrate behaviors of effective reader including previewing anticipating reading with purpose making notes considering author's reasoning and recognizing biases |
ELA.8.CR8.6.b | Literature analysis and understanding: Demonstrate understanding of main ideas events or themes of novels stories poetry and other oral print and electronic media |
ELA.8.CR8.6.c | Research and information literacy: Interpret and report on information obtained from more than one source to inform others |
ELA.8.CR8.6.d | Study skills and information organization: Use various forms of note making appropriate to purpose and situation |
ELA.8.CR8.6.e | Functional literacy skills: Demonstrate ability to comprehend and use everyday texts making judgements about purpose and importance |
ELA.8.CR8.6.f | Study strategies and learning techniques: Utilize note making and outlining as learning tools |
ELA.8.CR8.6.g | Literary analysis and cultural understanding: Show understanding that author's experience background and culture influenced treatment of theme |
ELA.8.CR8.6.h | Character study and literary analysis: Identify with and develop understanding of characters from what they say and do and what others say about them |
ELA.8.CR8.6.i | Self-directed learning and reading choice: Select independently texts that address learning needs and interests |
ELA.8.CR8.7 | Non-fiction reading and analysis: Read independently and demonstrate comprehension of information texts understanding main ideas and supporting evidence explaining connections and recognizing biases |
ELA.8.CR8.8 | Reading fluency and expression: Read Grade 8 appropriate texts to increase fluency 140-180 wcpm orally 180-230 silently and expression |
ELA.8.CC8.1.a | Creative composition and identity exploration: Create variety of texts representing experiences ideas and information about identity social responsibility and efficacy with clarity correctness and variety |
ELA.8.CC8.1.b | Writing craft and communication effectiveness: Create speeches writing and representations with effective message content organization coherence and language conventions including clear purpose varied structure complete sentences and correct mechanics |
ELA.8.CC8.1.c | Communication and perspective sharing: Represent articulate and explain personal viewpoints clearly |
ELA.8.CC8.1.d | Collaborative communication skills: Summarize main ideas encourage others disagree courteously answer questions clearly and add to others ideas |
ELA.8.CC8.1.e | Collaborative learning and inquiry: Participate in group inquiry related to themes and issues being studied in English language arts |
ELA.8.CC8.2.a | Research preparation and topic exploration: Determine personal knowledge of topic to generate possible areas of inquiry or research |
ELA.8.CC8.2.b | Inquiry skills and question development: Formulate relevant questions on topic to establish purpose for gathering information |
ELA.8.CC8.2.c | Collaborative planning and resource identification: Contribute ideas knowledge and strategies to help identify group information needs and sources |
ELA.8.CC8.2.d | Digital collaboration and planning: Collaborate with others using technology to plan inquiry |
ELA.8.CC8.2.e | Research methodology and information management: Prepare and use plan to access gather and record in own words relevant information |
ELA.8.CC8.2.f | Research synthesis and analysis: Gather information from variety of sources and integrate ideas in analysis |
ELA.8.CC8.2.g | Information management and prioritization: Organize information and ideas in order of priority according to topic and task requirements |
ELA.8.CC8.2.h | Study skills and summarization: Make notes in point form summarizing major ideas and supporting details |
ELA.8.CC8.2.i | Digital literacy and data management: Sort organize classify and extend data using information technology tools |
ELA.8.CC8.2.j | Flexible research approaches: Adjust inquiry and research strategies to accommodate changing perspectives and availability of information |
ELA.8.CC8.2.k | Research ethics and citation: Document cited resources within presentations and composition |
ELA.8.CC8.2.l | Academic language and inquiry skills: Use language of inquiry including process procedure and presentation preparation questions |
ELA.8.CC8.3.a | Writing process awareness: Demonstrate understanding of creating process by preparing pre-writing creating drafts revising and creating final product |
ELA.8.CC8.3.b | Writing process management: Progress through stages of creating process before during and after as needed |
ELA.8.CC8.3.c | Complete writing process strategies: Use several strategies before during and after representing speaking and writing including all phases of planning drafting revising editing and publishing with attention to content organization language conventions and presentation |
Saskatchewan Grade 8 English Curriculum Overview
Grade 8 English in Saskatchewan covers a wide range of literacy skills. Students learn to read and respond to a variety of texts — including print, visual, oral, and multimedia — while exploring themes of identity, social responsibility, and efficacy. They develop the ability to analyze characters, identify mood and technique in texts, and make thoughtful connections between new ideas and their own experiences.
Reading and Comprehension Skills
Saskatchewan Grade 8 students apply before, during, and after reading strategies to deepen understanding. They learn to summarize, paraphrase, make inferences, and evaluate the credibility of sources. Students also build fluency, working toward reading targets of 140–180 words per minute orally and 180–230 words per minute silently.
- Identifying main ideas and supporting evidence in informational texts
- Recognizing stereotyping, bias, and point of view in texts
- Comparing how different media cover the same topic
- Evaluating the effectiveness of visual and multimedia texts
Writing and Representing
Grade 8 English also focuses on producing a variety of texts. Students create speeches, written pieces, and multimedia representations with clear purpose, organized structure, and correct mechanics. They move through the full creating process — from pre-writing and drafting to revising, editing, and publishing.
- Writing with clear purpose, varied sentence structure, and correct mechanics
- Representing personal viewpoints clearly and courteously
- Producing response journals and using digital tools such as blogs
- Summarizing main ideas and adding thoughtfully to group discussions
Inquiry and Research
Students in Saskatchewan Grade 8 English develop inquiry and research skills by formulating questions, gathering information from multiple sources, and organizing ideas clearly. They learn to document cited resources and use technology to support collaborative inquiry projects.