How this resource helps
Interpret figures of speech in context and distinguish attitudes conveyed by words with similar denotations. This 90-page Grade 8 packet includes 30 four-option practice questions and 30 open/performance tasks, 3 daily learning targets, seven teaching sections, worked models, student organizers, answer guidance and a rubric. Original language contexts and reference cards; no prerequisite reading. Explain the effect of a word choice rather than naming a device alone. The selected 80-minute core uses only designated tasks; distribute the rest across later sessions. This is not a promise of mastery in 3 days. Original instructional material—not a reproduced published story or standardized test. Included contexts, organizers and writing tools; accessible language supports as needed. No outside reading book or prerequisite reading required. Full choice keys with reasons and performance guidance. Collect the learner’s actual explanation, writing or speaking and document support. Mark unobserved evidence N/O; choice scores alone do not establish application. Single-teacher classroom-use license for original Saint Pierre instructional additions: use with your own students, including a password-protected classroom platform; do not resell or redistribute those additions. Contact support for team licensing. Supplied branding and licensed embedded DejaVu typography retained. No exclusive rights claimed over ordinary words, letter forms, facts, spelling patterns or standard identifiers. Independent NC 2017 alignment for 2026–27; no NC DPI endorsement.
What’s Included
- 90-page printable PDF
- 30 four-option practice questions
- 30 open/performance tasks
- 3 daily learning targets and seven teaching sections
- Worked models, student organizers, answer guidance and rubric
- Full 90-page SAMPLE preview
Resource details
- Grade / course
- Grade 8
- Subject and resource type
- English Language Arts — Figurative meaning and connotation · Complete Teaching Packet
- Files
- 90 main PDF pages · PDF
- Estimated completion time
- Selected 80-minute core; remaining bank tasks, full individual observations and optional extended inquiry require additional sessions. Follow the packet’s daily targets without treating them as a mastery deadline.
- Answer key
- Full choice keys with reasons and performance guidance. Collect the learner’s actual explanation, writing or speaking and document support. Mark unobserved evidence N/O; choice scores alone do not establish application.
Standard or objective
L.8.5