Teacher Template - ELA 8

I Can Statements

Indicator/ Assignment

Date Assessed

Grade/ Mark

Reflection

CR 8.1

I can view, listen to, read, comprehend, and respond to a variety of texts.

CR 8.2

I can select and use appropriate strategies to make meaning before, during, and after viewing, listening, and reading.

CR 8.3

 I can use language cues and conventions to help me understand when viewing, listening, and reading.

CR 8.5

I can listen critically to understand and analyze oral information and ideas from a range of sources. 

I can respond thoughtfully and critically to both the content and the author’s craft.

CR 8.6

I can read and show my comprehension and interpretation of a variety of grade-appropriate texts for fiction.

CR 8.7

I can read independently and show that I understand a variety of informational texts.

CR 8.8

I can read grade 8 appropriate texts to increase fluency, both orally and silently.  I can read with expression.

CC 8.1

I can create various visual, oral, written, and multimedia (including digital) texts.

CC 8.2

I can create and present a group inquiry project related to a topic, theme, or issue studied in English Language Arts.

CC 8. 3          

I can select and use the appropriate strategies to communicate meaning before, during, and after speaking, writing, and other representing activities.3

CC 8.4

I can use language cues and conventions to help me communicate.

CC 8.5

I can create and present a variety of presentations.

CC 8.6

I can use oral language appropriately as I work with others in pairs, small groups, and large group situations.

CC 8.7

I can use oral language appropriately as I work with others in formal and informal situations.

CC 8.8

I can write to:

·        describe a landscape scene,

·        narrate a personal story or anecdote, and a historical narrative,

·        explain and inform in a presentation of findings, a biography, a documented research report, and a resume and covering letter

·        persuade in a mini-debate and review

CC 8.9

I can try using different text forms and techniques.

AR 8.1

I can set and achieve short term and long term goals to improve viewing, listening, reading, representing, speaking, and writing strategies.

AR 8.2

I can appraise my own and others’ work for clarity and correctness.