Standards of Learning: English Language Arts

Consolidated Standards of Learning

Grades 5 - 8

• LHA.ELA.B.001 Students will construct varied sentence structures to enhance clarity and complexity in their writing.
• LHA.ELA.B.002 Students will apply pronoun-antecedent agreement and clear references to avoid ambiguity in sentences.
• LHA.ELA.B.003 Students will revise sentences between active and passive voice to improve conciseness and emphasis.
• LHA.ELA.B.004 Students will identify and use indicative, imperative, and subjunctive verb moods to express purpose accurately.
• LHA.ELA.B.005 Students will incorporate gerunds, participles, and infinitives to add variety and precision to their compositions.
• LHA.ELA.B.006 Students will infer the meanings of unfamiliar words using context clues within reading passages.
• LHA.ELA.B.007 Students will break down words using roots, prefixes, and suffixes to expand vocabulary and comprehension.
• LHA.ELA.B.008 Students will consult dictionaries, thesauruses, and digital reference tools to verify word meanings and usage.
• LHA.ELA.B.009 Students will interpret similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperbole to uncover deeper meanings in texts.
• LHA.ELA.B.010 Students will analyze analogies, synonyms, antonyms, and connotations to understand word relationships.
• LHA.ELA.B.011 Students will select precise diction to convey tone, mood, and intent in their writing.
• LHA.ELA.B.012 Students will classify fiction genres such as realistic, fantasy, mystery, and historical to contextualize stories.
• LHA.ELA.B.013 Students will compose objective summaries of fiction texts, capturing key events without personal bias.
• LHA.ELA.B.014 Students will support textual analysis of fiction with relevant quotes and evidence to justify interpretations.
• LHA.ELA.B.015 Students will evaluate how authors' narration choices, like point of view, shape reader perspective.
• LHA.ELA.B.016 Students will examine how setting influences character actions and plot development in fictional narratives.
• LHA.ELA.B.017 Students will assess character traits, motivations, and growth through direct and indirect characterization.
• LHA.ELA.B.018 Students will map plot elements, including exposition, rising action, climax, and resolution, in short stories.
• LHA.ELA.B.019 Students will identify and discuss universal themes, such as courage or identity, in works of fiction.
• LHA.ELA.B.020 Students will determine the tone of fictional texts and explain how word choice creates emotional impact.
• LHA.ELA.B.021 Students will analyze poetic devices like rhyme scheme, meter, and imagery to interpret meaning in poems.
• LHA.ELA.B.022 Students will read and discuss selections from a fiction reading list to build fluency and critical thinking.
• LHA.ELA.B.023 Students will distinguish nonfiction types, including biographies, essays, and informational articles, by purpose.
• LHA.ELA.B.024 Students will evaluate media sources for reliability, bias, and perspective to develop informed viewpoints.
• LHA.ELA.B.025 Students will cite textual evidence from nonfiction to support claims and inferences about content.
• LHA.ELA.B.026 Students will analyze authors' purposes, such as to inform or persuade, in nonfiction works.
• LHA.ELA.B.027 Students will summarize central ideas and trace logical arguments in nonfiction passages.
• LHA.ELA.B.028 Students will dissect how organizational structures, like cause-effect or compare-contrast, shape nonfiction meaning.
• LHA.ELA.B.029 Students will engage with a nonfiction reading list to enhance comprehension of real-world topics.
• LHA.ELA.B.030 Students will conduct targeted research using credible sources to inform and support their writing projects.
• LHA.ELA.B.031 Students will follow the writing process—prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing—to refine compositions.
• LHA.ELA.B.032 Students will craft argumentative essays with clear claims, counterarguments, and evidence-based reasoning.
• LHA.ELA.B.033 Students will develop expository texts that explain topics logically with facts, definitions, and examples.
• LHA.ELA.B.034 Students will write engaging narratives featuring sequenced events, vivid descriptions, and dialogue.