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Manitoba Grade 8

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Made by a Grade 8 teacher in Manitoba. 

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Click on the overarching curriculum themes below to see the curriculum outcomes that match KBI educational content. The full Grade 8 Manitoba Curriculum Connections document is here.

English Language Arts (ELA) 8

Curricular outcomes:

  • ELA 8 Global competencies in ELA
    • Critical Thinking
    • Citizenship
    • Connection to Self
    • Collaboration
  • Enduring Understandings
    • Language and literacies:
      • are central to all learning
      • are complex continuous and recursive
      • develop differently for each individual
      • learning and use are social
      • demands are evolving
      • experiences inform our sense of self
      • are enacted through inextricably connected practices
  • ELA.8.A.2
    • Language as the foundation of Reading & Writing
    • Learners will develop and apply the understanding of the system of language (knowledge and skills) and language comprehension for reading and writing.
  • ELA.8.A2.4 Word Study (Morphology)
    • Analyze and apply knowledge of word parts and patterns (morphology) to determine word meaning and accurate spelling (e.g., Greek/Latin affixes and roots – precede, recede, secede). 
  • NOTE: There are learning activities for most lessons that focus on critical/creative inquiry and these connect to a number of additional outcomes.

All KBI learning modules are applicable.

Science

Curricular outcomes:

Science- Strand A- Indigenous Knowledge Systems

  • SCI.8.A.1- Demonstrate an understanding of different First Nations, Métis, and Inuit ways of knowing, being, and doing by exploring Indigenous methods of observing and interpreting the world, applying scientific principles, and creating technologies within local traditional and contemporary contexts (e.g., wholistic, reciprocal, interconnected, and sustainable ways; land-based learning; outdoor learning; intersections with Western science).

Science: Strand B- Science Identity

  • SCI.9.B.1- Develop a sense of agency, identity, and belonging in science by
    • cultivating natural curiosity about the world
    • acquiring scientific skills and fostering scientific attitudes
    • building a personal connection to nature
    • establishing links between science concepts and personal experience
    • recognizing that everyone can contribute to science

Science: Strand D- Nature of Science

  • SCI.8.D.7- Demonstrate the understanding that technologies designed to improve life can have predictable as well as unforeseen consequences.
    • Examples: medicines (improved health, antibiotic resistance); agricultural technologies (food security, biodiversity loss); manufacturing technologies (affordable goods, pollution); groundwater extraction technologies (water access and reuse, contamination, and aquifer depletion); transportation technologies (mobility, greenhouse gas emissions); plastics and synthetic materials (convenience, pollution); digital communication (connectivity, misinformation and e-waste); renewable energy technologies (clean energy, land-use and wildlife impacts)
  • SCI.8.D.8- Demonstrate an understanding that as new information emerges about a technology’s impacts; individuals, communities or societies must evaluate whether technologies should continue to be used, modified, redesigned or replaced.
    • Examples: environmental impacts of energy technologies; effects of agricultural and land-use technologies on biodiversity; influences of digital communication technologies on social well-being; and effects of waste management technologies on water quality and ecosystem health; environmental impacts of mineral extraction

Science: Strand E: Scientific Knowledge

  • SCI.8.E.21- Demonstrate an understanding of the structural and functional relationships among cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems.
  • SCI.8.E.17- Demonstrate an understanding of the mechanisms of the greenhouse effect in raising temperatures on Earth
  • SCI.8.E.18- Demonstrate an understanding of cell theory.
    • Include the following: all organisms are composed of one or more cells; cells are the basic unit of structure and function of any organism; all cells come from pre-existing cells; the activity of an organism depends on the total activity of all its cells.
  • SCI.8.E.22- Demonstrate the understanding that in living organisms, cells contribute to homeostasis to maintain conditions required for life.
    • Examples: cellular respiration, pH balance, osmosis, diffusion, selective permeability
  • SCI.8.E.23- Demonstrate an understanding of the structure and function of the human circulatory system in maintaining homeostasis.
    • Examples: heart, blood, blood components, blood vessels, oxygen, waste, water, temperature regulation

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Indigenous History on Turtle Island

Unit Plan Overview

  • Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide

 

2. The Human Body - Digestive System

Unit Plan Overview

  • Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
  • Lesson worksheet/answers
  • Video worksheet/answers
  • Numeracy activity/answers

 

3. The Human Body - Circulatory System

Unit Plan Overview

  • Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
  • Lesson worksheet/answers

 

4. Diversity of Living Things

Unit Plan Overview

  • Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
  • Lesson worksheet/answers

 

5. The Human Body - Respiratory System

Unit Plan Overview

  • Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
  • Lesson worksheet/answers
  • Video worksheet/answers
  • Numeracy activity/answers

 

6. Environment & Climate Change

Unit Plan Overview

  • Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
  • Lesson worksheet/answers
English Language Arts (ELA)

Curricular outcomes:

General Outcome 1

  • 1.1.1     Express Ideas 
    • Explore diverse ideas to develop predictions, opinions, conclusions, and understanding.
  • 1.1.2    Consider Others’ Ideas
    • Integrate new understanding with previous viewpoints and interpretations.
  • 1.2.4    Extend Understanding
    • Reconsider initial understanding in light of new information, and ask clarifying questions; listen to diverse opinions and recognize ambiguity.

General Outcome 2

  • 2.1.2    Comprehension Strategies
    • Use a variety of comprehension strategies [including adjusting reading rate, summarizing main ideas, SQ3R, structured overviews, and checking with peers] to make sense of familiar and unfamiliar texts and remember ideas.
  • 2.2.3    Appreciate the Artistry of Texts
    • Identify and describe techniques used to create mood in oral, literary, and media texts.
  • 2.3.2    Techniques and Elements
    • Identify a variety of techniques [such as characterization, word choice, framing, angle...] used to create particular effects or to portray various cultures in oral, literary, and media texts.
  • 2.3.4    Experiment with Language
    • Identify creative uses of language in popular culture [such as commercials, advertisements, rock videos...]; explain how imagery and figures of speech create tone and mood in texts.

General Outcome 3

  • 3.2.2    Identify Sources
    • Distinguish between fact and opinion when inquiring or researching using a variety of information sources [such as artifacts, debates, forums, biographies, autobiographies...].
  • 3.2.3    Assess Sources
    • Develop and use criteria for evaluating information sources for a particular inquiry or research plan.
  • 3.2.5    Make Sense of Information
    • Construct meaning using direct statements, implied meaning, and inferences; adjust rate of reading or viewing according to purpose, topic, density of information, and organizational patterns of text.
  • 3.3.3    Evaluate Information
    • Set aside personal bias to evaluate the relevance and importance of information collected; address information gaps for particular forms, audiences, and purposes.

General Outcome 5

  • 5.1.3    Appreciate Diversity
    • Interpret the choices and motives of individuals encountered in oral, literary and media texts and examine how they relate to self and others; discuss personal participation and responsibility in communities.

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Critical Thinking & Evaluating Information

Unit Plan Overview

  • Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
  • Lesson worksheet/answers
  • Video worksheet/answers
  • Inquiry activities/answer guides
  • Numeracy activity/answers

 

2. Navigating the World of Online (Mis)Information

Unit Plan Overview

  • Inquiry activities

Curriculum-Related Themes Throughout the Year

Reflecting on hardships and courage during WWII (November)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Remembrance Day / Veterans Day / Armistice Day

Lesson Plan/Activity

Reflecting on leadership and the skills needed to help make a difference for ourselves and others (December)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Christmas in No Man’s Land -  Reflecting on Kindness

Lesson Plan/Activities

  • Inquiry/creative activities
Highlighting some key inspirational leaders during Black History Month as well as some experiences of refugees from different parts of the world (February)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Black History Month

 

2. Refugee Experiences

Unit Plan Overview

  • Lesson worksheet/answers
  • Inquiry activities
Celebrating inspiring women in STEM (March)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. International Women's Day - Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM

Unit Plan Overview

  • Literacy builder worksheets/answer guides
  • Inquiry activities
Understanding communicable diseases and how they are spread, and learning about immunization. Suggested during flu season, immunization awareness week, and school vaccinations (if applicable)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Immunization Awareness Week

 

2. The Spread of Infectious Diseases

Link to Lessons

 

3. Scientific Curiosity and Vaccine Discoveries

Unit Plan Overview

  • Literacy builder worksheets/answer guides
  • Inquiry activities
Indigenous History on Turtle Island - pre-contact, contact, treaties, colonialism, The Indian Act (September and June)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Indigenous History on Turtle Island

Holistic Reflection Activity

 

Last modified: 
Oct 8, 2026