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title: "8.T.PM.1: Literary Periods and Movements (Georgia English Language Arts standard)"
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# 8.T.PM.1: Literary Periods and Movements

Demonstrate knowledge of dominant themes, genres, and verbal styles of literature from a particular time period.

- Subject: English Language Arts
- Appears in: Grade 8, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/grade-8.md

## Expectations

- **8.T.PM.1.a**: Read and compare and contrast myths and stories (fictional or historical) that modern writers have adapted into their own works. (I)
- **8.T.PM.1.b**: Compare and contrast the treatment of a common theme by different writers within a time period. (I)

## Georgia Milestones coverage

- English Language Arts Grade 8 (EOG). Texts — Interpreting Texts. Periods & Movements Students demonstrate knowledge of dominant themes, genres, and verbal styles of literature from a particular time period. (about 27% of the test; 16 points; shared with other standards, so count these points once and never add them up per standard)

## What mastery looks like

Georgia's Achievement Level Descriptors. The levels are cumulative: each includes the ones before it. Proficient is on grade level.

- **Beginning**: Identify how/when an author conveys a particular time period in literature.
- **Developing**: Identify a specific element (e.g., character, event, conflict, style, theme) that a modern writer adapted into their own works. Determine the common theme in two pieces of literature by different writers within a given time period.
- **Proficient**: Compare and contrast a modern author’s adaptation of a myth or text (fictional or historical) to the original myth or text. Compare and contrast the treatment of a common theme by different writers within a given time period.
- **Distinguished**: Compare and contrast two modern authors’ adaptations of a text to the original version.

## The same standard across grades

- Grade 6, 6.T.PM.1: **Periods & Movements** Demonstrate knowledge of dominant themes, genres, and verbal styles of literature from a particular time period. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/6.T.PM.1.md
- Grade 7, 7.T.PM.1: **Periods & Movements** Demonstrate knowledge of dominant themes, genres, and verbal styles of literature from a particular time period. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.PM.1.md
- **Grade 8, 8.T.PM.1 (this standard)**: **Periods & Movements** Demonstrate knowledge of dominant themes, genres, and verbal styles of literature from a particular time period.
- Grade 9, 9.T.PM.1: Demonstrate knowledge of dominant themes, genres, and verbal styles of literature from a particular time period. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/9.T.PM.1.md
- Grade 10, 10.T.PM.1: Demonstrate knowledge of dominant themes, genres, and verbal styles of literature from a particular time period. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/10.T.PM.1.md
- Grade 11, 11.T.PM.1: Demonstrate knowledge of dominant themes, genres, and verbal styles of literature from a particular time period. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/11.T.PM.1.md
- Grade 12, 12.T.PM.1: Demonstrate knowledge of dominant themes, genres, and verbal styles of literature from a particular time period. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/12.T.PM.1.md

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.