Ccssela literacyw85 with some guidance and support from peers and adults develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning revising editing rewriting or trying a new approach focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed editing for conventions should demonstrate command of language standards 1 3 up to and including grade 8 here. Ccssela literacyl84 determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words or phrases based on grade 8 reading and content choosing flexibly from a range of strategies ccssela literacyl84a use context eg the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph a words position or function in a sentence as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. California common core state standards english language arts and literacy in history social studies science and technical subjects was edited in part by the staff of cde press with the cover and interior design prepared by tuyet truong it was published by the california department of education 1430 n street sacramento ca 95814 5901 it . The following seven california english language arts content standards are included in the literary response and analysis strand cluster and are represented in this booklet by 12 test questions for grade 8 these questions represent some ways in which these standards may be assessed on the grade 8 california english language arts standards test. Resources for mathematics english language arts englis h language development literacy california common core state standards for english language arts and literacy in history social studies science and technical subjects pdf 2mb modified march 2013 publication version california common core state standards for spanish language arts and literacy in history social studies