Grade 8 Worksheet: Why Is Emotional Intelligence Important for Teens? by Divya Parekh

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  • 2 pages total

  • 3 differentiated practice exercises

  • 1 answer key page

  • 2 pages total

  • 3 differentiated practice exercises

  • 1 answer key page

Emotional intelligence accounts for about 80% of success in life, while IQ accounts for only about 20%.
— Daniel Goleman, psychologist and author of Emotional Intelligence

Additional Info:

  1. Text Type: Blogpost

  2. Difficulty Level: Medium

  3. Grade Level: 8

  4. Skill Focus: This worksheet develops informational reading comprehension and social-emotional learning (SEL) skills suitable for Grade 8 students. Learners focus on identifying main ideas, finding supporting details, understanding basic cause-and-effect relationships, and making personal connections to the text.

  5. Standards & Strands:

  • CCSS (Grade 8):

    • RI.8.1 – Cite textual evidence to support analysis

    • RI.8.2 – Determine a central idea and analyze its development

    • RI.8.3 – Analyze how ideas are introduced and developed

  • CEFR: B1 – Understanding factual information and explaining ideas clearly

  • ACARA (Australia):

    • Literacy: Interpreting and analyzing informative texts

    • Personal and Social Capability: Self-awareness and self-management

  • Cambridge Lower Secondary:

    • Reading: Identify main ideas and supporting details in non-fiction texts