Go to the TEA Web site.
Select "Curriculum" from the list of subjects on the left of the Web site.
Scroll down the Curriculum Web page until you see the menu option "Curriculum Standards/TEKS" on the left side of the screen.
Click on the link. The link will expand to include additional options for refinement. Select "TEKS by Grade Level."
Scroll down until you see "Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills by Chapter." Below this heading will be a series of links to TEKS curriculum chapters divide by subject.
Click on the subject of interest.
Scroll down until you locate the objectives for the eighth grade.
Click on the icon next to the subchapter heading to open up the objectives.
Go to the TEA Web site.
Select "Testing/Accountability" from the list of subjects on the left of the Web site.
Scroll down the Testing and Accountability Web page until you see the menu option "Student Assessment" on the left side of the screen. This option will be located near the bottom of the web page. Click on the link.
Scroll down the Student Assessment Division Web page until you see the menu option "TAKS Resources" on the left side of the screen. Click on the link
Scroll down the Web page until you locate the link labeled "Study Guides." Click on the link.
Locate the eighth-grade study guides.
Click on the subject of interest to open a PDF file in a new page. These study guides provide detailed and actionable objectives for each subject with accompanying activities and answer keys.