Lesson Plan
English Lesson Plan for Grade 8
For Autumn (September, October, November)
For September
Grade – 8 |
1 Day/Week |
2 Day/Week |
3 Day/Week |
5 Day/Week |
1st week (Sept) |
Reading strategies: 1: Main idea 1) Determine the main idea of a passage 2: Theme 1) Match the quotations with their themes |
Reading strategies: 1: Main idea 1) Determine the main idea of a passage 2: Theme 1) Match the quotations with their themes 2) Determine the themes of short stories |
Reading strategies: 1: Main idea 1) Determine the main idea of a passage 2: Theme 1) Match the quotations with their themes 2) Determine the themes of short stories |
Reading strategies:: 1: Main idea 1) Determine the main idea of a passage 2: Theme 1) Match the quotations with their themes 2) Determine the themes of short stories |
2nd week (Sept) |
Reading strategies: 3: Author’s purpose and tone Identify the author’s purpose 4: Point of view Identify the narrative point of view |
Reading strategies: 3: Author’s purpose and tone Identify the author’s purpose. Which sentence is more formal? 4: Point of view 1) Identify the narrative point of view 2) Determine the author’s point of view. |
Reading strategies: 3: Author’s purpose and tone Identify the author’s purpose Which sentence is more formal? 1) Compare passages for tone. 4: Point of view 1) Identify the narrative point of view 2) Determine the author’s point of view. |
Reading strategies: 3: Author’s purpose and tone 1) Identify the author’s purpose. Which sentence is more formal? 2) Compare passages for tone 4: Point of view 1) Identify the narrative point of view 2) Determine the author’s point of view |
3rd week (Sept) |
Reading strategies: 5: Text structure 1) Compare and contrast informational texts 6: Literary devices Identify sensory details |
Reading strategies: 5: Text structure 1) Compare and contrast informational texts 2) Match causes and effects in informational texts 6: Literary devices 1) Identify sensory details Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source |
Reading strategies: 5: Text structure 1) Compare and contrast informational texts 3) Match problems with their solutions 6:Literary devices 1) Identify sensory details 2) Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source |
Reading strategies: 5: Author’s purpose and tone 1) Identify the author’s purpose 2) Which sentence is more formal? 3) Match problems with their solutions 4: Point of view 1) Identify the narrative point of view 2) Determine the author’s point of view 3) Interpret figures of speech |
4th week (Sept) |
Reading strategies: 7: Analyzing literature Analyze short stories |
Reading strategies: 7: Analyzing literature 1) Analyze short stories 2) Label the rhyme scheme 8: Analyzing informational texts Read about famous places |
Reading strategies: 7: Analyzing literature 1) Analyze short stories 2) Label the rhyme scheme 8: Analyzing informational texts 1) Read about famous places 2) Read about science and nature |
Reading strategies: 7: Analyzing literature 1) Analyze short stories 2) Label the rhyme scheme 2) Read about famous places 3) Read about science and nature |
For October
Grade – 8 |
1 Day/Week |
2 Day/Week |
3 Day/Week |
5 Day/Week |
1st week (Oct) |
Reading strategies: 9: Analyzing arguments 1) Trace an argument 10: Novel Study 1) Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 1 |
Reading strategies: 9: Analyzing arguments 1) Trace an argument 2) Vocabulary review: 3) Trace an argument 10: Novel Study 1) Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 1 2) Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 2 |
Reading strategies: 9: Analyzing arguments 1) Trace an argument 2) Vocabulary review: 3) Trace an argument 10: Novel Study 1) Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 1 2) Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 2 |
Reading strategies: 9: Analyzing arguments 1) Trace an argument 2) Vocabulary review: 3) Trace an argument 10: Novel Study 1) Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 1 2) Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 2 |
2nd week (Oct) |
Reading strategies: 11: Non-fiction book study 1) Analyze passages from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the 12:Comparing texts 1) Compare information from two texts |
Reading strategies: 11: Non-fiction book study 1) Analyze passages from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the 12:Comparing texts 1) Compare information from two texts 2) Compare two texts with different genres |
Reading strategies: 11: Non-fiction book study 1) Analyze passages from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the 12:Comparing texts 1) Compare information from two texts 2) Compare two texts with different genres |
Reading strategies: 11: Non-fiction book study 1) Analyze passages from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the 12:Comparing texts 1) Compare information from two texts 2) Compare two texts with different genres |
3rd week (Oct) |
Reading strategies: 13: Visual elements
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Reading strategies: 13: Visual elements 2) Read graphic organizers |
Reading strategies: 13: Visual elements 2) Read graphic organizers |
Reading strategies: 13: Visual elements 2) Read graphic organizers |
4th week (Oct) |
Reading strategies: 14: Revision 1) Revise half of the reading strategies |
Reading strategies: 14: Revision 1) Revise half of the reading strategies |
Reading strategies: 14: Revision 1) Revise half of the reading strategies |
Reading strategies: 14: Revision 1) Revise half of the reading strategies |
For November
Grade – 8 |
1 Day/Week |
2 Day/Week |
3 Day/Week |
5 Day/Week |
1st week (Nov) |
Writing strategies: 1: Organizing writing 1) Order topics from broadest to narrowest |
Writing strategies: 1: Organizing writing 1) Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2) Organize information by main idea |
Writing strategies: 1: Organizing writing 1) Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2) Organize information by main idea 3) Transitions with conjunctive adverbs |
Writing strategies: 1: Organizing writing 1) Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2) Organize information by main idea 3) Transitions with conjunctive adverbs |
2nd week (Nov) |
Writing strategies: 2: Developing and supporting arguments 1) Distinguish facts from opinions |
Writing strategies: 2: Developing and supporting arguments 1) Distinguish facts from opinions 2) Choose evidence to support a claim |
Writing strategies: 2: Developing and supporting arguments 1) Distinguish facts from opinions 2) Choose evidence to support a claim 3) Identify supporting details in informational text 4) Identify supporting details in literary texts |
Writing strategies: 2: Developing and supporting arguments 1) Distinguish facts from opinions 2) Choose evidence to support a claim 3) Identify supporting details in informational text 4) Identify supporting details in literary texts 5) Identify counterclaims Classify logical fallacies |
3rd week (Nov) |
Writing strategies: 3: Creative techniques Use personification 1) Use the correct frequently confused word
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Writing strategies: 3: Creative techniques Use personification 1) Use the correct frequently confused word |
Writing strategies: 3: Creative techniques Use personification 1) Use the correct frequently confused word 3) Correct errors with signs 4) Correct errors in everyday use |
Writing strategies: 3: Creative techniques Use personification 1) Use the correct frequently confused word 3) Correct errors with signs 4) Correct errors in everyday use 5) Suggest appropriate revisions |
4th week (Nov) |
Writing strategies: 5: Research skills 1) Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th edition) 2) Revision. |
Writing strategies: 5: Research skills 1) Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th edition) 2) Revision. |
Writing strategies: 5: Research skills 1) Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th edition) 2) Identify and correct plagiarism 3) Revision. |
Writing strategies: 5: Research skills 1) Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th edition) 2) Identify and correct plagiarism 3) Revision. |
For Winter (December, January, February)
For December
Grade – 8 |
1 Day/Week |
2 Day/Week |
3 Day/Week |
5 Day/Week |
1st week (Dec) |
Vocabulary: 1: Prefixes and suffixes 1) Words with pre- |
Vocabulary: 1: Prefixes and suffixes 1) Words with pre- 2) Words with re- 3) Words with sub- |
Vocabulary: 1: Prefixes and suffixes 1) Words with pre- 2) Words with re- 3) Words with sub- 4) Words with mis- 5) Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non-
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Vocabulary: 1: Prefixes and suffixes 1) Words with pre- 2) Words with re- 3) Words with sub- 4) Words with mis- 5) Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 6) Words with mis- 7) Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- |
2nd week (Dec) |
Vocabulary: 1: Greek and Latin roots: 1) Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words |
Vocabulary: 1: Greek and Latin roots: 1) Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2) Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots |
Vocabulary: 1: Greek and Latin roots: 1) Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2) Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 3) Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots |
Vocabulary: 1: Greek and Latin roots: 1) Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2) Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 3) Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4) Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 5) Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots |
3rd week (Dec) |
Vocabulary: 1) Choose the synonym
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Vocabulary: 1) Choose the synonym 2) Choose the synonym 3) Find synonyms in context |
Vocabulary: 1) Choose the synonym 2) Choose the synonym 3) Find synonyms in context 4) Choose the antonym |
Vocabulary: 1) Choose the synonym 2) Choose the synonym 3) Find synonyms in context 4) Choose the antonym 5) Find antonyms in context |
4th week (Dec) |
Revision |
Revision |
Revision |
Revision |
For January
Grade – 8 |
1 Day/Week |
2 Day/Week |
3 Day/Week |
5 Day/Week |
1st week (Jan) |
Vocabulary: 1: Homophones 1) Use the correct homophone |
Vocabulary: 1: Homophones 1) Use the correct homophone 2) Which definition matches the sentence? |
Vocabulary: 1: Homophones 1) Use the correct homophone 2) Which definition matches the sentence? 3) Which sentence matches the definition?
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Vocabulary: 1: Homophones 1) Use the correct homophone 2) Which definition matches the sentence? 3) Which sentence matches the definition?
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2nd week (Jan) |
Vocabulary: 1: Idioms and adages 1) Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 |
Vocabulary: 1: Idioms and adages 1) Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 2) Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1 |
Vocabulary: 1: Idioms and adages 1) Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 2) Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1 3) Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2 |
Vocabulary: 1: Idioms and adages 1) Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 2) Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1 3) Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2 4) Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 2 |
3rd week (Jan) |
Vocabulary: 1: Word choice and usage 1) Describe the difference between related words |
Vocabulary: 1: Word choice and usage 1) Describe the difference between related words 2) Positive and negative connotation |
Vocabulary: 1: Word choice and usage 1) Describe the difference between related words 2) Positive and negative connotation |
Vocabulary: 1: Word choice and usage 1) Describe the difference between related words 2) Positive and negative connotation |
4th week (Jan) |
Vocabulary: 1: Analogies 1) Analogies |
Vocabulary: 1: Analogies 1) Analogies 2) Analogies: challenge |
Vocabulary: 1: Analogies 1) Analogies 2) Analogies: challenge |
Vocabulary: 1: Analogies 1) Analogies 2) Analogies: challenge |
For February
Grade – 8 |
1 Day/Week |
2 Day/Week |
3 Day/Week |
5 Day/Week |
1st week (Feb) |
Vocabulary: 1: Context clues 1) Find words using context |
Vocabulary: 1: Context clues 1) Find words using context 2) Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context |
Vocabulary: 1: Context clues 1) Find words using context 2) Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 3) Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context |
Vocabulary: 1: Context clues 1) Find words using context 2) Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 3) Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 4) Use context to identify the meaning of a word |
2nd week (Feb) |
Vocabulary: 1: Domain-specific vocabulary 1) Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures |
Vocabulary: 1: Domain-specific vocabulary 1) Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures |
Vocabulary: 1: Domain-specific vocabulary 1) Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures |
Vocabulary: 1: Domain-specific vocabulary 1) Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures |
3rd week (Feb) |
1: Vocabulary: 1: Reference skills 1) Alphabetical order
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1: Vocabulary: 1: Reference skills 1) Alphabetical order 2) Use guide words |
1: Vocabulary: 1: Reference skills 1) Alphabetical order 2) Use guide words 3) Use dictionary entries |
1: Vocabulary: 1: Reference skills 1) Alphabetical order 2) Use guide words 3) Use dictionary definitions 4) Use thesaurus entries |
4th week (Feb) |
Vocabulary: Revision |
Vocabulary: Revision |
Vocabulary: Revision |
Vocabulary: Revision |
For Summer (March, April, May)
For March
Grade – 8 |
1 Day/Week |
2 Day/Week |
3 Day/Week |
5 Day/Week |
1st week (March) |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Sentences, fragments, and run-ons 1) Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? 2) Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Sentences, fragments, and run-ons 1) Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? 2) Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence 3) Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence 4) Identify the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Sentences, fragments, and run-ons 1) Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? 2) Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence 3) Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence 4) Identify the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence 5) Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 6) Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Sentences, fragments, and run-ons 1) Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? 2) Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence 3) Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence 4) Identify the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence 5) Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 6) Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 7) Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 8) Identify dependent and independent clauses |
2nd week (March) |
Grammar and mechanics 2) Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y |
Grammar and mechanics 2) Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y 3) Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y 4) Form plurals: review |
Grammar and mechanics 2) Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y 3) Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y 4) Form plurals: review 5) Form and use plurals: review 6) Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives |
Grammar and mechanics 2) Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y 3) Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y 4) Form plurals: review 5) Form and use plurals: review 6) Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives 7) Form the singular or plural possessive 8) identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns |
3rd week (March) |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Pronouns and antecedents 1) Identify pronouns and their antecedents 2: Verb types: 1) Identify main verbs and helping verbs 2) Identify transitive and intransitive verbs
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Grammar and mechanics 1: Pronouns and antecedents 1) Identify pronouns and their antecedents 2) Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent 2: Verb types: 2) Identify transitive and intransitive verbs |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Pronouns and antecedents 1) Identify pronouns and their antecedents 2) Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent 4) Identify all of the possible antecedents 2: Verb types: 2) Identify transitive and intransitive verbs 3) Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns 4) What does the modal verb show? |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Pronouns and antecedents 1) Identify pronouns and their antecedents 2) Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent 3) Identify vague pronoun references 4) Identify all of the possible antecedents 5) Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person 2: Verb types: 2) Identify transitive and intransitive verbs 3) Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns 4) What does the modal verb show? |
4th week (March) |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Pronoun types 1) Choose between subject and object pronouns 2) Compound subjects and objects with “I” and “me” 3) Compound subjects and objects with pronouns |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Pronoun types 1) Choose between subject and object pronouns 2) Compound subjects and objects with “I” and “me” 3) Compound subjects and objects with pronouns 4) Use possessive pronouns 5) Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Pronoun types 1) Choose between subject and object pronouns 2) Compound subjects and objects with “I” and “me” 3) Compound subjects and objects with pronouns 4) Use possessive pronouns 5) Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns 6) Use reflexive pronouns 7) Is the pronoun reflexive or intensive? 8) Identify relative pronouns |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Pronoun types 1) Choose between subject and object pronouns 2) Compound subjects and objects with “I” and “me” 3) Compound subjects and objects with pronouns 4) Use possessive pronouns 5) Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns 6) Use reflexive pronouns 8) reflexive or intensive? 9) Identify relative pronouns 10) Use relative pronouns: who and whom 11) Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that |
For April
Grade – 8 |
1 Day/Week |
2 Day/Week |
3 Day/Week |
5 Day/Week |
1st week (April) |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Subject-verb agreement 1) Use the correct subject or verb |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Subject-verb agreement 1) Use the correct subject or verb 2) Use the correct verb – with compound subjects |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Subject-verb agreement 1) Use the correct subject or verb 2) Use the correct verb – with compound subjects |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Subject-verb agreement 1) Use the correct subject or verb 2) Use the correct verb – with compound subjects |
2nd week (April) |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Verb tense 2) Simple past, present, and future tense: review |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Verb tense 1) Irregular past tense: review 2) Simple past, present, and future tense: review 3) Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 4) Use the progressive verb tenses |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Verb tense 2) Simple past, present, and future tense: review 3) Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 4) Use the progressive verb tenses 5) Form the progressive verb tenses |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Verb tense 2) Simple past, present, and future tense: review 3) Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 4) Use the progressive verb tenses 5) Form the progressive verb tenses 7) Use the perfect verb tenses 8) Form the perfect verb tenses |
3rd week (April) |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Adjectives and adverbs 1) Identify adjectives 2) Order adjectives |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Adjectives and adverbs 1) Identify adjectives 2) Order adjectives 3) Identify adverbs 5) Choose between adjectives and adverbs |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Adjectives and adverbs 2) Order adjectives 3) Identify adverbs 4) Use relative adverbs 5) Choose between adjectives and adverbs 6) Is the word an adjective or adverb? 7) Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 8) Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Adjectives and adverbs 2) Order adjectives 3) Identify adverbs 5) Choose between adjectives and adverbs 6) Is the word an adjective or adverb? 7) Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 8) Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst 9) Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs 10) Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst |
4th week (April) |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Prepositions 2: Direct and indirect objects 1) Is it a direct object or an indirect object? |
Grammar and mechanics 2) Identify prepositions and their objects 1) Is it a direct object or an indirect object? |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Prepositions 2) Identify prepositions and their objects 3) Identify prepositional phrases 1) Is it a direct object or an indirect object? |
Grammar and mechanics 2) Identify prepositions and their objects 3) Identify prepositional phrases 1) Is it a direct object or an indirect object? |
For May
Grade – 8 |
1 Day/Week |
2 Day/Week |
3 Day/Week |
5 Day/Week |
1st week (May) |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Conjunctions 2: Contractions 1) Pronoun-verb contractions |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Conjunctions 1) Use coordinating conjunctions 3) Identify subordinating conjunctions 2: Contractions 1) Pronoun-verb contractions 2) Pronoun-verb contractions |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Conjunctions 1) Use coordinating conjunctions 4) Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 2: Contractions 1) Pronoun-verb contractions 2) Pronoun-verb contractions |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Conjunctions 1) Use coordinating conjunctions 4) Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 5) Fill in the missing correlative conjunction 2: Contractions 1) Pronoun-verb contractions 2) Pronoun-verb contractions |
2nd week (May) |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Punctuation 1) Commas with series, dates, and places 2) Commas with compound and complex sentences |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Punctuation 1) Commas with series, dates, and places 2) Commas with compound and complex sentences 3) Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Punctuation 1) Commas with series, dates, and places 2) Commas with compound and complex sentences 3) Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters 5) Commas: review 6) What does the punctuation suggest? |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Punctuation 1) Commas with series, dates, and places 2) Commas with compound and complex sentences 3) Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters 4) Commas with coordinate adjectives 5) Commas: review 6) What does the punctuation suggest? 7) Commas with nonrestrictive elements 8) Use dashes |
3rd week (May) |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Capitalization 1) Correct capitalization errors 2: Formatting 1) Formatting titles |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Capitalization 1) Correct capitalization errors 2) Capitalizing titles 2: Formatting 1) Formatting titles 2) Formatting and capitalizing titles: review |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Capitalization 1) Correct capitalization errors 2) Capitalizing titles 2: Formatting 1) Formatting titles 2) Formatting and capitalizing titles: review 3) Formatting street addresses |
Grammar and mechanics 1: Capitalization 1) Correct capitalization errors 2) Capitalizing titles 2: Formatting 1) Formatting titles 2) Formatting and capitalizing titles: review 3) Formatting street addresses |
4th week (May) |
Grammar and mechanics Revision: |
Grammar and mechanics Revision: |
Grammar and mechanics Revision: |
Grammar and mechanics Revision: |
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