• Course Overview: 8th ELA

     

    Current Unit

    Unit 2 Overview: Narrative Writing (Memoir Writing to Reflect on Experience and Suggest Thematic Connections) (If...Then...Curriculum Lucy Calkins page 44-58)

     

     

    READING

    WRITING

    UNIT 1 

    Maintaining an Independent Reading Life 

    Launching Writer’s Notebooks & Independent Writing 

    UNIT 2

    Literary Nonfiction

    Writing Memoir

    UNIT 3 

    Nonfiction Shared Choice Reading Tapping the Power of Nonfiction 

    Position Papers: Research 

    UNIT 4

    Critical Literacy: Unlocking Contemporary Fiction- Book Clubs

    The Literary Essay: Analyzing Craft & Theme 

    UNIT 5

    Approaching the Classics Through Close Reading, Drama & Performance

    Argument Writing

    UNIT 6

    Dystopian Book Clubs 

    Fantasy: Writing Within Literary Traditions 

    UNIT 7

    Poetry: Immersion & Innovation 

    Poetry: The Art of Writing Lyrics 

  • Course Overview: 8A (8th Advanced)

     

    Current Unit

    Unit 1

    Unit Summary: In this unit, students will engage in choice reading and narrative writing. 

     

    Course Sequence & Pacing

    Estimated

    Number 

    of Blocks

    Marking Period 1

    Estimated

    Number 

    of Blocks

    Marking Period 3

    20

    UNIT 1: THE ART OF STORYTELLING

    [Independent Reading & Writing]

    30-40 

    UNIT 6: A CLOSE ANALYSIS OF LITERATURE

    [Reading & Writing - The Book Thief]

    20

    UNIT 2: HOW STORIES CRAFT MEANING

    [Reading]

    0-10

    UNIT 7: A CLOSE ANALYSIS OF MEDIA

    [If Time Allows]

    Estimated

    Number 

    of Blocks

    Marking Period 2

    Estimated

    Number 

    of Blocks

    Marking Period 4

    6

    UNIT 3: READING NONFICTION W/ A CRITICAL EYE

    [Reading]

    20

    UNIT 8: 

    LITERARY STUDY - 

    HOW LITERATURE REFLECTS OURSELVES/OUR WORLD

    [Reading]

    30

    UNIT 4: SOCIAL ISSUES RESEARCH 

    [Writing]

    20 

    UNIT 9:

    AN EXPLORATION OF ARGUMENT

    [Writing]

    4

    UNIT 5: SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH LITERATURE

    [Reading - Twelve Angry Men]