ELA Common Core Curriculum 8th Grade Year Overview Unit ...
ELA Common Core Curriculum 8th Grade Year Overview Unit ...
ELA Common Core Curriculum 8th Grade Year Overview Unit ...
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<strong>ELA</strong> <strong>Common</strong> <strong>Core</strong> <strong>Curriculum</strong><strong>8th</strong> <strong>Grade</strong> <strong>Year</strong> <strong>Overview</strong>Quarter 1<strong>Unit</strong> 1(4 - 6weeks)Launching Readers /Writers WorkshopPerformance Task<strong>Unit</strong> Summary Exemplar Texts Writing Genres(Student writing can be chosen fromthe writing types chart in LIA ).Students begin the year by establishingroutines for reading/writing workshop(6+1 traits and district writing rubric).Students read a variety of informationaltexts and literature(50/50 <strong>ELA</strong>, 80/20Literacy)in order to develop specificreading and writing skills.Informational: 2-4Literature : 3 – 5Textbook:(N/F)“From Harriet Tubman” pg.143 (F)“The Green Mamba”- pg. 239 (F)“The Medicine Bag”- pg. 759Response to literature- short andextended responses.Quarter 1<strong>Unit</strong> 2(6-4 weeks)Narrative GenreStudents will read literature (shortstory, novels, poetry, etc.) in order tounderstand, analyze and implementelements of fiction in their reading andwriting.Literary nonfiction:(2-4)At least 1 extended text (novel, play,extended short story-10-25 pgs.)Extended The Outsiders-S.E.Hinton Rumble Fish-S.E. Hinton The Outsiders- Collection of shortstoriesMulti-Cultural Voices:“Black Men in Public Space” – pg.25 “Getups”- pg. 93NarrativeResponse to literature- short andextended response
Performance TaskQuarter 2InformationStudents read informational texts inorder to understand how informationalwriting is structured and about itsfeatures. They will use thisunderstanding to recognize and analyzewhat issues are being discussed andwhat writers do to inform readers.Informational : 5-8Textbook: “Edgar Allan Poe: His LifeRevealed…” pg. 534 “Memory a matter of Brains andBrawn”- pg. 68Inform/ExplainResponse to Reading- short andextended responsesPerformance TaskQuarter 2Literary analysis(including poetry)Performance TaskStudents will read and analyze a varietyof literary works in order tounderstand the deeper meaning andunderlying themes within the text.Literature :5-8Poetry or arts: 2-41 extended textPoetry: Textbook “The Cremation of Sam McGee”- pg.636 “I America Singing” “Out-Out” pg. 707 “I Never Saw a Moor”-pg. 705Literature: “The Landlady”pg. 72 “The Monkey’s Paw”- pg. 85Extended:Poe: Tales of MysteryArgumentResponse to literature- short andextended responses.PoetryThe Poe Reader
Quarter 3<strong>Unit</strong> 1(5 weeks)Nonfiction Reading(text analysis) andWritingStudents read nonfiction and extractrelevant information about a topic.They will write responses in order todemonstrate their own understandingof the content.Informational : 5-8Textbook: From No Pretty Pictures-pg. 225 “Coming to America”- pg. 506 “Camp Harmony”- pg. 469 “A Heroine’s Last Days”- pg. 445 “Home Sweet Soddie”- pg. 180Informative/ExplanatoryPerformance TaskQuarter 3<strong>Unit</strong> 2(5 weeks)Narrative- HistoricalFictionStudents will read a variety ofinformational and fictional texts(documents, speeches, historical fiction,essays, stories, poetry, etc.) on a varietyof topics in order to analyze thestructure, purpose and central ideas ofthe text.Literature : 3-5Poetry, Science, Social Studies or arts :2-41 extended text (historical fiction)Poetry: Out of the DustTextbook: Anne Frank (play excerpt) “I, Too”( poem)- pg. 672 “I Have a Dream”- pg. 482ArgumentResponse to literature- short andextended responses.Extended: Devil’s Arithmetic Hiroshima MilkweedPerformance Task
Quarter 4Narrative (5 weeks)Students will read texts that relate tolife experiences and compose writingpieces that reflect those experiences.Literature 3-5Science, Social Studies or arts 2-4At least 1 extended text (memoir,biography, journals, etc…)Textbook: “Camp Harmony” pg. 469 “Cesar Chavez”- pg. 290 “Mrs. Flowers”- pg. 185 “Green Gulch”- pg. 468Extended: Diary of Anne Frank Modern Short BiographiesNarrativeResponse to literature- short andextended responses.Performance TaskQuarter 4InformationPerformance TaskStudents will engage in different typesof research activities where they willread and write to learn about differentpeople, places, and issues that affectour communities and cultures.Informational 5-8Textbook: “Road Warriors”- pg. 30 “Picking Strawberries…”pg. 295 “Blasting Through Bedrock”-pg. 792 “Drumbeats and Bullets”-pg. 197Library: Narrative of the Life of FredrickDouglass Freedom Walkers The Great FireArgumentInformative/Explanatory
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