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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
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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
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of Blocks
Marking Period 1
Estimated
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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]
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Number
of Blocks
Marking Period 2
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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]