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DIGITAL MAPS FOR GRADES 6-8

If are new to teaching middle school, or looking to revamp and re-align your yearly curriculum for a digital hybrid or distance learning model, grab this MEGA set of FREE ELA Curriculum Maps. FULLY EDITABLE AND INCLUDES A SMART PLANNER. These quarterly smart maps are perfectly aligned and sequenced to Common Core State Standards (CCSS), which crosswalks with most state standards. And, includes a full year of suggested reading, writing, grammar, and test prep resources!

Each set of free ELA curriculum maps includes:

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• Quarterly Editable Standards
• Quarterly Editable Objectives
• Smart Calendar
• Google Classroom (or any LMS) Assignment Planner
• Daily/Weekly Note Taking: Digital Sticky Notes and Clipboard
• Quarterly Standards-Aligned, Suggested Resource Bookshelves

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Curriculum is sequenced quarterly. Each quarter focuses on one of the CCSS 4 MAJOR WRITING REQUIREMENTS with reading material integrated to support the writing.

QUARTER 1: FICTION & NARRATIVE WRITING

Reading Literature

• Analyze literary elements, devices, and techniques.
  • Novels
  • Short films
  • Passages
  • Test Prep
  • Constructed Response Writing
  • Narrative Writing
  • Summary Writing
  • Literary Analysis

Writing: Narrative

• Use literary elements, devices, and techniques to craft written responses and an analysis.
  • Constructed Response Writing
  • Narrative Writing
  • Summary Writing
  • Literary Analysis
  • Test Prep

QUARTER 2: NON-FICTION & ARGUMENT/DEBATE

Reading

• Analyze elements of argumentation using informational texts.
  • Articles
  • Passages
  • Sample Essays
  • Documentary Videos
  • Various Research 
  • ProCon.org
  • Debate

Writing

• Craft argumentative writing using the elements of argumentation and write responses to prompts. 
  • Written responses
  • Argumentative Essay

QUARTER 3: NON-FICTIONAL & INFORMATIONAL TEXT AND WRITING

Reading

Students will read and analyze a variety of informational text such as informative articles from Psychology Today that focus on human behavior and tendencies such as: narcissism, stereotyping and biases, privilege, confirmation bias, and gaslighting. They will learn to analyze textual evidence, find the central idea, draw inferences, and understand the purposes and types of informative writing:

• Inform
• Explain
• Present
• Compare/Contrast
• Analyze
• Describe
• Classify

Writing

Students will use the knowledge and skills gained from the reading and learning section to craft various writings:

• Constructed Responses
• Objective Summaries
• Informative Essay

QUARTER 4: NON-FICTION-RESEARCH & FICTION REVIEW

Reading

• Articles
• Passages
• Sample essays
• Podcasts

Writing & Research Project

• Videos/Tutorials
• Design a Social Research Experiment
• Write a Research  Paper
• Review Plot, Theme, Conflict, Dialogue, & Setting With Short Film

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