Grade 8 ELA Curriculum Modules
The Grade 8 curriculum modules are designed to address CCLS ELA outcomes during a 45-50 minute English Language Arts class. The overarching focus for all modules is building students’ literacy skills as they develop knowledge about the world.
Each MODULE provides 8 eight weeks of instruction, broken into three shorter units. Each module includes one end-of-module performance task as well as mid-unit and end-of-unit assessments for all three units
Taken as a whole, these modules are designed to give teachers concrete strategies to address the “shifts” required by the CCLS.
Grade 8, Module 2A Overview
Grade 8, Module 2A Assessments
Grade 8, Module 2A Performance Task
Each MODULE provides 8 eight weeks of instruction, broken into three shorter units. Each module includes one end-of-module performance task as well as mid-unit and end-of-unit assessments for all three units
Taken as a whole, these modules are designed to give teachers concrete strategies to address the “shifts” required by the CCLS.
Grade 8, Module 2A Overview
Grade 8, Module 2A Assessments
Grade 8, Module 2A Performance Task
Unit 1: In Unit 1, students will be introduced to the module's theme of taking a stand by reading several speeches given by real people who stand up for a cause to better others. (Shirley Chisholm & Sojourner Truth's) Students will analyze texts to understand how the structure contributes to the meaning and style, the speaker's claims and supporting evidence, and how the speaker addresses counterclaims. As students begin reading the novel (To Kill A Mockingbird) they gather evidence related to the theme. They also consider how the author draws upon the Golden Rule and renders it new.
Unit 2: Students will read Part 2 of the novel attending to the theme of taking a stand while also studying other aspects involving character analysis and perspective. In this unit students also compare and contrast portions of the novel and film. For the end of unit assessment students write an argument essay in which they argue whether it makes sense for Atticus, based on his character, to take a stand to defend Tom Robinson.
Unit 3: Students will complete reading To Kill a Mockingbird and will analyze a variety of quotes from the text that focus on the effect of taking a stand in small ways leading to integrity and evaluating weather or not it is worth taking a stand for one's self or for others. Students will demonstrate this understanding through writing and participating in a Reader's Theater.
Unit 2: Students will read Part 2 of the novel attending to the theme of taking a stand while also studying other aspects involving character analysis and perspective. In this unit students also compare and contrast portions of the novel and film. For the end of unit assessment students write an argument essay in which they argue whether it makes sense for Atticus, based on his character, to take a stand to defend Tom Robinson.
Unit 3: Students will complete reading To Kill a Mockingbird and will analyze a variety of quotes from the text that focus on the effect of taking a stand in small ways leading to integrity and evaluating weather or not it is worth taking a stand for one's self or for others. Students will demonstrate this understanding through writing and participating in a Reader's Theater.