- Columbus City Schools
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- Curriculum/Instructional Resources Grades 6-8
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English & Reading Language Arts
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English Language Arts 6-12
- Ohio's Learning Standards & Clear Learning Targets
- ELA Strand Resources for Reading, Writing, Language, & Speaking
- Curriculum/Instructional Resources Grades 6-8
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Curriculum/Instructional Resources Grades 6-8
READ, WRITE, AND DISCUSS EVERY DAY!
Ohio's Learning Standards for Grades 6-8
CCS ELA GUIDING DOCUMENTS
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- CCS Adopted, Supplemental, and Intervention Resources List for Grades 6-8
- Guide to ELA 6-12 Curriculum & Writing Portfolio Requirements
- Ten Principles for Teaching ELA
- READ, WRITE, AND DISCUSS EVERY DAY!
- The Literacy Template
- Google Activation
- Text Complexity Grade Bands and Associated Lexile Ranges
- Snapshot of a Successful ELA Classroom
- Common Instructional Framework
- Teacher Clarity Snapshot
- Depth of Knowledge (DOK) Documents
- Social Emotional Learning in ELA
- Traditional vs Standards-Based Classroom
- Instructional Practice Guide
CCS MIDDLE SCHOOL LOGINS, TUTORIALS, PAGE LINKS
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- CLEVER Login (Use for CommonLit, TeachingBooks, Achieve3000, Mini-Qs)
- Units of Study Writing Workshops (Tutorial/Access Guides & Videos)
- TeachingBooks Video Tutorial
- CommonLit Video Tutorial
- MiniQs Tutorial for Getting Started through Clever Portal
- MinQs Getting Started for Teachers
- MiniQs Getting Started for Students
- MiniQs Tutorial for Adding Classes and Assignments
- Novels in the CCS Warehouse for Middle School (TeachingBooks List)
- Novels in the CCS ELA 6-12 Curriculum Office (TeachingBooks List)
- Text and Novel Access Link
- Course Descriptions Link
- Standardized Testing Page Link
GRADE 6 CURRICULUM MAP
Grade 6 Curriculum Resources
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Ohio's Learning Standards are the defacto curriculum for ELA 6 with the goal of student mastery of those Standards using multiple and varied literary/informational texts, tools, and strategies. Please adhere to the Grade 6 Curriculum Map when planning your units and lessons. The ELA 6-12 Website pages give you access to the texts, tools, and strategies you need to advance your students. Please see the CCS Adopted, Supplemental, and Intervention Resources List below to get an idea of your available resources. Also, be sure to scroll up to the top of the page for any resource tutorials & login information.
CURRICULUM/NOVEL GUIDES
- GRADE 6 CURRICULUM MAP
- Grade 6 Sample 9-Week Pacing Guides using CURRICULUM MAP (coming soon)
- Grade 6 A Midsummer Night's Dream Teacher Resource
- Grade 6 Hello, Universe Teacher Resource
- CCS Adopted, Supplemental, and Intervention Resources List for Grades 6-8
- Guide to ELA 6-12 Curriculum & Writing Portfolio Requirements
- Ten Principles for Teaching ELA
- Novel Lists-TeachingBooks Author & Novel Resources: Warehouse/Textbook List, Curriculum Office List, TeachingBooks Site
- Mini-Q Volume 3 Contents
- CLEVER (Access to CommonLit, Mini-Qs, Achieve3000, TeachingBooks)
- Grade 6 Summer School Curriculum 2018: A Long Walk to Water Teacher Resource
RESOURCES FOR STANDARD STRANDS: READING, WRITING, LANGUAGE, & SPEAKNG
- ELA Strand Resource Page (Close Reading, Writing Process, Rubrics, Vocabulary, and More)
STANDARD DOCUMENTS FOR 6TH GRADE READING, WRITING, LANGUAGE, & SPEAKNG
- 6th Grade Standards
- 6th Grade Clear Learning Targets Reading Literature
- 6th Grade Clear Learning Targets Reading Informational Text
- 6th Grade I Can Statements Reading
- 6th Grade Clear Learning Targets Writing
- 6th Grade I Can Statements Writing
- 6th Grade Clear Learning Targets Language
- 6th Grade I Can Statements Language
- 6th Grade Clear Learning Targets Speaking & Listening
- 6th Grade I Can Statements Speaking & Listening
- Grade 6 ELA Model Curriculum (2018)
- Standards & Clear Learning Targets Page
OLDER COMMON CORE CURRICULUM GUIDES The sequence of these older Common Core curriculum units and novel guides is NOT meant to be prescriptive. These older resources can provide multiple ideas for teaching the Standards for student mastery and some novel/model lessons. Please DO NOT adhere to the protocols of the past reflected in these older resources where each nine-week unit culminated in a specified writing type. Instead, follow the Grade 6 Curriculum Map which asks for more integrated writing.
- Grade 6 Deciding the Truth Unit
- Grade 6 Deciding the Truth Unit: The House of Dies Drear Novel Lessons
- Grade 6 Deciding the Truth Unit: Journey Novel Lessons
- Grade 6 Is Conflict Always Bad Unit
- Grade 6 Is Conflict Always Bad Unit: The Great Fire Novel Lessons
- Grade 6 Knowledge Unit
- Grade 6 Knowledge Unit: Hoot Novel Lessons
- Grade 6 Who Are We Unit
- Grade 6 Who Are We Unit: Freedom Walkers Novel Lessons
VETTED NON-CCS CURRICULUM/NOVEL GUIDES This list of resources contains both Standard-led and Novel-based curriculum that has been vetted for quality and standard-alignement. Look here to find ideas for teaching the Standards not included in any of the CCS resources or to check to see if there is curriculum for a novel you want to use as a tool for Standard mastery.
- Expeditionary Learning Units Grade 6
- Odell Education Core Proficiencies Grades 6-12
- Achieve the Core ELA Literacy Lessons
- UnboundEd Curriculum Units/Lessons Grades 6-8 Bud, Not Buddy, Dragonwings, Flush, Frightful's Mountain, Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village, If, Middle Ages, Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome, Rachel Carson: Environmentalist and Writer, Rachel Carson: Sounding the Alarm on Pollution, Steve Jobs' Commencement Address, The Lightning Thief
- Louisiana Believes Hatchet Grade 6
- Louisiana Believes If Stones Could Speak Grade 6
- Louisiana Believes Out of the Dust Grade 6
- Louisiana Believes Steve Jobs Grade 6
- Louisiana Believes The Witch of Blackbird Pond Grade 6
- Writing Matters Poetry Workshop Unit
GRADE 7 CURRICULUM MAP
Grade 7 Curriculum Resources
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Ohio's Learning Standards are the defacto curriculum for ELA 7 with the goal of student mastery of those Standards using multiple and varied literary/informational texts, tools, and strategies. Please adhere to the Grade 7 Curriculum Map when planning your units and lessons. The ELA 6-12 Website pages give you access to the texts, tools, and strategies you need to advance your students. Please see the CCS Adopted, Supplemental, and Intervention Resources List below to get an idea of your available resources. Also, be sure to scroll up to the top of the page for any resource tutorials & login information.
CURRICULUM/NOVEL GUIDES
- GRADE 7 CURRICULUM MAP
- Grade 7 Sample 9-Week Pacing Guides using CURRICULUM MAP (coming soon)
- Grade 7 The Crossover Teacher Resource
- Grade 7 The Haunted House Teacher Resource (coming soon)
- CCS Adopted, Supplemental, and Intervention Resources List for Grades 6-8
- Guide to ELA 6-12 Curriculum & Writing Portfolio Requirements
- Ten Principles for Teaching ELA
- Novel Lists-TeachingBooks Author & Novel Resources:Warehouse/Textbook List, Curriculum Office List, TeachingBooks Site
- Mini-Q Volume 3 Contents
- CLEVER (Access to CommonLit, Mini-Qs, Achieve3000, TeachingBooks)
RESOURCES FOR STANDARD STRANDS: READING, WRITING, LANGUAGE, & SPEAKNG
- ELA Strand Resource Page (Close Reading, Writing Process, Rubrics, Vocabulary, and More)
STANDARD DOCUMENTS FOR 6TH GRADE READING, WRITING, LANGUAGE, & SPEAKNG
- 7th Grade Standards
- 7th Grade Clear Learning Targets Reading Literature
- 7th Grade Clear Learning Targets Reading Informational Text
- 7th Grade I Can Statements Reading
- 7th Grade Clear Learning Targets Writing
- 7th Grade I Can Statements Writing
- 7th Grade Clear Learning Targets Language
- 7th Grade I Can Statements Language
- 7th Grade Clear Learning Targets Speaking & Listening
- 7th Grade I Can Statements Speaking & Listening
- Grade 7 ELA Model Curriculum (2018)
- ELA Strand Resource Page
OLDER COMMON CORE CURRICULUM GUIDES The sequence of these older Common Core curriculum units and novel guides is NOT meant to be prescriptive. These older resources can provide multiple ideas for teaching the Standards for student mastery and some novel/model lessons. Please DO NOT adhere to the protocols of the past reflected in these older resources where each nine-week unit culminated in a specified writing type. Instead, follow the Grade 7 Curriculum Map which asks for more integrated writing.
- Grade 7 Best Way to Find Truth Unit
- Grade 7 Best Way to Find Truth Unit: The Watsons Go To Birmingham Novel Lessons
- Grade 7 Conflict Unit
- Grade 7 Conflict Unit: Of Beetles and Angels Lessons
- Grade 7 Do Others See More Clearly Unit
- Grade 7 Do Others See More Clearly Unit: The Giver Novel Lessons
- Grade 7 Individual vs Community Unit
- Grade 7 Individual vs Community Unit: Cathedral Novel Lessons
VETTED NON-CCS CURRICULUM/NOVEL GUIDES This list of resources contains both Standard-led and Novel-based curriculum that has been vetted for quality and standard-alignement. Look here to find ideas for teaching the Standards not included in any of the CCS resources or to check to see if there is curriculum for a novel you want to use as a tool for Standard mastery.
- Expeditionary Learning Units Grade 7
- Odell Education Core Proficiencies Grades 6-12
- Achieve the Core ELA Literacy Lessons
- UnboundEd Curriculum Units/Lessons Grades 6-8 7th Texts: A Long Walk to Water, Working Conditions then and Now, Pygmalion, The People Could Fly, Water is Life
- Louisiana Believes Behind the Scenes Grade 7
- Louisiana Believes A Christmas Carol Grade 7
- Louisiana Believes "How to Write a Memoir" Grade 7
- Louisiana Believes The Giver Grade 7
- Louisiana Believes Written in Bone Grade 7
- Match Fishtank Grade 7 (The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, When I Was Puerto Rican, Death of a Salesman, A Raisin in the Sun, and American Poetry Units)
GRADE 8 CURRICULUM MAP
Grade 8 Curriculum Resources
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Ohio's Learning Standards are the defacto curriculum for ELA 8 with the goal of student mastery of those Standards using multiple and varied literary/informational texts, tools, and strategies. Please adhere to the Grade 8 Curriculum Map when planning your units and lessons. The ELA 6-12 Website pages give you access to the texts, tools, and strategies you need to advance your students. Please see the CCS Adopted, Supplemental, and Intervention Resources List below to get an idea of your available resources. Also, be sure to scroll up to the top of the page for any resource tutorials & login information.
CURRICULUM/NOVEL GUIDES
- GRADE 8 CURRICULUM MAP
- Grade 8 Sample 9-Week Pacing Guides using CURRICULUM MAP (coming soon)
- Grade 8 The Taming of the Shrew Teacher Resource
- Grade 8 Chains Teacher Resource (coming soon)
- CCS Adopted, Supplemental, and Intervention Resources List for Grades 6-8
- Guide to ELA 6-12 Curriculum & Writing Portfolio Requirements
- Ten Principles for Teaching ELA
- TeachingBooks Author & Novel Resources: Warehouse/Textbook List, Curriculum Office List, TeachingBooks Site
- Mini-Q Volume 3 Contents
- CLEVER (Access to CommonLit, Mini-Qs, Achieve3000, TeachingBooks)
RESOURCES FOR STANDARD STRANDS: READING, WRITING, LANGUAGE, & SPEAKNG
- ELA Strand Resource Page (Close Reading, Writing Process, Rubrics, Vocabulary, and More)
STANDARD DOCUMENTS FOR 6TH GRADE READING, WRITING, LANGUAGE, & SPEAKNG
- 8th Grade Standards
- 8th Grade Clear Learning Targets Reading Literature
- 8th Grade Clear Learning Targets Reading Informational Text
- 8th Grade I Can Statements Reading
- 8th Grade Clear Learning Targets Writing
- 8th Grade I Can Statements Writing
- 8th Grade Clear Learning Targets Language
- 8th Grade I Can Statements Language
- 8th Grade Clear Learning Targets Speaking & Listening
- 8th Grade I Can Statements Speaking & Listening
- Grade 8 ELA Model Curriculum (2018)
- ELA Strand Resource Page
OLDER COMMON CORE CURRICULUM GUIDES The sequence of these older Common Core curriculum units and novel guides is NOT meant to be prescriptive. These older resources can provide multiple ideas for teaching the Standards for student mastery and some novel/model lessons. Please DO NOT adhere to the protocols of the past reflected in these older resources where each nine-week unit culminated in a specified writing type. Instead, follow the Grade 8 Curriculum Map which asks for more integrated writing.
- Grade 8 Conflict and Truth Unit
- Grade 8 Conflict and Truth Unit: Nothing But the Truth Novel Lessons
- Grade 8 Information and Conflict Resolution Unit
- Grade 8 Information and Conflict Resolution Unit: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Lessons
- Grade 8 Secret to Communication Unit
- Grade 8 Secret to Communication Unit: Night Novel Lessons
- Grade 8 Similarities vs Differences Unit
- Grade 8 Similarities vs Differences Unit:Yesterday's Heroes Novel Lessons
HUMANITIES LANGUAGE ARTS 8 RESOURCES
- Humanities Language Arts 8-Humanities Defined
- Humanities Language Arts 8 Frameworks
- Humanities MODEL Outline from Grade 9 Course
- Humanities Partial Grade 8 Outline SAMPLE
- Humanities Timeline 10,000BC-100CE
- Humanities Timeline 0-1500
- Humanities Timeline 1200-1600
- Humanities Timeline 1500-1800
- Humanities Timeline 1790-1900
- Humanities Timeline 1900-2000
VETTED NON-CCS CURRICULUM/NOVEL GUIDES This list of resources contains both Standard-led and Novel-based curriculum that has been vetted for quality and standard-alignement. Look here to find ideas for teaching the Standards not included in any of the CCS resources or to check to see if there is curriculum for a novel you want to use as a tool for Standard mastery.
- Expeditionary Learning Units Grade 8
- Odell Education Core Proficiencies Grades 6-12
- Achieve the Core ELA Literacy Lessons
- UnboundEd Curriculum Units/Lessons Grades 6-8 8th Texts: Ain't I a Woman, Equal Rights for Women, I Have a Dream, Inside Out & Back Again, Last Respects, Little Rock Girl 1957, Pyramus and Thisbe, The Harvest that Never Came, The Omivore's Dilemma, The Shakespeare Authorship Question, The Shakespeare Shakedown, To Kill a Mockingbird, Unbroken
- Louisiana Believes Flowers for Algernon Grade 8
- Louisiana Believes Sugar Grade 8
- Louisiana Believes The Call of the Wild Grade 8
- Louisiana Believes "The Tell-Tale Heart" Grade 8
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