Middle School Curriculum Map
Grade 8
Grade – Lesson
#
8.1
Quarter 1
Domain
Title
GOAL
Standard
New School Year
Orientation
Teamwork
To orient students with grade level/school expectations.
8.3
Academic,
Personal/Social
Academic,
Personal/Social
Personal/Social
Getting to Know You
8.4
8.5
8.6
Academic
Academic
Personal/Social
Time Management
Improving Study Skills
Leave Me Alone!
Harassment
To acquaint students with peers to create a cohesive
environment.
To revise and maintain a time management plan.
To identify and use effective study techniques.
To recognize and understand the degrees of
harassment.
AA.A.8.4.04
AA.PSD.8.7.11
AA.A.8.1.03
AA.PSD.8.7.05
AA.PSD.8.7.16
8.7
Academic,
Career,
Personal/Social
Personal/Social
Academic,
Career,
Personal/Social
Getting to Know Me
(ACT/EXPLORE)
To understand the components and relevance of the
ACT/EXPLORE to educational and career planning.
Conflict Mediation
Portfolio Update
To learn and apply techniques to manage conflicts.
To review and update the portfolio.
8.2
8.8
8.9
To learn to interact and work cooperatively in groups.
Grade 8
Grade – Lesson
#
8.10
8.11
AA.A.8.1.04
AA.A.8.1.05
AA.PSD.8.7.03
AA.PSD.8.7.04
AA.PSD.8.7.06
AA.PSD.8.7.09
AA.PSD.8.7.12
AA.PSD.8.7.13
AA.A.8.2.12
AA.C.8.4.12
AA.PSD.8.8.06
AA.PSD.8.9.05
AA.A.8.3.04
AA.C.8.5.06
AA.PSD.8.8.08
Quarter 2
Domain
Title
GOAL
Standard
Academic
Academic,
Personal/Social
Progress Review
Big Hairy Audacious
Goal (BHAG)
To review first quarter progress and set academic goals.
To set short and long-term goals for the remainder of
the academic year.
AA.A.8.3.05
AA.A.8.3.05
AA.PSD.8.8.05
8.12
8.13
Academic,
Career
Academic,
Career
Post-Secondary
Options Pt I
Post-Secondary
Options Pt II
To introduce post-secondary options.
To review and expand knowledge of post-secondary
options.
AA.A.8.2.14
AA.C.8.4.13
AA.A.8.2.15
AA.C.8.5.07
AA.C.8.5.08
8.14
8.15
8.16
8.17
8.18
Academic,
Linking Career to
Career
Education
Academic,
Post-Secondary Costs
Career
Academic,
Skilled vs.
Career
Professional
Academic,
My 8th Grade Plan
Career
Career
Safe & Healthy
Personal/Social
Relationships
To associate educational levels to career options.
To review post-secondary costs.
To review requirements and options for skilled vs.
professional education.
To create and develop an academic career plan.
To discern between healthy and unhealthy signs and
behaviors in relationships.
Grade 8
AA.A.8.2.14
AA.C.8.4.14
AA.A.8.2.15
AA.C.8.4.15
AA.A.8.3.06
AA.C.8.4.16
AA.A.8.2.16
AA.C.8.4.17
AA.C.8.6.05
AA.C.8.6.06
AA.PSD.8.7.03
AA.PSD.8.7.04
AA.PSD.8.7.08
Quarter 3
Grade – Lesson
#
8.19
Domain
Title
GOAL
Standard
Academic
To reflect on first semester and revise organizational
plan.
AA.A.8.1.04
AA.A.8.3.08
8.20
8.21
Career
Academic
Progress
Review/Organizing for
Success
Career Exploration
Writing Assessment
To compare and contrast different career options.
To review previous writing assessments and strengthen
writing strategies using a career prompt.
To reinforce effective public speaking/presentation
skills.
AA.C.8.5.08
AA.A.8.3.09
8.22
8.23
8.24
8.25
Academic,
Presentation Skills Pt I
Career,
Personal/Social
Personal/Social Communication Pt II
Personal/Social
Common Stressors:
Feeling Frazzled?
Stress and What to Do
About It
Personal/Social
Label Shirts Not
People
To practice public speaking and communication skills.
To recognize and develop coping skills with personal
and academic stressors.
To understand personal and global effects of
stereotyping.
AA.A.8.1.06
AA.C.8.5.09
AA.PSD.8.8.07
AA.C.8.5.09
AA.PSD.8.9.06
AA.PSD.8.7.13
AA.PSD.8.7.16
8.26
8.27
Grade – Lesson
#
8.28
Academic,
Career
Academic
Domain
Personal/Social
How to Write a
To demonstrate the ability to apply self-knowledge on a
Resume
resume.
Test-Taking Skills
To acquire and practice effective test-taking skills.
Grade 8 Quarter 4
Title
GOAL
Winning Attitude:
Strengthen Your RAS
Taking Responsibility
for Me
Do Your Best
8.29
Personal/Social
8.30
Academic
8.31
Personal/Social
8.32
8.33
Personal/Social
Academic
8.34
Leadership Skills II –
Effective Leaders
Personal/Social Starting with a Clean
Slate
Academic,
Celebration/Evaluation
Personal/Social
8.35
8.36
Academic
Balancing Leisure
and Work
Rumors & Reputation
Leadership I: What’s
In a Name?
To recognize and change stinkin’ thinking to a more
winning attitude.
To understand internal and external locus of control.
To review the components of the WESTEST and defuse
stress.
To recognize and develop skills for balancing leisure
and work.
To understand the impact of rumors on reputation.
To recognize how personal reputation and integrity
affects leadership.
AA.A.8.3.10
AA.C.8.5.10
AA.A.8.1.07
Standard
AA.PSD.8.7.01
AA.PSD.8.7.15
AA.PSD.8.9.07
AA.A.8.3.11
AA.PSD.8.8.09
AA.PSD.8.7.14
AA.A.8.1.09
AA.A.8.3.12
To recognize and select quality leaders.
AA.A.8.1.10
To reflect, self-assess, and set new goals.
AA.PSD.8.7.15
To reflect on the portfolio and celebrate the year’s
accomplishments.
AA.A.9.3.04
AA.PSD.8.8.08