6th Grade Narrative Common Planning
Texts
“Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros
“First Day of Middle School”
Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman
6th Grade Expository Common Planning
Texts
“What's Buried at Pompeii”
“A World of Difference"
Tasks
Write about a scar/Personal
Narrative
Sensory Writing Activity
“I Am” Poem
Story Structure Activity
Tasks
Travel Brochure
Research Paper/
Compare & Contrast
6th Grade Response to Literature Common Planning
Text
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The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard
multi-paragraph essay
Evslin
critiquing the credibility of
Ulysses
6th Grade Persuasive Common Planning
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7th Grade Narrative Common Planning
Texts
“Bone Black” by bell hooks
“An American Childhood” by Annie
Dillard
“Priscilla and the Wimps” by Richard Peck
7th Grade Expository Common Planning
Texts
Articles from Time for Kids.com
and Teen Ink.com
Tasks
Write a personal narrative
Write where I’m from poem
Complete a Character Map
Tasks
Write a feature article
Analyze articles for
adequacy, accuracy and
appropriateness
Analyze articles for bias and
stereotyping
7th Grade Response to Literature Common Planning
Texts
Tasks
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Write an essay identifying
and "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert
analyzing a recurring theme
Frost
from "Nothing Gold Can
Stay" and The Outsiders.
7th Grade Persuasive Common Planning
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8th Grade Narrative Common Planning
Texts
“Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes
“Hamadi”
“The Day I Got Lost”
8th Grade Narrative Common Planning
Texts
"Harriet Tubman: Guide to Freedom"
by Ann Petry
"The Vision of Maya Ying Lin" by Brent
Ashabranner
Tasks
“Dear Mrs. Jones” letter
Autobiographical essay
Tasks
Write an expository essay
Using Step-Up to Writing:
"Was Harriet Tubman a
Hero?"
8th Grade Response to Literature Common Planning
Texts
Tasks
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Write an essay identifying
"Old Man" by Ricardo Sanchez
and analyzing a recurring
Grandmothers
theme from "Old Man" and
"Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
"Grandmothers."
8th Grade Persuasive Common Planning
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