ELMS Curriculum Map for: 8th grade ELA
Reading/ELASemester 2
Unit 6
Unit 7
Unit 8
Unit 9
Name: Novel Newspaper
Time Frame: 2 weeks
ELACC8RL1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, & 10
ELACC8W2, 4, 6, 9, & 10
ELACC8L1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6
Name: Myths, Folktales, & Fables
Time frame: 1 ½ weeks
Standards/Elements: ELACC8L13, ELACC8W1-8, ELACC9Rl1-9
Name: Novel – Fever 1893
Time frame: 4 weeks
Standards/Elements:
ELACC8RL1-9, ELACC8L1-3,
ELACC8Ri1-9, ELACC8L4-5,
Novel Numbering All the Bones
Time frame: 4 weeks
Standards/Elements:
ELACC8RL1-9, ELACC8L1-3,
ELACC8Ri1-9, ELACC8L4-5,
KUD’s
Know: Read and comprehend
literature.
KUDs
Know: What is a myth, folktale,
and fable? Plot diagram: setting,
characters, plot. Recognize
dialogue in a story. Verbalsgerunds, participles and infinitives.
Understand: Determine theme
over the course of the text. How to
compare and contrast text. What is
point of view and how it can vary
between characters. How to use
context clues to determine the
meaning of unknown words.
Do: Analyze how dialogue in a
story propels the action and
decision making of the characters.
Compare and contrast two or more
texts and analyze how the differing
structure of each text contributes to
the meaning. Analyze point of
view of the characters.
KUDs
Know: verbals, irony, figurative
language, connotation, denotation,
passive and active voice, ellipsis
Know: prefix, suffix, root word,
base word, Greek, Latin,
Understand: How to write an
expository essay. Format & read
informational writing.
Do: Write a newspaper article.
Create a newspaper with group
members.
Understand: How to use an
ellipsis. Form and use active and
passive voice. Recognize and
correct inappropriate shifts in verb
voice and mood.
Understand: Elements of fiction
Do: Use an ellipsis, comma, and
dash to indicate a pause or break.
Use an ellipsis to indicate an
omission. Use verbs in active and
passive voice.
Do: Read “Numbering all the
Bones:, write news articles,
timelines, ending rewrites, and
vocabulary for the novel. Present
the RAFT activity to the class
following the speaking and
listening rules.
Vocabulary: deadlines, plot, note
taking, headline, byline,
formatting, quotes, cite
Vocabulary: point of view, climax, Vocabulary: Ellipsis, comma,
setting, personification, hyperbole, dash, omission, break, passive,
anecdote, paraphrasing, exaggerate, active,
fable, myth, folktale,
Vocabulary: plantation,
Emancipation Proclamation, Civil
War, Andersonville, slavery,
mulatto, property
Performance Task:
Students will read novel.
Performance Task: Retell a fable
and create a visual (Powerpoint,
Performance Task: RAFT Activity
Performance Task: RAFT activity.
Create a dictionary for unusual words or
phrases found in the book. For each word,
ELMS Curriculum Map for: 8th grade ELA
Students will write an individual
newspaper article.
Groups will construct a newspaper
which includes their articles and
other portions of a newspaper.
poster, puppets, etc) Write a Myth
and create a visual to present to the
class. Read folktales and
compare/contrast characters.
include a definition. Suggested entries:
stays (p. 3); the necessary (p. 24); ninny
(p. 33); flagstones (p. 35); mucky (p. 69);
headed for a lark (p. 76). Complete group
historical research on topics from Fever
1793 : Yellow Fever, Free African Society,
Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, Fugitive
Slave Act, Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin,
William Penn, Quakers, Dress of 1793,
Occupations of 1793, and responsibilities
of children of 1793.
Notes:
Notes various myths, fables, and
folktales
Notes Novel Fever-1893
ELMS Curriculum Map for: 8th grade ELA
Reading/ELA Semester 2
Unit 10
Name: Making a Difference
Time frame: 7 weeks
Standards/Elements:
ELACC8RI1-9 , ELACC8W1-8
KUDs
Know: how to recognize dialogue.
What is a drama? What is theme?
Reasons to creating notecards.
How to write an outline. How to
use research without plagiarizing.
Understand: How to write a
research paper. How to speak in
front of a group of people using the
English language. How an outline
can help organize your thoughts
prior to writing. Ways to write
with plagiarizing.
Do: Write a research paper.
Compare and contrast the Gary
Paulsen books in the media center
by protagonist, antagonist, setting,
character, and theme. Create a
presentation based on the Gary
Paulsen book read. Recognize the
similarities and differences
between various books written by
the same author. Identify the
similar theme of the books written
by Gary Paulsen.
Vocabulary: research, notecards,
bibliography, title page, MLA,
APA, theme, compare, contrast,
author’s purpose, topic sentence,
ELMS Curriculum Map for: 8th grade ELA
plagiarize, thesis statement
Performance Task: Write a
research paper on someone who
has made a difference in the world
and give evidence and claims
supporting your reasoning. Create
a book jacket for Diary of Anne
Frank with title, author and an
illustration. Back incudes a
summary, Inside front students will
write a critique – inside back
biography of the playwrights of
Diary of Anne Frank.
Notes Diary of Anne Frank,
Research, Terrible Things allegory)
Video ( Diary of Anne Frank) 2
different movies,