Columbus City Schools-Curriculum Guides Overview
Grade 6 ELA Curriculum Guides
Pacing Guides
1
Grade 6, Quarter 1 Pacing Guide
How Do We Decide What is True? (The House of Dies Drear or Journey, “My Papa, Mark
Twain,” various related texts, Informational/Explanatory and Narrative Tasks/Writing)
2
Grade 6, Quarter 2 Pacing Guide
Is Conflict Always Bad? & What is Important to Know (The Great Fire, “Race to the End of the
Earth,” various related texts, Informative/Explanatory Tasks/Writing, and Argument Speech)
3
Grade 6, Quarter 3 Pacing Guide
What is Important to Know? & Do We Need Words to Communicate? (excerpt fromThe
Pigman and Me, Hoot, “La Lena Buena,” “Oranges,” various related texts, Argument, Research
Simulation, Narrative Poetry, and Informative/Explanatory Tasks/Writing)
4
Grade 6, Quarter 4 Pacing Guide
How Do We Decide Who We Are? & How Much Do Our Communities Shape Us? (Freedom
Walkers, “Hapiness is a Charming Charlie Brown at Orlando Rep,” excerpt from You’re a Good
Man Charlie Brown, various related texts, Argument, Literary Analysis, Narrative, and
Informative-Explanatory Tasks/Writing)
Writing Portfolio Guides
1.
Grade 6, Quarter 1 The House of Dies Drear/Writing Portfolio
The House of Dies Drear, Close Reading, Literary Analysis, and Narrative Writing
2.
Grade 6, Quarter 1 Journey/Writing Portfolio
Journey, Close Reading, Literary Analysis, and Narrative Writing
3.
Grade 6, Quarter 2 The Great Fire/Writing Portfolio
The Great Fire, Close Reading, Literary Analysis, and Informative/Explanatory Writing
4.
Grade 6, Quarter 3 Hoot/Writing Portfolio
Hoot, Close Reading, Literary Analysis, and Argument Writing
5.
Grade 6, Quarter 4 Freedom Walkers/Writing Portfolio
Freedom Walkers, Close Reading, Literary Analysis, and Informative/Explanatory Writing
Columbus City Schools-Curriculum Guides Overview
Grade 7 ELA Curriculum Guides
Pacing Guides
Grade 7, Quarter 1 Pacing Guide
1
What is the Best Way to Find the Truth? & Does Every Conflict Have a Winner? (The Watsons
Go to Birmingham-1963, “Barrio Boy,” various related texts, Informational/Explanatory,
Research, and Narrative Tasks/Writing)
2
Grade 7, Quarter 2 Pacing Guide
Does Every Conflict Have a Winner? & What Should We Learn? (Of Beetles and Angels,
“Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,” various related texts, and Informative/Explanatory Tasks/Writing.)
3
Grade 7, Quarter 3 Pacing Guide
What Should We Learn?, Do Others See Us More Clearly Than We See Ourselves?, & What
is the Best Way to Communicate? (The Giver, “Maestro,” various related texts, Argument,
Resume, and Informative/Explanatory Tasks/Writing)
4
Grade 7, Quarter 4 Pacing Guide
Do Others See Us More Clearly Than We See Ourselves? & Community or Individual--Which
is More Important? (Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction, Dragonwings, “Icarus and
Daedalus,” various related texts, Argument, Narrative, Informative-Explanatory Tasks/Writing)
Writing Portfolio Guides
1.
Grade 7, Quarter 1 The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963/Writing Portfolio
The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963, Close Reading, Literary Analysis, and Narrative Writing
2.
Grade 7, Quarter 2 Of Beetles and Angels/Writing Portfolio
Of Beetles and Angels, Close Reading, Literary Analysis, and Informative/Explanatory Writing
3.
Grade 7, Quarter 3 The Giver/Writing Portfolio
The Giver, Close Reading, Literary Analysis, and Argument Writing
4.
Grade 7, Quarter 4 Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction/Writing Portfolio
Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction, Close Reading, Literary Analysis, and
Informative/Explanatory Writing
Columbus City Schools-Curriculum Guides Overview
Grade 8 ELA Curriculum Guides
Pacing Guides
1
Grade 8, Quarter 1 Pacing Guide
Is the Truth the Same for Everyone? & Can All Conflicts Be Resolved? (Nothing But the
Truth, excerpt from An American Childhood, various related texts, Informational/Explanatory
and Narrative Tasks/Writing)
2
Grade 8, Quarter 2 Pacing Guide
Can All Conflicts Be Resolved? & How Much Information is Enough? (Narrative of the Life of
Frederick Douglass, “The Tell-Tale Heart,” various related texts, Speech, Literary Analysis,
Argument, and Informative/Explanatory Tasks/Writing))
3
Grade 8, Quarter 3 Pacing Guide
How Much Information is Enough? & What is the Secret to Reaching Someone with Words?
(Night, excerpt from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, various related texts, Speech,
Argument, Literary Analysis, Poetry, and Informative/Explanatory Tasks/Writing)
4
Grade 6, Quarter 4 Pacing Guide
Is it Our Differences or Similarities That Matter Most? & Are Yesterday’s Heroes Important
Today? (The Diary of Anne Frank Acts I and II, “Florida Holocaust Museum,” various related
texts, Research, Argument, Narrative, Literary Analysis, and Informative-Explanatory
Tasks/ Writing)
Writing Portfolio Guides
1.
Grade 8, Quarter 1 Nothing But the Truth/Writing Portfolio
Nothing But the Truth, Close Reading, Literary Analysis, and Narrative Writing
2.
Grade 8, Quarter 2 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass/Writing Portfolio
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Close Reading, Literary Analysis, and
Informative/Explanatory Writing
3.
Grade 8, Quarter 3 Night/Writing Portfolio
Night, Close Reading, Literary Analysis, and Argument Writing
4.
Grade 8, Quarter 4 Yesterday’s Heroes/Writing Portfolio
“A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.” OR “An Episode of War,” “National Public Radio,” Life
Magazine Photo Essay,” “Life Magazine Political Cartoon,” Close Reading, Literary Analysis,
and Informative/Explanatory Writing