SAUSD Grade 8 ELA Curriculum Map 2009-2010
Grade 8 Overview
Vocabulary
Informational
Reading
Literary
Analysis
Written
Conventions
Writing
Strategies
W1.1
Thesis/Conclusion
W1.2 Transitions
W1.3 Support
W1.6 Revising
W1.0
Paragraph/
Writing Process
W1.2 Transitions,
Paragraph
Cohesion
W1.3 Support
W1.6 Revising
W1.0 Con’t
Paragraph
WEEKS R1.2
Word Origins
1-5
R2.2
Proposition &
Support
R3.2
Plot
WOC 1.1
Classifying Sentences
Phrases
WOC 1.6 Spelling
WEEKS R1.2
Word Origins
6-8
R2.3
Similarities &
Differences of Texts
R3.3
Characters
WOC 1.3
Clause
Writing
Application
Listening &
Speaking
(Compare/Contrast)
WOC 1.6 Spelling
WEEKS R1.3
Context
9-14
WEEKS R1.1
Fig. Lang.
15-17
R3.4
Setting
WOC 1.3
Sentence Structure
R 3.6
Style (Introduce)
WOC 1.6 Spelling
R3.6
Style (con.t)
WOC 1.4
Pronouns
(Review W 2.2 for
District Writing )
WOC 1.6 Spelling
WEEKS
18-21
R2.4
Text to Summary
R3.1
Poetry
WEEKS R1.3 Context
R2.7 Expository
Critique
R3.5 Theme
22-25
R3.7 Lit Criticism
WEEKS
26-29
WEEKS
30-36
WOC 1.1, 1.2
Writing Effective
Sentences
W1.1 Controlling
Impression
WOC 1.6 Spelling
WOC 1.4
Common Usage
Problems
WOC 1.6 Spelling
WOC 1.5 Punctuation
R2.1, R2.6 Consumer,
Workplace, Public
Docs
R2.5
Technical Directions
W2.4
Persuasive
Writing
W1.4, W1.5
Research & Tech
W 2.2
Response to
Literature-Poem
LS 2.5
Recite a Poem
W 2.2 Response
to Literature
LS 2.2
Oral responses
to literature
W 2.4 Research
Report
WOC 1.6 Spelling
Standards Review
The Novel
WOC 1.5
Capitalization
WOC 1.6 Spelling
W2.1 Narrative
Textbooks: Holt Literature and Language Arts, Introductory Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003.
REVISED August 2009-SAUSD Secondary Ed. Services
Holt Handbook, Introductory Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003.
* IR= Holt Interactive Reader. *LPLD= Holt Lesson Plans for Language Development *DLSK= Holt Developmental Language & Sentence Skills
SAUSD Grade 8 ELA Curriculum Map 2009-2010
Unit 1 Plot (Weeks 1-5)
Reading
Standards to Introduce/
Emphasize
R 1.2 Word Origins
R 2.2 Proposition &
Support
R 3.2 Elements of Plot
Reteaching
Standards
Required Reading &
Assignments
Vocabulary Development:
 “Latin Roots” (17-18)
 “Mapping Words” (60)
Informational Text:
 “Road Warriors” (19-21)
 “Memory a Matter of Brains and Brawn” (5759)
Literature Text:
 Plot (4-5)
 “Broken Chain” (6-16)
Writing
Written Conventions
 Standards Review (73-77)
WOC 1.1
Sentence variety
WOC 1.3
Phrases/Appositives
Holt Handbook:
“Classifying Sentences” (19-20)
“Phrases” (94-113)
Spelling Lessons & Activities:
WOC 1.6 Spelling
W 1.0 Writing Process
W 1.1 Thesis/Con.
W 1.2 Transitions
W 1.3 Support
W 1.6 Revising
W 2.4 Persuasive Essay
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Lesson 1:
Lesson 2:
Lesson 3:
Lesson 4:
Compound Words (1-2)
Homophones (3-4)
Adding Endings (5-6)
Related Words (7-8)
Writer’s Workshop:
 Writing Process (580-585-Workshop #1)
 Writing a Paragraph (755-765-Workshop #7)
 Begin Persuasive Writing, continue weeks 617. (704-725-Workshop #5)
Strategic Support
Vocabulary Dev.
(1-4)
Assessments
 Diagnostic and
Summative
Assessments
 Selection Tests
 LPLD (9, 20, 24)
IR (12)
 LPLD (14, 22) IR
(14)
IR Strategy Launch
(1-10)
 LPLD Plot (3-4)
Notes
Recommended
Readings from
Holt Textbook:
 “The
Landlady”
(61-70)
 Chapter 1 Test
 “Flowers for
 Site Common
Assessments
Algernon (2256)
Holt Handbook
Chapter Tests or
Teacher Created
Quizzes
Holt Grammar
May review Parts
of a Sentence (124-Holt
Handbook)
 LPLD (5-8, 19,24)
IR (11)
 LPLD (304-305) &
DLSK (7-8)
 LPLD (312-313)
DLSK (7-8)
One Stop Planner CD
 LPLD (296-297)
 LPLD (290-291)
Textbooks: Holt Literature and Language Arts, Introductory Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003.
REVISED August 2009-SAUSD Secondary Ed. Services
Holt Handbook, Introductory Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003.
* IR= Holt Interactive Reader. *LPLD= Holt Lesson Plans for Language Development *DLSK= Holt Developmental Language & Sentence Skills
SAUSD Grade 8 ELA Curriculum Map 2009-2010
Unit 2 Characterization (Weeks 6-8)
Standards to Introduce/
Emphasize
Reteaching
Standards
R 1.2
Required Reading & Assignments
Vocabulary Development:
 “Influences on English: All in the Family”
(99)
 “History of English Language” (120)
Strategic Support
Assessments
Notes
Vocab Development
(6-11)
 Diagnostic and
Summative
Assessments
Recommended
Readings from
Holt Textbook:
Reading
 Selection Tests
R 2.3 Similarities &
Difference of Texts
R 2.2
Informational Text:
 “Railroad Poster” & “Home Sweet Soddie”
(122-128)
Literature Text:
 Characters (84-85)
Written Conventions
R. 3.3 Compare &
Contrast Characters
 “Harriet Tubman” (86-99)
 “Too Soon a Woman” (113-121)
 Standards Review (138-144)
Holt Handbook:
“The Clause” (118-137)
WOC 1.3 Clauses
Spelling Lessons & Activities:
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W 2.4 Persuasive Essay
Writing
R 3.2
W 1.1,
1.2, 1.3,
1.6
 LPLD (42-43, 5354, 59)
 Chapter 2 Test
 Site Common
Assessments
 IR: “New
Directions”
(62)
 IR:
“Fieldwork”
(66)
IR Strategy Launch
(45-54)
 LPLD Characters
(27-28)
 LPLD (29-32, 49)
 LPLD (38-41, 52)
 LPLD (314-315) &
DLSK (47-50)
Holt Handbook
Chapter Tests or
Teacher Created
Quizzes
One Stop Planner CD
Lesson 5: Easily Confused Wd (8-9)
Lesson 6: Prefixes “ad/in” (10-11)
Lesson 7: Unit Review (12-15)
Lesson 8: Wds.from French (16-17)
Writer’s Workshop:
 Continue Persuasive Writing (704-725Workshop #5)
 LPLD (290-291)
Recommended
Assignments:
 District Prompt
& Writing
Notebook
Textbooks: Holt Literature and Language Arts, Introductory Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003.
REVISED August 2009-SAUSD Secondary Ed. Services
Holt Handbook, Introductory Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003.
* IR= Holt Interactive Reader. *LPLD= Holt Lesson Plans for Language Development *DLSK= Holt Developmental Language & Sentence Skills
SAUSD Grade 8 ELA Curriculum Map 2009-2010
Unit 3/5 Setting & Style (Weeks 9-14)
Standards to Introduce/
Emphasize
Reteaching
Standards
Required Reading & Assignments
Vocabulary Development:
 “Context: Reading Closely” (166)
 “Word Analogies” (176)
 “Verify Meanings” (190)
R 1.3 Contextual Clues
Strategic Support
Assessments
Notes
Vocab Development
(12-16)
 Diagnostic and
Summative
Assessments
Recommended
Readings from
Holt Textbook:
 Selection Tests
 “The Circuit”
(Ch. 3: 18289)
 “Cesar
Chavez:
He Made a
Difference”
&
“Picking
Reading
Informational Text:
 See Recommended Readings
R 3.4 Setting (mood,
tone, relevance of)
R 3.2, 3.3
Literature Text:
 Setting: “Being There” (150-51)
 Elements of Style (350-352)
(Introduce in weeks 13-14)
 “In Trouble” (152-161)
Written
 “There Will Come Soft Rains” (Ch. 3: 167175)
 Standards Review (200-202)
WOC 1.1
Sentence Structure
WOC 1.2,
1.4
WOC 1.6 Spelling
Writing
W 2.4 Persuasion
W 1.2
W1.3 Support
W1.6 Revising
Holt Handbook:
“Sentence Structure” (138-153)
Spelling Lessons & Activities:
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Lesson 9: Adj. Endings (18-19)
Lesson 10: Greek Wd Parts (20-21)
Lesson 11: Words from Greek (22-23)
Lesson 12: Science Wds. (24-25)
Lesson 13: Unit Review (26-29)
Lesson 14: Latin Roots (30-31)
Writer’s Workshop:
 Continue Persuasive Writing (704-725Workshop #5)
 Chapter 3 Test
IR Strategy Launch:
(Setting: 89-96 )
(Style: 189-197)
 LPLD Setting (
61-62 )
 LPLD Style (131132)
 LPLD (63-66, 78)
 Site Common
Assessments
Strawberries”
(191-198)
Reteaching: Gr. 7
R 2.3
Gr. 5
R 2.4
 LPLD (68-71, 80)
 LPLD (316-317) &
DLSK (51-54)
Holt Handbook
Chapter Tests or
Teacher Created
Quizzes
One Stop Planner CD
 LPLD (290-291)
 Persuasive
Essays
Recommended
Assignments:
 District Prompt
& Writing
Notebook
Textbooks: Holt Literature and Language Arts, Introductory Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003.
REVISED August 2009-SAUSD Secondary Ed. Services
Holt Handbook, Introductory Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003.
* IR= Holt Interactive Reader. *LPLD= Holt Lesson Plans for Language Development *DLSK= Holt Developmental Language & Sentence Skills
SAUSD Grade 8 ELA Curriculum Map 2009-2010
Unit 5 Style (continued Weeks 15-17)
Standards to Introduce/
Emphasize
Reteaching
Standards
Required Reading & Assignments
Vocabulary Development:
 “Explaining Fig of Speech” (362)
 “Explaining Fig of Speech” (377)
 “Metaphors, Similes, & Personification”
(388, 393)
R 1.1 Figures of
Speech
Strategic Support
Assessments
Notes
Vocab Development
(25-28)
 Diagnostic and
Summative
Assessments
Recommended
Readings from
Holt Textbook:
 Selection Tests
 Chapter 5 Test
Reading
Informational Text:
 See Recommended Readings
Literature Text:
R 3.6 Lit Devices/Style
 “The Tell-Tale Heart” (353-362)
 “Raymond’s Run” (366-377)
 Site Common
Assessments
IR: Strategy Launch
Literary Dev 188-189)
 LPLD (133-136,
149)
 LPLD(138-141,
Reteach Gr. 6 R
2.8
 “Olympic
Games” (378381)
Written Conventions
 LPLD (138-141,
151)
 LPLD (144-148,
154-157)
 Poetry-“My Mother Pieced Quilts (382-384),
“Sueter/Sweater” (385-387), “A Word is
Dead” (389-392)
 Standards Review (394-397)
Holt Handbook:
 LPLD (323-323) &
“Using Pronouns” (225-231)
WOC 1.4 Pronouns
DLSK (71-76)
Spelling Lessons & Activities:
 Lesson 15: Related Words (32-33)
 Lesson 16: Prefixes (34-35)
 Lesson 17: Prefixes (36-37)
WOC 1.6 Spelling
Writer’s Workshop:
W 2.4 Persuasion
Writing
W 2.4
W 1.1,
1.2, 1.3,
1.6
 Continue Persuasive Writing (704-725-
Workshop #5)
Holt Handbook
Chapter Tests or
Teacher Created
Quizzes
Recommended
Assignment:
Holt Handbook- Chapter 10Pronouns- review
Pgs. 213-224)
- Chapter 17Correcting
Common Errors
(405-406, 409,
411)
 District Writing
Assessment
Recommended
Assignments:
 District Prompt
& Writing
Notebook
One Stop Planner CD
 LPLD (290-291)
 IR: “The
Bells”
(205)
Informational
Text:
 “E. Poe: His
Life
Revealed...”
(363-365)
Textbooks: Holt Literature and Language Arts, Introductory Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003.
REVISED August 2009-SAUSD Secondary Ed. Services
Holt Handbook, Introductory Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003.
* IR= Holt Interactive Reader. *LPLD= Holt Lesson Plans for Language Development *DLSK= Holt Developmental Language & Sentence Skills
SAUSD Grade 8 ELA Curriculum Map 2009-2010
Unit 6 Poetry (Weeks 18-21)
Standards to Introduce/
Emphasize
R 2.4 Comparing a
Text to a Summary
Reteaching
Standards
Required Reading & Assignments
R 1.1
Vocabulary Development:
R 2.3
Informational Text:
 “Summaries of Casey at the Bat” (430-436)
Strategic Support
 LPLD ( 178-179,
198, 209)
Assessments
Notes
 Diagnostic and
Summative
Assessments
Recommended
Readings from
Holt Textbook:
 Selection Tests
 “On the
Grasshopper &
the Cricket”
(442-445)
 “Oh Captain,
My Captain!”
(446)
 Beowulf (427433)
 “I Hear
America
Singing and I
Too” (450-454)
Listen/Speaking
Writing
Written
Reading
 Chapter 6 Test
R 3.6
R 3.7 Poetry
WOC 1.1, 1.2
Effective Sentences
 “Paul Revere’s Ride (409-415)
WOC 1.1,
1.3, 1.4,
LS 2.5 Reciting a Poem
W 1.1,
1.2, 1.3,
1.6
IR Strategy Launch
(221-230)
 LPLD Poetry
(162-163)
 LPLD (166-169)
 “The Cremation of Sam McGee”, “The Dying  LPLD (170-175,
Cowboy” & “Maiden-Savin-Sam” (416-426) 193-195)
 “Ode to Thanks”, “Birdfoot’s Grampa” &
“Ode to a Toad” (437-441)
LPLD (180-183,
199-201)
 Standards Review (458-461)
Holt Handbook:
 LPLD (338-339) &
“Writing Effective Sentences” Chapter 18
DLSK (137-154)
(438-465)
Spelling Lessons & Activities:
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WOC 1.6 Spelling
W 2.2 Response to LitPoem
Literature Text:
 Sound and Sense (402-404)
Lesson 18: Noun/Verb End. (38-39
Lesson 19: Unit 3 Review (40-43)
Lesson 20: Prefixes (44-45)
Lesson 21: Double Cons (46-47)
 Site Common
Assessments
Holt Handbook
Chapter Tests or
Teacher Created
Quizzes
One Stop Planner CD
Writer’s Workshop:
 Response to Literature-Poem (773-775)
 LPLD (300)
LISTENING/SPEAKING
 LPLD (283)
 District Writing
Assessment
Recommended
Assignments:
 District Prompt
& Writing
Notebook
Reciting a Poem (637-640)
Textbooks: Holt Literature and Language Arts, Introductory Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003.
REVISED August 2009-SAUSD Secondary Ed. Services
Holt Handbook, Introductory Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003.
* IR= Holt Interactive Reader. *LPLD= Holt Lesson Plans for Language Development *DLSK= Holt Developmental Language & Sentence Skills
SAUSD Grade 8 ELA Curriculum Map 2009-2010
Unit 4/7 Theme & Literary Criticism (Weeks 22-25)
Standards to Introduce/
Emphasize
R 1.3 Context
R 2.7 Expository
Critique
Reteaching
Standards
Required Reading & Assignments
R 1.1
Vocabulary Development:
 “Vocabulary in Context” (501)
 “Context Clues” & “Words in Context” (317)
R 2.2
Informational Text:
 “Little Walter” (502-506)
 “Getting to the Pointe” (484-488)
Reading
(recommended)
R 3.6
R 3.7 Theme
Literature Text: (Ch.
 We Still Believe: Theme (210-11)
 Literary Criticism (468-469)
 “Camp Harmony” (409-415)
 “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” (489-501)
R 3.7 Lit Criticism
 Standards Rev Theme (342-344)
 Standards Rev Lit Crit (518-522)
Listen/Speaking
Written
W 2.2 Response to Lit
LS 2.2
Oral responses to
literature
W 1.1,
1.2, 1.3,
1.6
Strategic Support
Vocabulary
Development
(30-31)
 LPLD (224, 233,
237)
 LPLD (219, 231,
236)
 LPLD Theme (8788)
 LPLD Lit Crit
(213-214)
 LPLD (102-06,
121-22 )
 LPLD (220-223,
232)
 LPLD (280-281)
Writer’s Workshop:
Response to Literature-Workshop #2 (610631)-refers to RTL for a novel, could be adapted
for a short story)
Giving and Listening to Literature (632-641)
Assessments
Notes
 Diagnostic and
Summative
Assessments
Recommended
Readings from
Holt Textbook:
 Selection Tests
Theme Ch 4 IR: “A Family
in Hiding” or
“Out of the
Ghetto” (158)
Lit. Crit. Ch 7 “Ribbons”
(470-482)
Literature Text:
 Chapter 4 & 7
Unit Tests
 Site Common
Assessments
 Gettysburg
Address (329331)
 “I Have a
Dream” (332336)
District Writing
Assessment
Recommended
Assignments:
 District Prompt &
Writing
Notebook
 LPLD (282)
*Applies to novel-can be adapted to any literary
short story.
Textbooks: Holt Literature and Language Arts, Introductory Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003.
REVISED August 2009-SAUSD Secondary Ed. Services
Holt Handbook, Introductory Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003.
* IR= Holt Interactive Reader. *LPLD= Holt Lesson Plans for Language Development *DLSK= Holt Developmental Language & Sentence Skills
SAUSD Grade 8 ELA Curriculum Map 2009-2010
Unit 8 Reading for Life (Weeks 26-29)
Standards to Introduce/
Emphasize
Reteaching
Standards
Required Reading & Assignments
Strategic Support
Assessments
Notes
 Diagnostic and
Summative
Assessments
Written Conventions
Reading
R 2.1 Consumer Docs
R 2.5 Technical Dir
R 2.6 Consumer,
Workplace, & Public
Docs
WOC 1.5 Punctuation
WOC 1.1,
1.3, 1.4,
Informational Text:
 Reading For Life (528-530)
IR Strategy Launch
(307-320)
 “Skatepark Docs” (531-539)
 LPLD (243-252,
263-266, 271-272)
 “Warp Speed Net” (540-549)
 LPLD (253-261,
267-269, 273)
 “Computers...” (550-556)
 LPLD (262, 270,
274)
Holt Handbook:
“Punctuation” (Ch 14-15: p310-367)
Spelling Lessons & Activities:
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WOC 1.6 Spelling
W 2.4 Research Report
Writing
R 2.2
W 1.1,
1.2, 1.3,
1.4, 1.5,
1.6
Lesson 26: Greek Wd Parts (58-59)
Lesson 27: Wd Other Lang (60-61)
Lesson 28: Related Words (62-63)
Lesson 29: Unit 5 Review (64-67)
Writer’s Workshop:
 Research Reports (688-695)
 Writing for Life (741-752)
 LPLD (316-317) &
DLSK (51-54)
 Selection Tests
 Chapter 8 Unit
Tests
 Site Created
Assessments
Holt Handbook
Chapter Tests or
Teacher Created
Quizzes
One Stop Planner CD
 LPLD (287-288)
Recommended
Assignments:
 District Prompt
& Writing
Notebook
Textbooks: Holt Literature and Language Arts, Introductory Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003.
REVISED August 2009-SAUSD Secondary Ed. Services
Holt Handbook, Introductory Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003.
* IR= Holt Interactive Reader. *LPLD= Holt Lesson Plans for Language Development *DLSK= Holt Developmental Language & Sentence Skills
SAUSD Grade 8 ELA Curriculum Map 2009-2010
Novel Review (Weeks 30-36)
Standards to Introduce/
Emphasize
Reading
Written Conventions
Required Reading & Assignments
R 3.2, 3.3, Informational Text:
th
3.4, 3.5,  Novel from 8 Core List
3.6, 3.7
WOC 1.5
Capitalization
WOC 1.6 Spelling
W 2.1 Narrative
Writing
Reteaching
Standards
WOC 1.1,
1.3, 1.4,
Holt Handbook:
“Capitalization” (284-309)
Spelling Lessons & Activities:
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Lesson 30: Wd From Names (68-69)
Lesson 31: Latin Roots (70-71)
Lesson 32: Noun Endings (72-73)
Lesson 33: Latin Roots (74-75)
Lesson 34: Other Lang (76-77)
Lesson 35: Suffixes (78-79)
Lesson 36: Unit 6 Review (80-83)
W 1.2, 1.6 Writer’s Workshop:
 Narration (586-603)
W 1.1 Controlling
Impression
Strategic
Support
Novel
Companion
Materials
 LPLD (328329) & DLSK
(93-106)
Assessments
Notes
 Diagnostic and
Summative
Assessments
Recommended
Readings from 8th
Core Novel List:
 Site Created
Assessments
1. The Giver
2. Nothing But the
Truth
3.The Diary of Anne
Frank
4. The Pigman
5. Call of the Wild
Holt Handbook
Chapter Tests or
Teacher Created
Quizzes
One Stop
Planner CD
 LPLD (304305)
Recommended
Assignments:
 District Prompt &
Writing Notebook
Textbooks: Holt Literature and Language Arts, Introductory Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003.
REVISED August 2009-SAUSD Secondary Ed. Services
Holt Handbook, Introductory Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003.
* IR= Holt Interactive Reader. *LPLD= Holt Lesson Plans for Language Development *DLSK= Holt Developmental Language & Sentence Skills
SAUSD Grade 8 ELA Curriculum Map 2009-2010
SAUSD ELA Pacing Guidelines:
 All activities within the pages listed under “Required Reading and Assignments” are required under the Holt Minimal Course
of Study.
 Novels may be used to supplement standards instruction; however, classroom instruction should focus on covering the reading
standards with a variety of shorter texts.
 The SAUSD Pacing Guide and Curriculum Map covers the required minimal pacing. Teachers are free to accelerate or
provide enrichment activities according to the level of their classes. Teachers with honors/GATE students or classes with
advanced ability students should differentiate the core curriculum using depth, complexity, novelty (such as independent
research) and acceleration of content.
Textbooks: Holt Literature and Language Arts, Introductory Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003.
REVISED August 2009-SAUSD Secondary Ed. Services
Holt Handbook, Introductory Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003.
* IR= Holt Interactive Reader. *LPLD= Holt Lesson Plans for Language Development *DLSK= Holt Developmental Language & Sentence Skills