Dooly County Middle School Curriculum Map 2016-2017
ELA Curriculum: Grade 8 (Semester 1)
8th ELA 2016-2017 Pacing Guide
Date(s)
# of
Days
Standards
July 25-28, 2016
4
July 29-Aug. 3
3
Teacher’s Pre-planning
Introduction to 8 grade-Course description, rules, other information
August 4, 2016October 5, 2016
40 days
Labor Day
9/5/2016
Priority Standards
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Thematic Unit #1: Identity and Transformation
Text Resources:
Extended Text: (Choose one of these selections as your extended text)
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The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Call of the Wild by Jack London
Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
Short Texts (Mixture of Literary and informational thematically connected texts. Unless
otherwise noted, these selections are from Holt: Elements of Literature, Second Course)
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“Mrs. Flowers” (autobiography) Maya Angelou (page 213)
“A Retrieved Reformation” (short story) O. Henry (p. 178)
“A Shot at it” (autobiography) Esmerlda Santiago (page 307)
“How I Learned English” (poem) Gregory Djanikian (page 319)
“The Medicine Bag” (short story) Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve (p. 280)
“Saying Yes” (poem) Diana Chang (p. 774)
“Flowers for Algernon” (short story) Daniel Keyes (pages 55-71)
Reading Literature:
ELAGSE8RL1
ELAGSE8RL2
ELAGSE8RL3
ELAGSE8RL4
ELAGSE8RL5
ELAGSE8RL6
ELAGSE8RL9
Reading Informational:
ELAGSE8RI1
ELAGSE8RI3
ELAGSE8RI6
Writing Standards:
ELAGSE8W2
ELAGSE8W3
ELAGSE8W4
ELAGSE8W7
ELAGSE8W8
Language Standards:
ELAGSE8L1
ELAGSE8L2
ELAGSE8L5
October 6-11, 2016
Student/Staff Holidays (FALL BREAK)
October 12, 2016December 16,
2016
Thanksgiving
Holidays
11/21/1611/25/16
(5 days)
Unit 2 Benchmark
Testing Window
December 9, 1215, 2016
43
Thematic Unit #2: Seeking Justice/Taking a Stand
Text Resources
Extended Text (Choose one of the following as your extended text for the unit)
 Monster by Walter Dean Myers
 Nothing by the Truth by Avi
Reading Literature:
ELAGSE8RL1
ELAGSE8RL2
ELAGSE8RL3
ELAGSE8RL4
ELAGSE8RL6
ELAGSE8RL7
Reading Informational:
Short Texts
(Mixture of Literary and Informational thematically connected texts. Unless otherwise noted,
these texts are from Holt, Elements of Literature, and Second course):
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“I Have a Dream” (speech) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (p. 529)
“Choice: A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Alice Walker
“Gettysburg Address” (speech) Abraham Lincoln (p. 524)
from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad (biography) Ann Petry
(page 496)
“The Courage to Take Action: A Lesson from Rosa Parks” (informational text) from
ReadWorks
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“Rosa Parks: 100 Birthday” (informational text) from ReadWorks
“The Battle of Shiloh” from Encarta (encyclopedia entry) (page 547)
“Drumbeats and Bullets” (nonfiction) Jim Murphy (page 549)
“How I came to Write ‘The Drummer Boy of Shiloh’ by Ray Bradbury (page 562)
“Barbara Frietchie” (poem) John Greenleaf Whittier (page 711)
“Paul Revere’s Ride” (poem) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (p. 703)
“Camp Harmony” (autobiography) Monica Sone (page 512)
“The Power of Nonviolence” (oral history) John Lewis (page 586)
ELAGSE8RI1
ELAGSE8RI2
ELAGSE8RI3
ELAGSE8RI4
ELAGSE8RI5
ELAGSE8RI6
ELAGSE8RI7
ELAGSE8RI8
ELAGSE8RI9
Writing Standards:
ELAGSE8W1
ELAGSE8W3
Language Standards:
ELAGSE8L1
ELAGSE8L2
Speaking and Listening
Standards:
ELAGSE8SL3
ELAGSE8SL4
December 9, 12-15,
2016
Dec. 19, 2016
-Jan 2, 2017
January 3-4, 2017
January 5, 2017
First Semester Exam
Christmas Break
Professional Learning Days
2 Semester Begins/Student Return to School
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