Grade 8 Curriculum Map Unit 1 Pacing and Planning Guide Dates SpringBoard Activities and Assessment Opportunities Differentiation for Student District Expectations and Opportunities for Additional Instruction Adjust this column to add and/or instructional weeks based on the district calendar. Adjust the Unit Activities and Embedded Assessments to correspond with the designated dates of instruction. Add modification plans to extend learning or strengthen support based on identified student needs. Add specific district expectations here (e.g., benchmark assessments, required reading/writing tasks, cross-curricular projects or strategies, etc.) You might consider including SpringBoard Writing Workshops, Close Reading Workshops, or Literature Circles. Allow 1-2 weeks for each one added. Note that adding additional instruction is likely to require strategic decisions about specific activities or units to compress or omit. 2 periods 1.1: Previewing the Unit - Unpack Embedded Assessment 1 1.2: Understanding Challenges - Graphic Organizer, Visual Display 4 periods 1.3: Opening with Imagery - Writing Prompt 1.4: Visual Techniques - Graphic Organizers, Imagery Frame Sample Differentiated Instruction Suggestion: Use Writing Workshop #4: Personal Narrative Sample Differentiated Instruction Suggestion: Students can another paragraph of the text emulating the author’s style 12 periods 1.5: Understanding the Hero’s Journey Archetype – Graphic Organizers 1.6: The Departure – Graphic Organizers, Writing Prompt 1.7: The Initiation – Graphic Organizers, Writing Prompt 1.8: Language and Writer’s Craft: Revising and Editing - Reflection
7 periods 3.9: Finding Light In Film – Expository Writing Prompt 3.10: Dramatic Tone Shifts – Expository Writing Prompt 3.11: The Wrong Side of the Fence – Graphic Organizer, Presentation 3.12: Creating a Memorable Opening – Oral Reading to a Partner 4 periods Embedded Assessment 1: Presenting the Voices of the Holocaust 1 period 3.13: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2 and Looking at Multimedia - Unpack Embedded Assessment 2 3 periods 3.14: Making A Difference – Graphic Organizer-Website Investigation 3.15: Never Forget, Never Again - SOAPSTone, Argumentative Writing Prompt 5 periods 3.16: Students Taking Action – Graphic Organizer 3.17: From Vision to Action - Graphic Organizer 3.18: Examining Media Campaigns - Graphic Organizer, Visual 1 period 3.19: Raising Awareness – Article Analysis 4 periods Embedded Assessment 2: Presenting a Multimedia Campaign
Grade 8 Curriculum Map Unit 4 Pacing and Planning Guide Dates SpringBoard Activities and Assessment Opportunities Differentiation for Student Needs District Expectations and Opportunities for Additional Instruction Adjust this column to add dates and/or instructional weeks based on the district calendar. Adjust the Unit Activities and Embedded Assessments to correspond with the designated dates of instruction. Add modification to extend learning or strengthen support based on identified student needs. Add specific district expectations here (e.g., benchmark assessments, required reading/writing tasks, cross-curricular projects or strategies, etc.) You might consider including SpringBoard Writing Workshops, Close Reading Workshops, or Literature Circles. Allow 1-2 weeks for each one added. Note that adding additional instruction is likely to require strategic decisions about specific activities or units to compress or omit. 4 periods 4.1: Previewing the Unit - Unpack Embedded Assessment 1 4.2: Understanding the Complexity of Humor - Graphic Organizer, Writing Prompt 4.3: Classifying Comedy - Graphic Organizer, Expository Writing Prompt, RAFT 7 periods 4.4: Humorous Anecdotes – Graphic Organizers, TWIST, Expository Writing Prompt 4.5: Finding Truth in Comedy – Graphic Organizer, Expository Writing Prompt 4.6: Satirical Humor - Graphic Organizer, Expository Writing Prompt