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Eighth Grade Lessons and Units

Literacy In Action

Videos that share literacy practices in action

State Department Collections​

• Louisiana Department of Education: Eighth Grade.​
• Maryland Exemplar Units
• Mississippi Exemplar Units: Eighth Grade
• New York State ELA Units
• ​Vermont Writing Collaborative: Writing for Understanding Common Core Units for Teachers

Independent Organization Collections

• Anthology Alignment Project. Free teacher-developed Common Core-aligned lessons for anthology reading series in grade six. Each story has updated text-dependent questions, tier 2 vocabulary as well as culminating tasks including writing.
• Student Achievement Partners: Instructional Lesson Planning Guide
• CommonLit:  High quality, free, standards aligned instructional units that support literacy development in grades 5-12 ​
• Common Sense Media Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum: These free K-12 materials are aligned to our new standards and can be accessed in iBooks or in printable form. 
• NCTE Lessons: Poetry​
• Literacy Design Collaborative: Sample curriculum