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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
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