Grades 7-8 ELA Curriculum Map / Yearlong Pacing Guide - CCSS Aligned

New to teaching middle-school ELA? Have no idea where to start? Use my curriculum map to plan your week, your units, even your year!

This curriculum map is aligned to CCSS and the Ohio Learning Standards. It is laid out week by week for a 36-week school year. It includes units for reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary. All units have been successfully implemented in the classroom by a veteran teacher. Essentially, it tells you what to teach and the order in which to teach it.

Each grade-level map includes lists of short stories, podcasts, videos, poetry, novels, vocabulary, and writing activities. There are two whole-class novels provided for each grade, as well as three themed book clubs. Units for book clubs have five or more selections that fit the grade level and various reading ranges of students. Vocabulary units provide an activity for introducing the words, a homework/practice assignment idea, and a review game.

This guide includes a list of what to use for: units, standards, skills, mentor texts/materials, activities, homework, and assessments.

Note: This curriculum map does not include the actual documents for homework, activities, assessments, etc.; instead, it lists what activities could be done with each unit/skill and the order in which to implement them.