The Unit 2 Blueprint for 8th Grade English is now live and linked to the Unit 2 Framework. Please reach out to kristina.whatley@fayette.kyschools.us for any questions or feedback.
We're launching our FCPS ELA quarterly newsletter! The newsletter has resources, strategies, dates to keep in mind, and shout-outs/spotlights of our amazing FCPS ELA teachers. Highlighted in this issue:
Student-driven reading and writing notebooks
First read routines
Novel Educators, a monthly book club hosted by Leestown Middle School's Tiffany Carson-Givan!
Feedback loops for assessments and curriculum
ELA 8 Blueprint has been linked to the Unit Framework and can be found HERE! Find sample lesson plans for a unit kickoff, the dramatization of The Diary of Anne Frank (Act 1 & 2) by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, writing an extended explanatory essay that incorporates research, and a multimedia text set that asks students to compare Andrew Lam's essay "Letter to a Young Refugee" with JJ Bola's spoken word poem "Refuge"