These materials and resources were developed and compiled for 8th grade reading and language arts teachers at Prairie Point Middle School in the College Community School District (spring 2011).
Structure of Knowledge example - Heroism
Concepts in Language Arts from Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction for the Thinking Classroom by H. Lynn erickson
Bloom's Revised Taxonomy - an article explaining the revisions and use of Bloom's
The Taxonomy Table from Bloom's Revised Taxonomy
Iowa Core - Literacy Grades 6-8
Iowa Core alignment tool
Investigating Cognitive Complexity Using Bloom's Taxonomy- a webinar on the Heartland AEA Eduvision channel search for Bloom's and choose the webinar with the colorful pyramid.
Article of the Week - a list from Kelly Gallagher as cited in Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning, by Mike Schmoker
Short Stories - a Web site providing access to full text of classic short stories with a click of the mouse
"Curriculum as Profound Engagement with the World" - article by Michael Clay Thompson
common core curriculum mapshttp://commoncore.org/maps/index.php/maps/grade_9_unit_6/
8th Grade Literacy Block Planning Document: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AqjOqJDQtS9ZdHJFc2hPT1ZYVmk1Q19FRmdvNVlGa3c&hl=en#gid=0