Units and Lesson Plans for English and Language Arts

Samplers for grades K-12 containing informational and literary text. Includes text complexity, academic vocabulary, and text-dependent questions to support the Delaware Standards for English Language Arts/Literacy. Written by teachers and specialists from throughout Delaware. 

• Informational Samplers

  Grade 2	Grade 5	Grade 6
  Grade 7	Grade 8	Grade 9

• Literary Samplers

  Grade 2

  Grade 3 - Shooter

  Grade 3 - Barn

  Grade 10

Lessons, videos, information and links to support the Delaware English Language Arts/Literacy Standards.

• Basal Alignment Project(BAP)

  Standards-aligned materials created by literacy educators from across the country. Must first sign up on Edmodo. (Use code "etuyrm" to join BAP group.)

• SPDG Grant Units

  Model Units developed by University of Delaware's Writing Project students in partnership with the Delaware Department of Education.

  What is SPDG?

  Since 2004, the Delaware Department of Education and the University of Delaware have collaborated on federally-funded grant projects to improve instruction and, in particular, to assure that all students have access to high quality instruction and a rigorous curriculum. Through the Office of Special Education Programs [OSEP],Teacher Quality Enhancement [TQE] grants and State Personnel Development Grants [SPDG], instructional units in science, ELA, social studies and math were developed and are available at http://sites.udel.edu/tqe/. In 2011-12, SPDG also funded the development of reading-writing connected units aligned to Delaware English Language Arts/Literacy Standards.

• Reading Writing Project Units

  Model Units developed by Delaware teachers participating in DDOE's Reading/Writing Project.Units showcase the use of learning progressions to inform instruction and the formative assessment cycle.

• Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) Modules

  The Literacy Cadre invited content partners from science, social studies, and CTE to engage in a year-long project with the Literacy Design Collaborative. While all modules were reviewed via a rigorous vetting cycle, three modules received exemplar status and were posted on the National LDC site (https://ldc.org/blog/posts/kudos-ldc-educators-their-outstanding-modules).

  Teachers report that their work on the LDC modules raised their expectations for student work and helped them increase the rigor of writing assignments. The content teachers involved with the work felt the LDC modules helped them better understand how to infuse literacy instruction while also enhancing their subject matter instruction. LDC leads to teacher instructional shifts and improved student outcomes which prepare our students to be college and career ready.

  Kathy Dulis, Seaford Librarian, represented Delaware at the Teaching & Learning Conference at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.Kathy was a panelist for the session: Implementing the Common Core as a Community of Practice: Lessons Learned Through LDC

  I just wanted to thank you for the opportunity to be a panelist at the Teaching and Learning conference. I am so grateful that I got to participate in the Literacy Cadre last year. It truly gave me a different perspective on my career. The conference and the people I have connected with here have been awesome. Kathy Dulis

• The Teaching Channel

  Includes Common Core resources, teacher videos, strategies and lesson plans.

Common Core Aligned Curricular Resources 

• EngageNY Curriculum Resources 
  Free standards-aligned curriculum resources for educators.  
  
  
• Achieve the Core Text Sets 
  Lessons designed to highlight the ELA/literacy Shifts and expectations of college- and career-ready standards
  
  
• Core Knowledge Language Arts 
  Preschool–Grade 5 resources for teaching skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. 
  
  
• ELEducation
  Grades 3-8 Open Education Resource
  
  
• UnboundEd
  Standards-aligned set of ELA curricula, lesson plans, and guides that range from prekindergarten to grade 12.
  
  
• Bookworms
  Bookworms is an primary grades Open Education Resource (OER).  Lesson plans are shared for free, but associated books must be purchased
  
  
• Vermont Writing Collaborative
  The Vermont Writing Collaborative is a grassroots, non-profit organization founded by a group of public school teachers. Their mission is to help all students become powerful thinkers, readers, and writers.
  
  
• Newsela
  Free informational text for teachers and students. Newsela also offers a Pro version with elevated features at a cost. 
  
  
• ReadWorks
  Readworks contains a variety of standards-aligned resources, lessons, units, and texts. 
  
  
• CommonLit
  Free reading passages and progress tracking tools for grades 5-12. 

 

For more information on materials or to suggest content for this page, contact Curriculum, Instruction and Professional Development at 302-735-4180.