EL Education ELA Curriculum for Grades 6-8

EL Education's Grades 6-8 English Language Arts curriculum is a comprehensive, standards-based core literacy program that engages teachers and diverse learners through compelling-real-world content.  The curriculum comprises 50-minute module lessons in which students read, think, talk, and write about engaging topics and text.

Each grade level includes four modules, which span a full school year. The four modules allow students to build important content knowledge based on a compelling topic related to science, social studies, or literature. Each module uses rich, authentic texts throughout.

Module Timeline

6th Grade
7th Grade
8th Grade

Click on the different grade levels to learn more about the curriculums.

This video overviews the EL Education K-8 Language Arts curriculum, which was written for teachers by teachers. It was created to support students to build skills and content knowledge, to meet college-and career-ready standards, and, at the same time, to become more confident and collaborative learners.


North Kingstown only uses the Grades 6-8 Curriculum from EL Education.