Grades 6-8 · one canonical course
Grade 8 writing practice.
Draftstead plans a single core course of 16 modules and 80 lessons for all of grades 6-8. It is not three separate curricula. What changes by grade is the depth of the tasks and the amount of instructional support — two settings the design deliberately keeps separate, so more support never means easier ideas.
Task depth at grade 8
Grade 8 tasks introduce counterclaims, source attribution, and longer connected drafts, while keeping the same one-move-at-a-time session shape.
Support at grade 8
Independent work is the default target, with guided options kept available at every point.
Grade-specific reviewed variants are pending educator review. The notes above describe the planned direction, not published, grade-calibrated content.
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