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Our standards-aligned ELA curriculum for grades 6-12 is made by teachers, for teachers and drives meaningful growth for students.
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Knowledge-building curriculum drives achievement

CommonLit 360 is a full-year Tier 1 ELA Curriculum for grades 6-12, with:

Integrated reading, writing, speaking, and listening instruction.
Authentic, full-length texts and grade-level tasks in each unit.
Al all-green rating from EdReports and multiple ESSA certifications earned.

Our Guiding Principles

Our team of curriculum writers have carefully developed CommonLit 360 to align with four guiding principles, ensuring that each unit and lesson are designed to support the growth and success of all learners.

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Students can engage with and learn rigorous, grade-level content

All students read the same authentic grade-level texts with scaffolds built in to support access without lowering the bar.

Teachers drive student outcomes

Every lesson comes with editable slide decks, teacher copies, and How-To Guides for debates and seminars so teachers spend their energy on instruction, not prep.

Deep engagement fosters deep learning

Each unit opens with discussion prompts, multimedia, and essential questions designed to spark curiosity before students even encounter the core text.

Learning is fundamentally social

Reading lessons rotate between whole-class, partner, and independent reading, and culminating tasks include presentations, debates, and peer feedback alongside traditional essays.

Coherent design delivers school-wide impact

CommonLit 360 is horizontally and vertically aligned so every grade builds meaningfully on the one before it. Each grade includes six complete units anchored in essential questions.

Units increase in rigor throughout the year as students grow their skills and independence
Units culminate in tasks that showcase student learning, including research projects and multimedia presentations
Unit scope & sequence provides teachers with pacing and facilitation guidance
CommonLit 360 Unit Scope and Sequence for Grades 6-8

What's inside a CommonLit 360 unit?

8th Grade Unit 1: The Art of Suspense

Core texts, essential question, and focus skills

‍In this unit, core texts combine literary classics like “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe, "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl, and the informational article “The Psychology of Suspense.” The Essential Question is: How do authors create suspense, and why are we drawn to it?
Reading focus skills: Analyzing dialogue, development of key concepts, and development of irony and suspense
Writing focus skills: Writing a strong claim and writing an evidence-based response
Speaking and listening focus skills: Referring to evidence in discussion to build on or challenge others' ideas
Unit 1 The Art of Suspense for Grade 8 with lessons on writing, reading, and media exploration times.
CommonLit 8th grade unit on suspense with reading lesson titled Button, Button and blank answer lines.

Reading, writing, discussion, and media lessons

In this unit, students read full-length short stories, practice writing strong paragraphs, and watch video clips showing suspense in movies to build a bridge for deeper understanding the unit texts and literary devices. Each lesson comes with teacher copies for planning and facilitation.
Reading lessons include partner exploration, check-for-understanding, and whole-group discussion.
Writing lessons provide scaffolds like exemplars and a built in self-review process
High-interest multimedia builds context and sparks engagement with unit topics

Mid-unit cold-read assessments on unit focus skills

With our Unit Skills Assessments, students complete formative assessments with cold-read passages that highlight themes and devices taught throughout the unit.
Easy-to-assign, single period formative assessments to gauge learning progress midway through each unit
Multiple choice and written response questions aligned to unit focus skills
Immediate and actionable data on student progress to support responsive planning throughout each unit
Unit Skills Assessment interface showing a skyscraper photo and multiple-choice question 9 of 10.
Three CommonLit slides titled Planning, Drafting, and Peer Reviewing the Culminating Task with checklists and notes sections.

Summative Culminating Tasks to showcase learning

The Culminating Task for 8th Grade Unit 1 is a literary analysis essay. Over the course of the year, units culminate in creative tasks like creating an advertisement justifying or opposing contact sports, and an argumentative essay about school start time that incorporates survey data and research.
Planning and drafting lessons pre-built into every unit's scope and sequence
Guided peer review supports students to take ownership of their learning and develop the ability to give and accept feedback
Teachers receive a Culminating Task examplar for every unit to support planning and grading
Curriculum Implementation

Implementation made for lasting change

We believe that what happens after adoption is crucial to long-lasting success. Our framework for curriculum implementation is grounded in intentional and ongoing professional development to continuously strengthen instruction.

Our curriculum expertise and deep support are a key part of every partnership.

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Exploration

We'll help your team build a shared vision for instruction and a process for determining together whether CommonLit 360 is the right fit.

Getting Ready

Once you've decided to move forward, we'll make sure everything is in place for a strong Day 1 — from rostering to curriculum-based professional learning.

Launching

When instruction begins, we'll help you build the foundation that makes the difference, ensuring the right practices are in place from the start.

Strengthening

We'll help you go deeper — building instructional expertise, growing internal capacity, and sustaining the gains your students deserve.

Pricing for schools & districts

Bring CommonLit 360 to your team with a partnership that supports your ELA instruction from day 1 – and every day after that. Our expert account managers know how to support effective change year-over-year, no matter your district’s unique needs.

1 Year
2-4 Years
5+ Years
School Essentials PRO Plus

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$6,850

/per school /per year

1 year commitment

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Engaging Content

CommonLit Text Library
CommonLit 360 Curriculum

Professional Development

On-Demand Training Modules
Kickoff Webinars
Quarterly Virtual Trainings from CommonLit 360
Curriculum Implementation Support for CommonLit 360

Assessments & Data

CommonLit Assessment Series
Administrator Data Dashboard
Unit Skills Assessments for CommonLit 360

Premium Support & Integration

Dedicated Account Manager
ClassLink and Clever Rostering Integrations
Priority User Support
Full Canvas LMS Integration

1Billed at $6,500 every 12 months

School Essentials PRO Plus
Was

$6,850

Save $550

$6,300

/per school /per year

2-4 year commitment

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Engaging Content

CommonLit Text Library
CommonLit 360 Curriculum

Professional Development

On-Demand Training Modules
Kickoff Webinars
Quarterly Virtual Trainings from CommonLit 360
Curriculum Implementation Support for CommonLit 360

Assessments & Data

CommonLit Assessment Series
Administrator Data Dashboard
Unit Skills Assessments for CommonLit 360

Premium Support & Integration

Dedicated Account Manager
ClassLink and Clever Rostering Integrations
Priority User Support
Full Canvas LMS Integration

School Essentials PRO Plus

Was

$6,850

Save $1,000

$5,850

/per school /per year

5+ year commitment

Get a quote

Engaging Content

CommonLit Text Library
CommonLit 360 Curriculum

Professional Development

On-Demand Training Modules
Kickoff Webinars
Quarterly Virtual Trainings from CommonLit 360
Curriculum Implementation Support for CommonLit 360

Assessments & Data

CommonLit Assessment Series
Administrator Data Dashboard
Unit Skills Assessments for CommonLit 360

Premium Support & Integration

Dedicated Account Manager
ClassLink and Clever Rostering Integrations
Priority User Support
Full Canvas LMS Integration
See all pricing

Interested in curriculum workbooks?

CommonLit 360 is built to flexibly support hybrid instruction, with student workbooks available for grades 6-8.

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Three CommonLit workbook pages titled Characters Who Change and Grow, Reading Lesson, and Independent Practice.

A program for real change

Transform your ELA instruction with our proven curriculum, professional learning, and assessments.
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CommonLit 360 for grades 6-8 has received a top rating from EdReports, with a green score in each gateway.
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TESTIMONIALS

Loved by teachers, trusted by administrators

Get inspired by the experiences of educators who’ve seen the impact of our program.

"CommonLit is cohesive and saves time. The unit plan is already made for teachers, the pacing is done for them, the assessments are already made, and they’re all aligned. This enables teachers to focus on building their knowledge of content and pedagogy in order to be able to effectively improve instruction."
Caitlin Lindh
Assistant Principal
Collaborative Arts Middle School, NY
Students completing CommonLit 360 lessons on their computers.
“I can say within a year and a half that we've seen a huge shift that we never thought possible with alignment within the ELA department, and we have seen performance skyrocket because of it.”
Daniel Potter
English Language Arts Specialist
Alpine School District
Two students smiling while working together on a CommonLit 360 lesson.
“The variety of texts that we’re able to read is a good mix. It’s highly relatable to our student population. When they’re working, it’s beautiful to watch. I love listening to them reading with each other and talking about texts and not worrying about what’s happening at home for those 80 minutes. 80 minutes is a long time, but the kids say, “wow, we only have 10 minutes left? So that’s good.”
Alicia Intromasso
Special Education Coordinator/7th grade ELA teacher
Lakewood Middle School, NJ

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