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Grades 3–8 Academic Language Studio
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Narrative Curriculum Directory · Grades 3–8

Choose a world. Your words move what happens next.

Each world is structured around eight connected cases. Inside every adventure, students listen to spoken reports, inspect primary evidence, build academic sentences, record oral explanations, and revise written briefs.

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World 1: The Mystery Files

Case 01: The Lantern in the Stacks is a complete branching investigation with 2 narrative forks, 3 support pathways, and both grade bands (3–5 and 6–8).

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The Mystery Files
World 01
2 of 8 Playable Now
ELD-LA · Inform & ArgueInform

The Mystery Files

Describe what you notice, ask a sharper question, and defend a conclusion with evidence.

Nia Calder apprentices with Detective Omar Voss in the Harbor City archive. Eight cases teach the difference between what was seen and what it might mean.

Focus: Description, questioning, evidence, and inference
Cast: Nia Calder · Detective Omar Voss · Jun ParkOpen World
The Explorers' Guild
World 02
1 of 8 Playable Now
ELD-SI / ELD-SS · ExplainExplain

The Explorers' Guild

Follow spoken directions, compare routes, and explain how to get somewhere.

Apprentice Samira Haddad, Captain Lila Okonkwo, and mapmaker Teo Alvarez reopen the way to the Salt Lantern Coast.

Focus: Sequencing, directions, comparison, and explanation
Cast: Samira Haddad · Captain Lila Okonkwo · Teo AlvarezOpen World
Science City
World 03
2 of 8 Playable Now
ELD-SC · Explain & ArgueExplain

Science City

Explain cause and effect when a river garden begins to fail.

Amina Yusuf works with Dr. Priya Raman and engineer Mateo Cruz to find out why the river garden is failing, and what a filter can and cannot fix.

Focus: Scientific explanation, cause and effect, and evidence
Cast: Amina Yusuf · Dr. Priya Raman · Mateo CruzOpen World
The History Portal
World 04
1 of 8 Playable Now
ELD-SS · Narrate & ExplainNarrate

The History Portal

Recount established history, compare perspectives, and keep fact separate from the portal story.

Guide Imani Brooks, historian Rafael Ortega, and scribe Ellis Ward use a fictional portal to study real places and events. The frame is invented. The history is not.

Focus: Narration, chronology, perspective, and comparison
Cast: Imani Brooks · Rafael Ortega · Ellis WardOpen World
The Word Forge
World 05
1 of 8 Playable Now
ELD-LA · Inform & ExplainExplain

The Word Forge

Use word parts, precise vocabulary, and sentence expansion to rebuild a city made of language.

Forgekeeper Anika Shah, printer Bodhi Nguyen, and apprentice Leo Martins repair gates, bridges, and aqueducts by making words and sentences hold.

Focus: Vocabulary, morphology, syntax, and meaning
Cast: Anika Shah · Bodhi Nguyen · Leo MartinsOpen World
The Diplomacy Chronicles
World 06
1 of 8 Playable Now
ELD-SI / ELD-SS · ArgueArgue

The Diplomacy Chronicles

Listen to more than one view, disagree respectfully, and negotiate a solution.

Envoy Hana Sato and mediator Caleb Brooks help gardener Rosa Delgado and her neighbors decide how to share water, a gate, and a festival.

Focus: Conversation, argumentation, negotiation, and perspective
Cast: Hana Sato · Caleb Brooks · Rosa DelgadoOpen World
The Media Detectives
World 07
1 of 8 Playable Now
ELD-LA / ELD-MA · ArgueArgue

The Media Detectives

Separate a claim from its evidence and correct a rumor without inventing a new one.

Editor Noor El-Sayed, producer Jordan Hale, and fact-checker Aya Mensah investigate a fictional feed called Sparkline.

Focus: Critical reading, interpretation, synthesis, and argumentation
Cast: Noor El-Sayed · Jordan Hale · Aya MensahOpen World
The Communication Lab
World 08
1 of 8 Playable Now
ELD-LA / ELD-SC · Explain & ArgueExplain

The Communication Lab

Plan, speak, draft, and revise an explanation for a real audience.

Coach Elena Vasquez, sound designer Kwame Diallo, and presenter Riley Chen prepare a public explanation for the city.

Focus: Academic speaking, extended writing, and revision
Cast: Elena Vasquez · Kwame Diallo · Riley ChenOpen World
The Language Nexus
World 09
1 of 8 Playable Now
All 5 WIDA Standards · Integrated TransferArgue

The Language Nexus

Carry language from every world into one coordinated response.

Keeper Soren Abebe calls the crews together. Each adventure asks students to transfer a language move they have already practiced.

Focus: Integrated academic communication and independent transfer
Cast: Soren AbebeOpen World