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Reading & Language Arts

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Faculty

Reading - All Grades

  • Ms. Clark

6th Grade

  • Ms. Smith

7th Grade

  • Ms. Moore

8th Grade

  • Ms. Wheaton

ELA Assessment Resources

Overview

Reading

  • Increase reading fluency and endurance through integrated experiences in the language arts. Incorporates reading and analysis of literary and informational selections to develop critical and close reading skills.

Language Arts

  • Using texts of high complexity, advanced integrated language arts study in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language for college and career preparation and readiness.

Content Includes:

  • Active reading of varied texts
  • Analysis of literature and informational texts from varied literary periods to examine:
    • text craft and structure
    • elements of literature
    • arguments and claims supported by textual evidence
    • power and impact of language
  • Writing for varied purposes, effective listening, speaking, and viewing strategies:
    • developing and supporting argumentative claims
    • crafting coherent, supported informative/expository texts
    • responding to literature for personal and analytical purposes
    • writing to sources using text-based evidence and reasoning
  • Collaboration amongst peers

Additionally, reading courses include:

  • Demonstrating successful reading of high-quality literature and recognizing:
    • argument
    • fact and opinion
    • inferences and main ideas
    • theme and tone
    • organizational patterns and their relationships in the comprehension of text
    • purpose and tone of informational reading
  • Demonstrating successful understanding of academic vocabulary in context
  • Integrating reading and writing