Middle School English Language Arts Instructional Guide

Table of Contents

Updated Instructional Guide Features

3

Best Practices in ELA

4

Intro

Standards for Classroom Novel Use

6

Special Education Supports

7

Year at a Glance

10

ELA6

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

Unit 4

11-18

Advanced Learners Extensions

19

Year at a Glance

20

ELA7

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

Unit 4

21-30

Advanced Learners Extension

31-35

Year at a Glance

36

ELA8

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

Unit 4

37-45

Advanced Learner Extensions

46-47

Vertical Alignment of Standards ● Speaking and Listening ● Reading ● Writing

48-60

Canyons Secondary Writing Framework (New)

61-67

Book Approval Process

68

Text Complexity

69-75

Resources

Disciplinary Literacy

76-77

Close Reading Routine

78-79

Writing Text Dependent Questions

80-84

Accessing Complex Text

85

District-Wide Standards Based Assessment (DWSBA) (Revised)

86

Newsela

87

Last Updated June, 2023 Middle School ELA, Page 2