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English Grade 6
English Grade 6
Students in English 6 will practice reading, writing, speaking and listening skills through engagement in Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA), a comprehensive language arts curriculum program that aligns with the ELA learning pathways taught in MCPS elementary schools. While teaching skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking, CKLA also builds students’ knowledge and vocabulary in literature, history, geography, and science. The curriculum covers concepts specified in the Core Knowledge Sequence.
Students will read a balance of contemporary literature written by diverse authors, as well as new Core Knowledge “Core Classics.”
Unit 1 – Flying Lessons and Other Stories
Unit 2 – Calling All Minds: How to Think and Create Like an Inventor
Unit 3 – The Iliad and The Odyssey and Other Greek Stories
Unit 4 – Not used
Unit 5 – Not used
Unit 6 – Ninety Miles to Havana
Unit 7 – The Blessing of Liberty: Voices for Social Justice and Equal Rights in America
Unit 8 – Realms of Gold
CKLA for Grade 6 contains 8 units total; in alignment with recommendations for effective curriculum use, MCPS uses 6 of the units that best align with system priorities. Students will engage with three units per semester, produce three substantive writing assignments per semester, and read a wide range of literary genres over the course of the year.
English Grade 7
English Grade 7
Students in English 7 will practice reading, writing, speaking and listening skills through engagement in Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA), a comprehensive language arts curriculum program that aligns with the ELA learning pathways taught in MCPS elementary schools. While teaching skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking, CKLA also builds students’ knowledge and vocabulary in literature, history, geography, and science. The curriculum covers concepts specified in the Core Knowledge Sequence.
Students will read a balance of contemporary literature written by diverse authors, as well as new Core Knowledge “Core Classics.”
Unit 1: Hello, Universe
Unit 2: The Tempest
Unit 3: Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Unit 4: Not used
Unit 5: Realms of Gold, Volume 2
Unit 6: The Genius of the Harlem Renaissance
Unit 7: Anne Frank’s Tales from the Secret Annex
Unit 8: Code Talker
CKLA for English 7 contains 8 units total; in alignment with recommendations for effective curriculum use, MCPS uses 7 of the units that best align with system priorities. Students will engage with three units per semester, produce three substantive writing assignments per semester, and read a wide range of literary genres over the course of the year.
Students are awarded 10 SSL hours at the completion of English 7 for their full participation in school-led SSL activities.
English Grade 8
English Grade 8
Students in English 8 will practice reading, writing, speaking and listening skills through engagement in Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA), a comprehensive language arts curriculum program that aligns with the ELA learning pathways taught in MCPS elementary schools. While teaching skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking, CKLA also builds students’ knowledge and vocabulary in literature, history, geography, and science. The curriculum covers concepts specified in the Core Knowledge Sequence.
Students will read a balance of contemporary literature written by diverse authors, as well as new Core Knowledge “Core Classics.”
Unit 1: Us, in Progress: Short Stories About Young Latinos
Unit 2: Not used
Unit 3: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Unit 4: The Genius of the Harlem Renaissance, Volume 2
Unit 5: A More Perfect Union: Voices for Civil Rights in America
Unit 6: The Squatter and the Don
Unit 7: The Importance of Being Earnest
Unit 8: Realms of Gold, Volume 3
CKLA for English 8 contains 8 units total; in alignment with recommendations for effective curriculum use, MCPS uses 7 of the units that best align with system priorities. Students will engage with three units per semester, produce three substantive writing assignments per semester, and read a wide range of literary genres over the course of the year.
English Language Development (ELD) (formerly ESOL) Grades 6 - 8
English Language Development (ELD) (formerly ESOL) Grades 6 - 8
Student placement in ELD classes is determined by the International Admissions and Enrollment Office of Montgomery County Public Schools. These classes are designed for students with limited proficiency in understanding, speaking, reading, or writing English. This special instruction in English is given until the students are ready to be mainstreamed into the regular English program. Additionally, students receive orientation designed to allow them to explore American and world cultures as well as to prepare them for the American educational system. ELD classes use the Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) curriculum that is also being implemented in the regular English classes.
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