English Language Arts

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Reading explorations

This course is a companion to other reading or English Language Arts courses, designed to provide a space for students to develop their reading identity, fluency, and skills to engage with more challenging texts. Reading selections will be based on individualized interests and strengths as readers. Coursework will involve setting personalized reading goals, tracking one’s own growth as a reader, and sharing reading experiences with classmates to build a culture of reading enjoyment. The course is repeatable for elective credit.

Reading Foundations

The course is designed for students demonstrating severe gaps in foundational reading skills such as decoding, reading fluency, and phonics. This course includes explicit, cumulative, and systematic instruction based on student needs. Course programming is designed to address phonemic awareness, phonics, decoding, and language and vocabulary development..

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English Language Arts 7

English Language Arts 7 allows students to build upon and strengthen their reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language skills through a variety of instructional strategies. Students will study a variety of literary genres and related literary terms in order to critically analyze and evaluate text through writing and class discussion. Students use close reading strategies to analyze novels, short stories, plays, poems and informational texts. Students are expected to write in response to literature applying the writing process and the Six Traits of Effective Writing. Students also participate in genre- specific reading and writing opportunities in the areas of narrative, informational, and argumentative text types and student-created publications. In addition, students will acquire vocabulary skills and grade- appropriate language skills, which are applied through written and oral expression.

English Language Arts Advanced 7

Students with a strength in reading, writing, listening and speaking, and language skills, with a desire for greater challenge, and the motivation and commitment to accept the rigor of an advanced class are encouraged to enroll in this course. Advanced English Language Arts 7 is designed for middle school students who demonstrate academic ability and high achievement in reading and writing. This course provides students the academic preparation needed for success in high school honors and Advanced Placement English Language Arts courses. Students closely read and analyze challenging literature from different genres and apply Six-Trait Writing skills to compositions on more complex topics in response to reading.

English Language Arts 8

English Language Arts 8 allows students to build upon and strengthen their reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language skills through a variety of instructional strategies. Students study a variety of literary genres and related literary terms in order to critically analyze and evaluate text through writing and class discussion. Students use close reading strategies to analyze novels, short stories, plays, poems and informational texts. Students are expected to write in response to literature applying the writing process and the Six Traits of Effective Writing. Students also participate in genre-specific reading and writing opportunities in the areas of narrative, informational, and argumentative text types and student-created publications. In addition, students will acquire vocabulary skills and grade- appropriate language skills, which are applied through written and oral expression.

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English Language Arts Advanced 8

Students with a strength in reading, writing, listening and speaking, and language skills, with a desire for greater challenge, and the motivation and commitment to accept the rigor of an advanced class are encouraged to enroll in this course. Advanced English Language Arts 8 is designed for middle school students who demonstrate academic ability and high achievement in reading and writing. This course provides students the academic preparation needed for success in high school honors and Advanced Placement English Language Arts courses. Students closely read and analyze challenging literature from different genres and apply Six-Trait Writing skills to compositions on more complex topics in response to reading.

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