English Language Arts

Course Code: ENG600 Grade: 6 Required: Full Year Homework Hours Per Week: 1-2

In the Grade 6 ELA curriculum, students explore essential questions - such as “how do you find courage in the face of fear?” or “what can you learn from seeing the world through an animal’s eyes?” - through Into Literature’s thematic collections of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and multimedia texts. Students learn and use a variety of strategies to improve as active and engaged readers, including Notice and Note strategies. Additionally, students engage in close reading and practice annotation skills. To help them develop as writers, students will read and analyze mentor texts, learn from writing models, and reflect on and revise their own writing. The core novel for the course is The Lightning Thief.

Fundamental English Language Arts 6

Course Code: GLA600 Grade: 6 Required: Full Year Homework Hours Per Week: 1-2

English Language Arts 6 modified for IEP students who qualify for specially designed instruction in this content area.

English Language Arts 7

Course Code: ENG700 Grade: 7 Required: Full Year Homework Hours Per Week: 1-2

In the Grade 7 ELA curriculum, students explore essential questions - such as “how can changing the world change you?” or “is space exploration a daring adventure or a dangerous risk?” - through Into Literature’s thematic collections of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and multimedia texts. Students learn and use a variety of strategies to improve as active and engaged readers, including Notice and Note strategies. Additionally, students engage in close reading and practice annotation skills. To help them develop as writers, students will read and analyze mentor texts, learn from writing models, and reflect on and revise their own writing. The core novel for the course is MIles Morales: Spider-Man, and students will additionally engage in a choice-based book study of one of the following titles: Where the Mountain Meet the Moon, My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich, Planet Middle School, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, or A Wrinkle in Time.

Fundamental English Language Arts 7

Course Code: GLA700 Grade: 7 Required: Full Year Homework Hours Per Week: 1-2

English Language Arts 7 modified for IEP students who qualify for specially designed instruction in this content area.

English Language Arts 8

Course Code: ENG800 Grade: 8 Required: Full Year Homework Hours Per Week: 1-2

In the Grade 8 ELA curriculum, students explore essential questions - such as “why do we sometimes like to be frightened?” or “what will people risk to be free?” - through Into Literature’s thematic collections of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and multimedia texts. Students learn and use a variety of strategies to improve as active and engaged readers, including Notice and Note strategies. Additionally, students engage in close reading and practice annotation skills. To help them develop as writers, students will read and analyze mentor texts, learn from writing models, and reflect on and revise their own writing. The core novel for the course is The Outsiders. In addition, students will read one of the following novels or memoirs about the Holocaust: Night, Milkweed, The Book Thief, Number the Stars, Maus, Daniel Half-Human or The Devil’s Arithmetic.

Fundamental English Language Arts 8