Middle School English Language Arts Instructional Guide
End of Unit Writing Competency Example
District-Wide Formative Assessment
● Sample Multi-Genre Assignment ● Informative Writing Rubric ● Argument Writing Rubric
DWSBA Window: Winter 2 - *Informative 2 or Argument 2 Feb. 10th - March 9th
PLCs should plan to review the data before March 8th Early-Out *PLCs to choose Informative or Argument writing based on student data.
Scaffolds
● All Day ELA, Professional Learning Armory
General
● Multigenre Mapper Tool ● NCTE Position Statement - Understanding and Teaching Writing: Guiding Principles ● Learning Through Writing Strategies
Writing
● Text Annotation ● Guiding Questioning ● Close Reading Route ● The Three Phases of the Critical Reading Process ● Think-Alouds and Structured Dialogue
Reading
● Text-Dependent Questions ● Accessing Complex Texts
● Structured Academic Discussions ● The Big List of Discussion Strategies (Cult of Pedagogy)
Speaking and Listening
● Student Ted Talk ● Narrative Journalism ● Create an infographic, podcast, profle, turning point essay, proposal, photo essay ● Submit to school’s newspaper or literary journal ● Turn it into an OpEd and submit to the local newspaper ● Submit for publication: learn how to write a query letter, research publications for submissions, submit essay or narrative for publication Multilingual Learners will construct informational texts in language arts that: ● Introduce and defne topic and/or entity for audience ○ Opening statements to identify type of information (describing, comparing/contrasting, classifying) ● Establish objective or neutral stance ○ Declarative statements to provide objective, factual information ○ Technical word choices to add precise and descriptive information without evaluative language (the effects versus devastating effects)
Extensions
Language Expectations for Multilingual Learners
Source: WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition
Last Updated June, 2023 Middle School ELA, Page 27
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