Middle School English Language Arts Instructional Guide

Objective:

Reading (7-8.R) Students will learn to proficiently read and comprehend grade level literature and informational text, including seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance, at the high end of the grade level text complexity band, with scaffolding as needed. *Standard R.4 includes an asterisk to refer educators back to the Text Complexity Grade Bands and Associated Lexile Ranges in the introduction of the standards.

Writing (7-8.W)

Speaking and Listening (7-8.SL) Students will learn to collaborate, express and listen to ideas, integrate and evaluate information from various sources, use media and visual displays as well as language and grammar strategically to help achieve communicative purposes, and adapt to context and task. Standard: Speaking and Listening 1 Standard: Speaking and Listening 2 Standard: Speaking and Listening 3

Students will learn to write for a variety of tasks, purposes, and audiences using appropriate grammar/conventions, syntax, and style.

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