Middle School English Language Arts Instructional Guide

ELA Resources from Utah State Department of Education

Utah Administrative Rule R277-728 defines the requirements for honors courses in public schools, emphasizing increased academic rigor, student engagement, and depth of content. The rule requires that honors courses be accessible to all interested students (without prerequisites) and that schools promote these opportunities equitably to students and families. The core guides provide correlation and connections between standards horizontally and vertically. They give academic language and activity suggestions, as well as learning progressions. Utah’s New English Language Arts Standards Overview is the slidedeck from the summer 2023 training on the new state standards. These best practices support implementation of the Utah English Language Arts Standards with the goal that students read, write, speak, and listen in every class session using grade-level texts and content. Includes additional articles for further reading. UEN is curating a hub for secondary ELA resources. Phase 1 is now live. You can find lesson plans and resources aligned to the state standards. *Please evaluate any resources you find before using in your classrooms. Linked to the right are USBE sponsored webinars on topics for secondary ELA classes. The links will take you to a folder with the recording, presentation, and any other additional materials shared by the presenters. Linked are the official state standards and supplemental standards.

R277-728. Honors Courses

USBE RULE R277-728-3. Honors Course Objectives

Utah State ELA Standards

Utah State Supplemental Standards for ELA

State of Utah ELA Core Guides: Grades 9-10

Standards & Core Guides

Grades 11-12

Utah's New English Language Arts Standards Overview

USBE’s Best Practices in ELA

Best Practices in ELA

UEN Secondary ELA Media Hub

UEN Secondary ELA Media Hub

●​ Why You Should Teach Listening Explicitly - Katie Alford ●​ Besting the Grammar Beast - Deborah Dean ●​ Multimodal Writing & Research - Amber Jensen ●​ Reading with Purpose - Lauren Aimonette Liang ●​ Restoring Humanity to Striving Readers - Panel Discussion ●​ Indigenous America through

Secondary ELA Webinars

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