Middle School English Language Arts Instructional Guide

Scaffolds General

●​ CSD Middle School ELA Resource Hub and Community

●​ NCTE Position Statement - Understanding and Teaching Writing: Guiding Principles ●​ Mini-Moves for Writers, Voice and Style ●​ A Step-By-Step Plan for Teaching Narrative Writing (Cult of Pedagogy) ●​ Learning Through Writing Strategies (Avid) ●​ Text Annotation (Avid) ●​ Guiding Questioning ●​ Close Reading Routine ●​ The Three Phases of the Critical Reading Process (Avid) ●​ Think-Alouds and Structured Dialogue (Avid)

Writing

Reading

●​ Text-Dependent Questions ●​ Accessing Complex Texts

●​ Structured Academic Discussions ●​ The Big List of Discussion Strategies (Cult of Pedagogy)

Speaking and Listening

●​ Poetry Slam ●​ Short Story, Vignette, Feature story, Personal Narrative, Short Film - live action or animated ●​ Create a storyboard, podcast, profile, or turning point essay ●​ Submit to school’s newspaper or literary journal ●​ Submit for publication: learn how to write a query letter , research publications for submissions, submit essay or narrative for publication ​ Multilingual learners will construct language arts narratives that ●​ Orient audience to context and one or multiple point(s) of view ○​ Title, heading, opening statements to capture reader’s interest (March. Two people, a man and a woman are walking along the corridor.) Source: WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition

Extensions

Language Expectations for Multilingual Learners

Essential Vocabulary ●​ Narrative ●​ Context ●​ Main/Central Idea ●​ Sequence of Events ●​ Characterization ●​ Antagonist ●​ Protagonist ●​ Relevant Details

●​ Literal Language ●​ Figurative Language ○​ Personification ○​ Simile ○​ Metaphor ○​ Idioms ●​ Sensory Language ●​ Connotation/Denotation

●​ Diction ●​ Dialogue ●​ Theme ●​ Setting ●​ Plot

Last Updated September 23rd, 2024 Middle School ELA, Page 42