Middle School English Language Arts Instructional Guide

ELA Resources from Utah State Department of Education

Utah State ELA Standards

Linked are the offcial state standards and supplemental standards.

Utah State Supplemental Standards for ELA

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 fnd lesson plans and resources aligned to the state standards. *Please evaluate any resources you fnd before using in your classrooms. Over the course of the 23-24 school year, 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.

Standards & Core Guides

State of Utah ELA Core Guides: Grades 9-10

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 ELAMedia 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 Literature - Donna Sabis-Burns ● Developing Deep Knowledge - Naomi Watkins ● Let’s Talk about the Robot in the Room - Matthew Winters

23-24 Secondary ELA Webinars

Last Updated May 30th, 2024 Middle School ELA, Page 17