Middle School English Language Arts Instructional Guide

Literature - Donna Sabis-Burns

DIGITAL TOOLS TO SUPPORT SECONDARY ELA Note : Be sure to vet the content from these resources to ensure they are age-appropriate before incorporating them into your classroom instruction. Digital Tool Brief Description Resources

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On this Canvas site, you can find grade level specific resources; archived thematic units; professional learning screencasts, newsletters, and podcasts; a place to collaborate and solicit ideas from other grade level teachers in the district; and more. In UEN’s Secondary English Language Arts Hub, you can access high-quality teaching resources aligned to the Utah Secondary English Language Arts standards. CommonLit is a comprehensive literacy program with thousands of reading lessons, full-year ELA curriculum, benchmark assessments, and standards-based data for teachers. TeachingBooks is an ever-expanding database of digital resources about children's and young adult books and their authors and illustrators. The resource collection includes author and illustrator interviews, video book trailers, audio book readings, book discussion guides, and much more. MagicSchool is a powerful AI platform designed specifically for educators, offering over 100 tools that streamline lesson planning, resource creation, and student support—helping teachers save time and enhance learning outcomes effortlessly. Scrible (https://www.scrible.com/) is a research and writing platform that can be used to bookmark, annotate, organize, and share articles and webpages. The Utah State Board of Education has secured a statewide contract to provide Scrible Edu Pro to all Utah K-12 educators and students. Beanstack is a web and mobile app used to track independent reading time, and help build a culture of reading in school and at home. Beanstack makes it easier for you to help kids track reading, keep kids motivated to read, and provide feedback and insights into the reading habits at your school. Each Mini Moves for Writers video focuses on how to use one professional writing move that will enhance writing style, argumentation, voice, grammar, or organization. Check out just one to master a specific move, or watch multiple videos to support your students’ writing practice.

Middle School ELA Resource Hub

UEN Secondary ELA Media Hub

CommonLit

Teaching Books

MagicSchool AI

Scrible

Beanstack

Mini Moves for Writers

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