Middle School English Language Arts Instructional Guide

●​ 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

Multilingual Learners

Essential Vocabulary

Morphemes/Roots

●​ Source ●​ Conflict ●​ Dialogue ●​ Narrative

●​ Characterization ●​ Protagonist ●​ Antagonist ●​ Flashback ●​ Foreshadow ●​ Simile ●​ Metaphor ●​ Personification

●​ -ful and –less ●​ -able/ible and –some ●​ -ish and -ness ●​ -cide and -ment ●​ -ic and -al ●​ -ist/ian/or and -ology/ologist ●​ -ship ●​ Review all suffixes and suffixes final test

●​ Theme ●​ Conflict ●​ Point of view ●​ Rhythm

●​ Hyperbole ●​ Alliteration

Advanced Learning Extensions

Informative

Supplemental Texts

Biographies Unbroken (excerpts from Young Adult edition)

I Beat the Odds: From Homeless, to the Blind Side, to Beyond

Books Hatchet Shipwreck at the Bottom of World 127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Excerpts) The Hunger Games (Excerpts) The Testing Call of the Wild White Fang Holes Down River

Short Stories “To Build a Fire” “The Most Dangerous Game” “All Summer in a Day”

Extended Learning

Book Club Student groups select books from district approved reading list and generate questions using the Questioning Matrix. Students will critique the literary devices of the novel, cite text evidence to support their decisions, synthesize discussion points to answer the unit’s essential question. Students rotate hosting book club discussions.

Canvas Discussion Board: Unit Theme

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