Language Arts Breakdown
Language Arts Team Mission
The mission of the Middle School ELA PLC is for ALL students to demonstrate growth in literacy and to understand its correlation to lifelong learning, reading, and success in their chosen endeavors.
Extended ELA Learning Opportunities
What you can do at home to help your student:
Discuss your own connections and experiences to the essential question for the StudySync unit.
Read the texts along at home and discuss them at home.
Encourage use of the unit vocabulary at home.
Model reading as a lifelong skill - for work and pleasure.
Novel Selections
Our 6th, 7th & 8th Grade Book Selections
Note to Families: We select texts that challenge students intellectually while remaining developmentally appropriate for middle schoolers. These books align with our guaranteed state standards and focus on themes of [e.g., resilience, identity, community, or overcoming adversity].
6th Grade:
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
7th Grade:
We Were Witnesses by Jacob Boas
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
8th Grade:
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
Partnering With Us: Choice & Transparency
We deeply value the unique values and perspectives of every family in our community. We encourage you to look over this book list with your child. If you have questions about a specific text, please reach out to the G-E-T Middle School Principal.
StudySync Skills
StudySync is our ELA core curriculum, but it can also be used to practice skills and can be "leveled" up or down. Teachers need to assign skills, they are not freely available to students.
Libby
Students are equipped with this app on their iPad. A library card needed to access.
Epic!
Students can explore digital and audio texts that are searchable by reading level, subject and interests. There are a variety of genres. Students can search by specific title. Class Code: ejg0218
Quizlet
Quizlet is a great way for students to independently study vocabulary word sets that are created by their teachers. Students can also explore Quizlets that are created for public use on a variety of subject areas.
Nearpod
Nearpod enhances a wide variety of ELA skills that can be assigned by teachers based on particular standards. Nearpod is used in core classes and Target Time.
Free Reading
All grade level ELA teachers have an abundance of books for students to check out in their classroom libraries!