English

Grade 6

Middle School students learn best through active involvement. Activities connecting reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing are most likely to produce successful learning of skill and content. An integrated approach to the language arts is more effective in promoting literacy.

Upon completion of the Middle School Language Arts program, our students should be able to:

• Read a variety of texts well.
• Use language (as speakers, listeners, readers, and writers) in gaining access to varied information and in being critical and creative as they construct ideas meaningful for different audiences and different purposes.
• Reflect critically on their own uses of language and on the uses of others.
• Recognize how language, particularly within a multimedia environment, impacts on their daily lives.
• Manage the array of complex writing skills needed to be successful in future academic and vocational endeavors.

The Middle School Language Arts Curriculum integrates literature, writing, and grammar in the instructional program to build and support each other. Thus, students' reading, writing, and language skills will develop in concert in ways that students will find more meaningful, purposeful, and useful. The Language Network textbook series presents a blend of literature, writing, and grammar in a flexible approach to learning that supports an integrated program.

The sixth grade Language Arts Curriculum includes a vocabulary program that effectively strengthens students' writing. The vocabulary program is designed to promote student confidence in using known words and expand their word knowledge and functional vocabularies.

Grade 7

Middle school students learn best through active involvement. Activities connecting reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing are most likely to produce successful learning of skill and content. An integrated approach to the language arts is more effective in promoting literacy.

Upon completion of the Middle School Language Arts program, our students should be able to:

• Read a variety of texts well.
• Use language (as speakers, listeners, readers, and writers) in gaining access to varied information and in being critical and creative as they construct ideas meaningful for different audiences and different purposes.
• Reflect critically on their own uses of language and on the uses of others.
• Recognize how language, particularly within a multimedia environment, impacts on their daily lives.
• Manage the array of complex writing skills needed to be successful in future academic and vocational endeavors.

The Middle School Language Arts Curriculum integrates literature, vocabulary growth, writing, and grammar in the instructional program to build and support each other. Thus, students' reading, writing, and language skills will develop in concert in ways students will find more meaningful, purposeful, and useful. The Writer's Craft textbook series presents a blend of literature, writing, and grammar in a flexible approach to learning that supports an integrated program.

Grade 8

Middle School students learn best through active involvement. They do not learn useful skills well in isolation. Activities connecting reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing are most likely to produce successful learning of skill and content. An integrated approach to the language arts is more effective in promoting literacy.

• Upon completion of the Middle School Language Arts program, our students should be able to:
• Read a variety of texts well.
• Use language (as speakers, listeners, readers, and writers) in gaining access to varied information and in being critical and creative as they construct ideas meaningful for different audiences and different purposes.
• Reflect critically on their own uses of language and on the uses of others.
• Recognize how language, particularly within a multimedia environment, impacts on their daily lives.
• Manage the array of complex writing skills needed to be successful in future academic and vocational endeavors.

The Middle School Language Arts Curriculum integrates literature, vocabuylary growth, writing, and grammar in the instructional program to build and support each other. Thus, students' reading, writing, and language skills will develop in concert in ways students will find more meaningful, purposeful, and useful. The Writer's Craft textbook series presents a blend of literature, writing, and grammar in a flexible approach to learning that supports an integrated program.