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Grades: 5 - 8 Subject: English Department: English Division: Middle School
LEARNING OBJECTIVES SKILLS INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES
EVALUATION
GRADE 6
● Students will apply
expansion strategies to enhance the content of multiple paragraph writing pieces
● Students will conduct research with increased independence and create projects and essays
● Students will strengthen their reading skills with added depth and complexity using both guided and independent reading
● Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage
GRADE 6
● Apply the six strands of
writing: organization, word choice, sentence structure, overall development, mechanics
● Summarization, paraphrasing, use of direct quotations, evaluating resources, and recognition of plagiarism
● Annotation, previewing, questioning, prediction, inference, connecting, summarizing, evaluating, figurative language, and elements of literature
● Subject-verb and
GRADE 6 ● Small group discussions
● Teacher led discussions
● Teacher modeled
reading and writing
● Use of mentor texts
● Collaboration via technology
● Use of online applications
● Provide formative assessments
● Cross-curricular opportunities
● Project-based learning
GRADE 6 ● Summative
● Tests
● Quizzes ● Essays
● Projects
● Presentations
● Formative ● Student reflections
● Journaling
● Peer and teacher
conferencing ● Online formative
applications (nearpod, kahoot, WPP, etc.)
Grades: 5 - 8 Subject: English Department: English Division: Middle School
LEARNING OBJECTIVES SKILLS INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES
EVALUATION
when writing or speaking
● Adapt speech to a
variety of contexts and tasks, using formal English when appropriate to task and situation
pronoun antecedent agreement, correcting fragments and run-ons, commonly confused words, punctuation, shifts in verb tense, commas in a series, shifts in pronoun usage, vague pronouns, nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements, vary sentence patterns, consistency in style and tone
● Use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation, multimedia components, visual displays, clarify key information
Grades: 5 - 8 Subject: English Department: English Division: Middle School
LEARNING OBJECTIVES SKILLS INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES
EVALUATION
GRADE 7
● Student will compose a
multi-page writing piece that incorporates a voice other than the student’s
● Students will conduct extended research and produce multiple projects and essays around a single topic
● Students will strengthen their reading skills through application of independent critical reasoning
● Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage
GRADE 7 ● Apply the six strands of
writing: organization, word choice, sentence structure, overall development, mechanics
● Summarization, paraphrasing, use of direct quotations, evaluating resources, and recognition of plagiarism
● Annotation, previewing, questioning, prediction, inference, connecting, summarizing, evaluating, figurative language, and elements of literature
● Subject-verb and
GRADE 7 ● Small group discussions
● Teacher led discussions
● Teacher modeled
reading and writing
● Use of mentor texts
● Collaboration via technology
● Use of online applications
● Provide formative assessments
● Cross-curricular opportunities
Project-based learning
GRADE 7 ● Summative
● Tests
● Quizzes ● Essays
● Projects
● Presentations
● Formative ● Student reflections
● Journaling
● Peer and teacher
conferencing ● Online formative
applications (nearpod, kahoot, WPP, etc.)
Grades: 5 - 8 Subject: English Department: English Division: Middle School
LEARNING OBJECTIVES SKILLS INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES
EVALUATION
when writing or speaking
● Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, using formal English when appropriate to task and situation
pronoun
● Antecedent agreement, correcting fragments and run-ons, commonly confused words, punctuation, shifts in verb tense, commas in a series, shifts in pronoun usage, vague pronouns, non-restrictive/ parenthetical elements, vary sentence patterns, consistency in style and tone, misplaced modifiers, wordiness and redundancy
● Appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation, highlight salient points, multimedia components, visual displays
Grades: 5 - 8 Subject: English Department: English Division: Middle School
LEARNING OBJECTIVES SKILLS INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES
EVALUATION
GRADE 8 ● Student will compose a
multi-page writing piece that incorporates multiple voices
● Students will independently conduct extended research and produce multiple projects and essays around a student-driven topic
● Students will strengthen their reading skills through application of independent critical reasoning
● Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English
GRADE 8
● Apply the six strands of
writing: organization, word choice, sentence structure, overall development, mechanics
● Summarization, paraphrasing, use of direct quotations, evaluating resources, and recognition of plagiarism
● Annotation, previewing, questioning, prediction, inference, connecting, summarizing, evaluating, figurative language, and elements of literature
GRADE 8 ● Small group discussions
● Teacher led discussions
● Teacher modeled
reading and writing
● Use of mentor texts
● Collaboration via technology
● Use of online applications
● Provide formative assessments
● Cross-curricular opportunities
● Project-based learning
GRADE 8 ● Summative
● Tests
● Quizzes ● Essays
● Projects
● Presentations
● Formative ● Student reflections
● Journaling
● Peer and teacher
conferencing ● Online formative
applications (nearpod, kahoot, WPP, etc.)
Grades: 5 - 8 Subject: English Department: English Division: Middle School
LEARNING OBJECTIVES SKILLS INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES
EVALUATION
grammar and usage when writing or speaking
● Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, using formal English when appropriate to task and situation
● Subject-verb and pronoun antecedent agreement, correcting fragments and run-ons, commonly confused words, punctuation, shifts in verb tense, commas in a series, shifts in pronoun usage, vague pronouns, non-restrictive/parenthetical elements, vary sentence patterns, consistency in style and tone, misplaced modifiers, wordiness and redundancy, shifts in verb voice and mood
● Use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation, clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, add
Grades: 5 - 8 Subject: English Department: English Division: Middle School
LEARNING OBJECTIVES SKILLS INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES
EVALUATION
interest, multimedia components, visual displays