MIDDLE SCHOOL ELA/LITERACY

RESEARCH PROJECT

WRITINGREADING

Reading LiteratureReading Informational TextReading Foundational Skills (5th grade only)

ArgumentativeInformative/ExplanatoryNarrativeText-based with citations

Integrate knowledge from sources when composing

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Speaking and Listening Language Vocabulary

READING

Strategies:*Activate prior knowledge *Build background *Establish purpose *Preview text structure*Close Reading *Self-Monitoring*Visualize *Make Connections*Questioning *Reflect*Apply *Summarize*Analyze *Synthesize

Activities: *Read Aloud *Whole-Group *Small Group Reading *Partner Reading *Independent Reading *Readers’ Theater*KWL *Anticipation Guide*Literature Circles *Learning Stations*Think Alouds *Skim & Scan*Student-Posed Questions *Teacher-Posed Questions*Re-reading *Cornell Notes*Annotation/Sticky Notes *Jigsaw *Think-Write-Pair-Share *Teacher Modeling

Strategies:*Activate prior knowledge *Build background *Establish purpose *Preview text structure*Close Reading *Self-Monitoring*Visualize *Make Connections*Questioning *Reflect*Apply *Summarize*Analyze *Synthesize

Activities: *Learning Logs *Experiments*Create News Articles *Create Diary Entries*RAFT *Exit Slips*Self-Evaluations *Peer Evaluations*Student-Posed Questions *Teacher-Posed Questions*Anticipation Guide *Cornell Notes*Annotation/Sticky Notes *Jigsaw *Think-Write-Pair-Share *Double Entry Journal*Diagrams/Maps/Graphs *Teacher Modeling*TEXT-BASED with Citations *Short & Extended Pieces

WRITING

Strategies:*Establish purpose *Self-Monitoring*Make Connections *Questioning*Reflect *Apply*Summarize *Analyze*Synthesize

Activities: *Experiments *Source Reliability*Self-Evaluations *Peer Evaluations*Student-Posed Questions *Teacher-Posed Questions*Cornell Notes *MLA/APA Format*Annotation/Sticky Notes *Double Entry Journal*Diagrams/Maps/Graphs *Print/Digital Sources*Task-Purpose-Audience *Citing from Text

RESEARCH PROJECT

The following critical components are inseparable from Reading, Writing, and Research.

SPEAKING & LISTENING:*Students must have ample opportunities to take part in rich, structured conversations (whole class, small group, partner).*Students must present information and findings using digital media and visual displays adjusting to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks.

LANGUAGE: *Students must have a firm control over conventions of standard English.*Students must understand how language functions in different contexts to make effective choices when reading or listening.

VOCABULARY:*Students must have extensive vocabularies for reading, writing, speaking, and listening to be college and career ready.

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