Middle School Curriculum

In middle school English Language Arts, students analyze a variety of literature and nonfiction selections to practice a variety of techniques for reading, comprehending, and making sense of unfamiliar texts.  Each course is organized into four modules, one for each quarter of the academic year.  Though teachers share a common philosophy, guided by districtwide PreK-12 Transfer goals, the curriculum is designed ot provide teachers and students the opportunity to pursue scholarly research with an emphasis on credible evidence. 

Literacy Vision: All WCPS students have the right to be successful and confident readers and writers. Instruction, grounded in systematic, explicit foundational skills and complex texts, promotes thinking and builds knowledge so students communicate their ideas in the classroom and beyond.

 

• Transfer Goal 1: Evaluate Diverse perspectives constructively, critically, and respectfully. 
   
• Transfer Goal 2: Read, comprehend, and analyze increasingly complex texts and media produced for various audiences and purposes. 
   
• Transfer Goal 3: Engage in research and inquiry to analyze, integrate and present information, to investigate claims and solve problems.
   
• Transfer Goal 4: Produce effective writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate for various audiences and purposes. 
   
• Transfer Goal 5: Challenge, defend and/or qualify ideas effectively for various audiences and purposes through writing and discussion. 
   

Maryland College and Career Ready Standards

• Grades 6-8 Standards

Maryland College and Career Ready Vertical Progressions

• Vertical Progressions for Foundational Skills
• Vertical Progressions for Language
• Vertical Progressions for Reading Informational Text
• Vertical Progressions for Reading Literature
• Vertical Progressions for Speaking and Listening
• Vertical Progressions for Writing

Maryland College and Career Ready Frameworks Documents

• Grades 6-8 Reading Literature Framework
• Grades 6-8 Reading Informational Text Framework
• Grades 6-8 Writing Framework
• Grades 6-8 Speaking and Listening Framework
• Grades 6-8 Language Framework