Language Arts

Language Arts Department Members

DEPARTMENT MISSION/VISION STATEMENT

Our mission is to help students become lifelong, independent, and interdependent learners who can use language to communicate, to stimulate, and to construct meaning. Students will develop reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills in order to communicate effectively for a variety of purposes.

6th Grade Curriculum

The 6th grade curriculum lays a foundation of written and oral language skills through expository writing, poetry, and the study of a novel.

7th Grade Curriculum

The 7th grade curriculum focuses on continuing to build the skills of written and oral expression while transitioning from narrative writing to expository writing through the study of a variety fictional/ non-fictional literary pieces and the writing process.

8th Grade Curriculum

The 8th grade curriculum extends the study of the writing process, the novel, essay construction, public speaking, poetry and drama.