Secondary English Language Arts
Secondary English Language Arts
Welcome to the English Language Arts Curriculum for Secondary Teachers!
This site is for Boise School District Secondary English Language Arts teachers. Here you will find performance tasks, unit overviews, learning intentions, success criteria, recommended scope and sequence, and other resources to guide student learning.
Please click on the tabs to the right to access grade-level curriculum and other resources.
- AMIRA – IRI: Amira is the platform for the State IRI
- BSD Literacy MTSS Flowchart for K-12
- BSD Literacy Video PD Library
- District Assessment Calendar
- District Reading Specialist School Assignments
- ELA and Literacy Material Request Form
- Morpheme Magic Training
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Linked below is the recording from Dr. Deb Glaser's August 11th training on Morpheme Magic. Dr. Glaser has permitted us to post this training; however, all rights to the video belong to Dr. Glaser. The video cannot be duplicated, shared outside of our district, and/or repurposed for any personal and/or outside professional use. Link to the training
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- Protected Literature Lists: Grade 3-12
- A title must be on this list to be taught in a full class.
- Literature Circles and Book Clubs
- When students and families are offered a choice in their reading selection(s), Teachers may curate a literature circle or book club containing titles not found on the BSD Protected Literature List.
- Teachers: Please also ensure that you are not teaching titles that appear in a later grade!
- STAR Reading
- Valley Visions
If you need any additional assistance, please reach out to English Language Arts Supervisor Faith Reader – faith.reader@boiseschools.org or 208-854-4100
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ELA Scales: First Drafts for 2025-26
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PreAP English 9: Scope and Sequence
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Updated to Identify SDE Essential Standards, August 2024
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ELA Scales: First Drafts for 2025-26
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PreAP English 10: Scope and Sequence
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Updated to Identify SDE Essential Standards, August 2024
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ELA Scales: First Drafts for 2025-26
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English 11: Scope and Sequence
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Updated to Identify SDE Essential Standards, August 2024
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ELA Scales: First Drafts for 2025-26
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English 12: Scope and Sequence
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Updated to Identify SDE Essential Standards, August 2024
*As we work towards performance scales at each grade level, this will be one of our guiding documents.
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Core integrated literacy instruction should include the following:
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Whole-Group Lessons for ALL students based on the grade-level standards, ideally integrating Science and Social Studies.
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Small Group Extensions to reteach, practice, and/or extend learning of the core lesson. Students can be grouped by ability and need.
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Groups are formed based on students' needs related to core standards. Activities can include rereading decodable texts, using leveled readers, reading trade books, rereading articles/book passages to cover key vocabulary terms, and using parallel texts with similar topics/themes.
Tier Time:
Tier Time is a time to work with students based on the Universal Screener (Istation). Assessment data will identify the lowest level of literacy need for each student. Strategies can include intense focused intervention, online (Imagine Learning), pullout, or small groups (no more than 5 students). These interventions should be the same for 4-6 weeks. See below for intervention resources.
NOTE: K-3 teachers: The Wonders curriculum has much of what we need to provide effective reading instruction. The suggestions listed below are ways we can strengthen our teaching of Wonders through instructional techniques and extended practice routines known to improve students' reading skills during Tier Time.
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