English Language Arts & Reading

The primary goal of Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD’s Secondary English Language Arts and Reading courses is for all students to graduate as confident, analytical readers, proficient, reflective writers, effective communicators, and discerning consumers of visual media.

Secondary literacy instruction is grounded in the RLA RBIS (Research-Based Instructional Strategies) Framework:  

• the systematic and explicit teaching of foundational skills 
• knowledge-building instruction 
• Tier-1, TEKS-aligned instruction and practice centered on grade-level or above, complex texts 
• oral and written responses to text 

Students read and respond to increasingly complex texts across a variety of literary, informational, and argumentative genres. Daily academic discussions and collaboration with peers deepens students’ understanding of themselves, the community, and the world around them. Engaging in the writing process, students write for specific purposes and audiences, emphasizing clarity, diction, coherence, organization, and adherence to conventions. 

  

Curriculum Coordinator

Cathey Wohl, Coordinator for Secondary English Language Arts and Reading and World Languages

Instructional Materials

Middle School ELAR – McGraw-Hill Studysync

High School English—HMH Into Literature