The resources provided here are meant to assist secondary (6th-12th) ELA educators and parents in providing the best instruction for all Arizona students.
The Arizona English Language Arts Standards define the knowledge, understanding, and skills that need to be effectively taught and learned for all students to be ready to succeed in credit-bearing, college-entry courses, in the workplace, and/or in military service. The standards present a vision of what it means to be a literate person in the twenty-first century.
Grade-specific K-12 standards in Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language translate the broad aims of The Arizona English Language Arts Anchor Standards into age- and attainment-appropriate terms. These standards allow for an integrated approach to literacy to help guide instruction.
You can access the Grade 6-12 ELA Standards, as well as the Vertical Articulation of Standards, Glossary, and other guidance materials on the Standards: English Language Arts webpage.
Educators have a unique opportunity to provide a diverse selection of texts in their classrooms. There is a world of diverse texts available that provide multiple viewpoints of the world and allow for wider representation. Each of the books in the chart provided here feature protagonists and characters that are a part of underrepresented groups. There are also non-fiction texts that represent diverse voices and perspectives. Additionally, there are resources to help educators diversify their curriculum.
Guidance Document: Diverse Texts in the Secondary ELA Classroom Guidance
Related PD Opportunities:
Secondary Reading Fundamentals - Diverse Texts in the Secondary ELA Classroom - Earn 3 PD credits and learn about how to shake up your curriculum through this asynchronous ondemand course. Learn more and sign up!
"Diverse Texts - Creating a More Inclusive Curriculum" Webinar - Thank you to everyone who joined me in Spring and Summer 2021 as we talked about diverse texts and how to implement them in our classrooms. Check out the Padlet for ideas and resources! Please also check out the recording of the "Diverse Texts: Creating a More Inclusive Curriculum" session at the 2021 Virtual Teachers' Institute and Leading Change Conference.
(Other Archived PD related to Diverse Texts listed below in Professional Learning section)
Other Resources:
ADE's Equity Framework - The Arizona Department of Education is committed to ensuring that all Arizona students are provided the opportunity to succeed and reach their full academic potential. The department is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion in its policies, procedures, practices, and programs. ADE Equity Framework
ADE's Office of Indian Education - The Office of Indian Education has compiled resources to help Native American teachers, students, and families, as well as educators and those serving Indigenous students.
ADE Social Studies Resources - Our Social Studies team has provided resources for teaching history from a variety of perspectives.
Read Across America - Celebrate all year long! Create and celebrate a nation of diverse readers. This site has a ton of great diverse book recommendations for all ages NEA Read Across America
ADE Assessment - Educator resources for the new Arizona state assessments. [AASA (3rd-8th), ACT Aspire (9th), ACT (11th)]
Achieve the Core - Text Complexity Toolkit
All About Adolescent Literacy - AdLit.org is a national multimedia project offering information and resources to the parents and educators of struggling adolescent readers and writers.
AdLit Classroom Strategies - Before, During, and After Reading
CEEDAR - Disciplinary Literacy Course Enhancement Module
GELN - Essential Instructional Practices for Disciplinary Literacy in the Secondary Classroom
IES Practice Guides - Institute of Education Sciences has provided a set of recommendations for evidence-based best practices to address challenges in classrooms and schools that serve the secondary grades.
Keys to Literacy Adolescent Literacy Resources - Joan Sedita of Keys to Literacy provides resources focused on adolescent literacy. Adolescent literacy encompasses the skills that must be taught to all students so they can meet increasingly challenging reading and writing demands as they move through the upper grades, as well as what needs to be done for those students who fall behind who may need intervention instruction in foundational literacy skills.
NCTE Bookstore, Adventurous Thinking: Fostering Students’ Rights to Read and Write in Secondary ELA
NCTE Students’ Right to Read – Plethora of resources for engaging students’ in literature.
ReadWriteThink – Powered by NCTE. ReadWriteThink is a teaching and learning community for English Language Arts teachers from K-12th grade with resources providing free access to the highest quality standards-based practices, lesson plans, videos, activities, and apps.
WestEd Publications, Reading for Understanding: How Reading Apprenticeship Improves Disciplinary Learning in Secondary and College Classrooms
WestEd Reading Apprenticeship - What if instead of teaching around the text, lecturing, or summarizing for students, teachers engaged students in actually grappling with text - reading and talking about what it means and how they figured it out? WestEd has provided resources and materials to teach reading in a metacognitive way.
Writing Contests
JFK Profile in Courage Essay Contest - The Profile in Courage Essay Contest opens for submissions in the Fall of each year.
National Novel Writing Month Young Writers’ Program – National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) takes place in November. The Young Writers’ Program supports under-18 writers and K-12 educators as they participate in the November event, and take part in smaller writing challenges year-round.
Pulitzer Center - Local Letters for Global Change: A Pulitzer Center Writing Contest, deadline is November 13, 2021
Grammar Resources
Heinemann Publishing, The Grammar Planbook
NCTE Bookstore, Grammar to Get Things Done: A Practical Guide for Teachers Anchored in Real-World Usage
Stenhouse Publishers, Revision Decisions: Talking Through Sentences and Beyond
Stenhouse Publishers, Everyday Editing: Inviting Students to Develop Skill and Craft in Writer’s Workshop
Writing
Keys to Literacy, Keys to Content Writing Resources
IES Guide, Teaching Secondary Students to Write Effectively
Read WriteThink Parent/AfterSchool Resources for Secondary Grades
Scholastic, “17 Ways to Keep Your Middle Schooler Turning Pages” - As your kids get older, they may put reading on the back burner. Learn the best ways to keep them turning the pages with these helpful tips.
High School Graduation - Information and Requirements
PostSecondary Resources - Resources and Events
OELAS Guidance - High School Credit for Integrated and Targeted ELD (August 2022) | Townhall Presentation 8.17.22 | OELAS Homepage
Secondary ELA Quarterly Office Hours
Secondary ELA Quarterly Office Hours is a virtual opportunity to collaborate, share, and learn about secondary reading and literacy information from the AZ Department of Education with secondary ELA literacy educators and leaders from around the state. Register for September 27th!
Past Meetings:
Secondary ELA Webinars on ADE EMS
Earn PD credit and collaborate with other secondary ELA teachers! A variety of topics including: reading comprehension, writing, diverse texts, secondary MTSS, collaboration with Social Studies, and more!
ELA and Social Studies Collaboration
These professional learning webinars are offered in collaboration with our ADE Social Studies team:
ALL ELA Professional Learning Opportunities
Current PD from the whole ELA Team:
EMS Support:
For questions regarding registration, certificates, accessing courses, etc. please refer to our: EMS Participant Guide
Sign up for ELA Listserv:
To stay on top of the latest Arizona ELA news, join our listserv!
Disciplinary Literacy Inquiry & Instruction
by Jacy Ippolito, Christina L. Dobbs, and Megin Charner-Laird
According to Joan Sedita, research shows that extended time for literacy, which can take place across language arts and content-area classes, improves adolescent literacy achievement in middle and high schools. This text explores the idea that disciplinary literacy doesn't ask all teachers to be general reading teachers; it asks all educators to empower students to adopt and eventually adapt the language, genres, and modalities prized by each discipline -- to give students the tools to take on professional identities. By combining the RAND model for reading comprehension with collaborative cycles of inquiry, Ippolito, Dobbs, and Charner-Laird connect effective professional learning to shifts in classroom practice. The resulting framework supports teachers and leaders in designing the disciplinary literacy teaching and learning experiences that students need to succeed within and beyond school. This book provides research-based frameworks, guiding questions and examples, and lots of stories from teachers who have already walked the path of Disciplinary Literacy Inquiry and Instruction -- it's for educators who want to take ownership of their own learning alongside like-minded colleagues, and raise the achievement of all their students.
To order: http://dev.learningsciences.com/disciplinary-literacy-inquiry-and-instruction
Book Study Details:
Types of Writing Standards - Grades 6-12 Professional Learning Webinars
All materials from the webinars have been archived here:
Thank you to all who joined in the Secondary ELA Summer of Writing Professional Learning Series!
All materials from the Summer Series have been archived here:
Reading Apprenticeship from WestEd - Arizona SEED Grant
Reading Apprenticeship is an evidence-based professional learning experience focused on disciplinary literacy. Educators are engaged in a process to discover the tools and perspective to “apprentice” their students in any subject area, including secondary ELA and other subjects. This assets-based approach helps teachers develop students’ comprehension skills while also building subject-area knowledge, reader-identity, collaboration, and persistence. As part of a federal SEED grant, WestEd will be offering the opportunity for Arizona teachers to participate in a summer Reading Apprenticeship essentials course with little to no cost.
Informational Webinars: Informational webinars were presented in Spring 2021 and Spring 2022. You can access the slides from the webinar here.
Contact Information to register for the course: Access this flyer for more information on Reading Apprenticeship and to contact Dr. Daryl Michel for more questions about setting up the course for yourself, your school, or your district.
Book Study: Access the materials from the Spring 2022 Professional Learning Book Study on the Reading Apprenticeship core text.
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