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District committee reviews revised seventh- and eighth-grade English language arts curricula
Summary
Keeley McGehan, the district’s English language arts program supervisor, presented revised seventh- and eighth-grade ELA curriculum documents to the committee that organize instruction around integrated "collections" of reading, writing, speaking/listening and grammar.
Keeley McGehan, the district’s English language arts program supervisor, presented revised seventh- and eighth-grade ELA curriculum documents at the Carlisle Area School District committee meeting, describing the materials as organized “around collections” that integrate the four key strands: reading, writing, speaking and listening, and grammar and usage.
McGehan said the documents were designed to make it clear what students will read and write in each collection and to align grammar instruction with writing through guiding LEQs (learning essential questions). “These curriculum documents ... are organized, as you can see, around collections,” she said, adding that each…
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