ELA 8 and English 1 Information

  • 8th-grade students are to complete the Advanced English 8 Summer Reading project if they “have not” received a personal invitation via mail inviting them into the English 1 Cohort.  The criteria below was used to fill the 28 seats for the 22-23 school year.  Please keep in mind the following:

    Advanced English 8 students are still able to pursue admission into Early College programs like at ECG.  I know a lot of families think not having English 1 would count against their children, but it will not.  We have only offered English 1 for 2 years and still have students who go on to competitive high schools who do not have English 1 in 8th grade. 

    If you still want your child to take English 1 before high school, you do have the option of enrolling him or her into an English 1 summer course next summer. Please see the criteria for English 1 placement and the curriculum comparison below.  

     

    What are the BSMS placement considerations for English 1 in 8th grade?

     

    Students must meet the following criteria: 

    A student must score at the 97th percentile or higher on the Grade 7 Reading EOG AND meet at least two of the following:

    • Maintained an "A" average in their Grade 7 Advanced ELA class
    • Score at the 90th percentile or above on the Winter NWEA MAP Reading Assessment
    • Score at the 90th percentile or above on the Spring NWEA MAP Reading Assessment

     

     

    What are the key differences between ELA 8 and English 1?

    ELA 8

    English 1

    · North Carolina English Language Arts Standard Course of Study-Grade 8 standards

    · American Reading Company(ARC) balanced literacy curriculum, resources, and support

    · Four (4) Thematic-based units [An American Drama; American Revolution; Science Fiction; Energy]

    · Weekly unit supplement with companion text, including poetry and short stories

    · Daily Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) and conferencing

    · Summer reading assignment

    · End-of-Grade (EOG) testing

    · Literature Circles

    · Interdisciplinary connections

    · Focus on concepts, big ideas and generalizations

    · Grades 3-8 curriculum articulation

     

     

    · North Carolina English Language Arts Standard Course of Study-Grade band 9-10 standards

    · myPerspectives ELA curriculum, resources, and support

    · Six (6) Thematic-based units [American Voices; Survival; Civil Rights literature; Star-crossed Romances; Journeys of Transformation; World’s End]

    · Exposure of over 30 texts, including Shakespeare, MLK, classic and contemporary text

    · Summer reading assignment

    · No NC Final Exam for English I, beginning 2020-21 (EOG requirement To Be Decided)

    · Text focus on more complex, multi-dimensional characters (RL.9-10.3)

    · Greater emphasis on global literature for varying cultural perspectives (RL.9-10.6)

    · In-depth structural and rhetorical analysis (RI.9-10.5-6)

     

     

    Advanced English language arts Course Sequencing Possibilities

    Grade 8

    Grade 9

    Grade 10

    Grade 11

    Grade 12

    Advanced ELA 8

    Honors English I

    Honors English II

    Honors English III;

    AP Language & Composition;

    IB English III

    Honors English IV;

    AP Literature & Composition;

    IB English IV

    English I

    PreAP English I

    PreAP English II

    AP Language & Composition;

    IB English III

    AP Literature & Composition;

    IB English IV

     

English 1 Assignment

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AP Suggested Reading

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