English Language Arts
Curriculum Leader:

South Tahoe Middle School
Language Arts Department

Thank you for visiting, and welcome! The California English Language Arts Standards are the guiding force for our curriculum as we pursue excellence in literacy.

Please feel free to visit the link to the standards. However, they are quite voluminous and exhaustive. If you prefer the short version, keep reading.

In addition to regular school reading (as measured by number of books or pages read, or minutes of daily reading), we expect students to read a good representation of narrative text appropriate for grade level.

  • We expect students to read for enjoyment, information, understanding, and for critical analysis and evaluation.

  • We expect students to write clear, coherent, focused essays that demonstrate an awareness of audience and purpose.

  • We expect students to write and speak with a command of standard English conventions that are appropriate to their grade level.

  • We expect students to deliver focused, coherent presentations that convey ideas clearly and relate to the background and interests of the audience.


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2940 Lake Tahoe Blvd.
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150