ELA
English Language Arts: Grades 9-12
Through units of study, Troy ELA students will be widely and explicitly immersed in books to support growth in academic language and concepts, along with support in growing social-emotional skills, empathy, community, critical lenses, growth-mindset, and more. (TCRWP, In Defense of Balanced Literacy, January 2020)
Responsive Classroom
- Regular feedback from teacher and peers
- Decisions guided by formative information
- Students become agents for their learning
- Methods enable students to discover
- Consistent routines for instruction
- Daily modeling of desired strategies
- Strategy-based instruction
- Understand reading and writing progressions
Authentic Literacy
- Student choice of topic (writing), text (reading)
- Write and read for real purposes
- Write and read for real audiences
- Progress celebrated regularly
- Opportunities to be innovative
- Process valued over product
- Protected time for reading and writing