English Language Arts - Grades 6-8

Welcome to the Maine Department of Education’s electronic resource for materials and information supporting ELA instruction in grades 6-8. If you have materials you would like to share or have recently attended a workshop where you found very helpful information, please contact Patsy Dunton at patsy.dunton@maine.gov or 624-6625 to make these important resources available at this site.

Grades 6-8 Supporting Materials for Maine Learning Results For more information regarding the English Language Arts Parameters for Essential Instruction Learning Results document go to http://www.maine.gov/education/lres/ela/index.html

Modes of Writing explains the characteristics of writing as they align to the Maine standards.
What’s the difference between B3 and B4? explains how “argument” and “persuasion” are different.

Maine Educational Assessment For information about MEA Workshop materials, go to http://www.maine.gov/education/mea/workshops/index.html

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English Language Arts - Grades 6-8