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Mission Statement
The mission of the
Language Arts Department at West Miami
Middle Community School is committed to
promoting and enhancing quality
instruction in reading and writing. We
believe that writing is not just an
option for young people, it is a
necessity. Students in every grade level
apply similar language skills and
concepts as they approach increasingly
complex texts.
Students will
experience instruction in reading
comprehension, writing, listening and
speaking on daily basis. Students read
and write, view and discuss, interpret
and perform in order to deepen
understanding and, communicate meaning,
and apply learning to other content
areas.
We hope to encourage
all students at every grade level to
develop an appreciation for literature
and to achieve success as literacy
leaders in the future.
Our department’s
focus is on the “11 Elements of
Effective Adolescent Writing
Instruction”:
• Writing Strategies
• Summarization
• Collaborative Writing
• Specific Product Goals
• Word Processing
• Sentence combining
• Prewriting
• Inquiry Activities
• Process Writing Approach
• Study Models
• Writing for Content Learning
The underlying
principals of our mission are derived
from our professional standards as
defined by the International Reading
Association, the NCTE Standards of
English Language Arts, the Writing Next
initiative, and the Language Arts
Framework.
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