Polk County Public Schools, Staff

6-12 Language Arts

Welcome

"Every job is a self portrait of those who did it. Autograph your work with Quality."

Click here for district language arts contact information.

2008 Polk County Summer Institute

Catch the Summer Rays of Learning!

• View the Course Descriptions here
• View the Schedule here
• Register for the Summer Institute
• Directions for Ridge Community Senior
• Directions to Jim Miles Professional Development Center

Curriculum Support

Polk County Curriculum Maps

• Middle School Language Arts
• High School Language Arts

Curriculum Resources

• Start an Anti-Boredom Campaign with the use of technology!
• LFS Toolbox, New Member Sign-Up Screenshots
• Curriculum Map Lesson Plan Template
• Language Arts Feedback Form
• Curriculum Map Vertical Alignment Overview, grades 6-12
• Sunshine State Standards

Polk County Approved Reading

• Middle School Approved Instructional Reading List
• High School Approved Instructional Reading List
• Advanced Placement (AP) Approved Instructional Reading List
• Request for Changes to Approved Instructional Reading Lists, Word
• Request for Changes to Approved Instructional Reading Lists, PDF
• Reading, Books & Research Resources

Information for Middle and High

General Information

• Secondary School Language Arts Personnel Record, Word
• Secondary School Language Arts Personnel Record, PDF

Contests

• FCTE 2008 Guidelines for Student Writing Contest and Entry Form
• PCCTE Poetry Contest
  • See documents in PCCTE section below
• Young Writers Contest
  • See documents in Middle School section below

Events

• Lakeland Center's A Tribute to Hemingway theater production
• Language Arts Special Events Timeline

Florida Council of Teachers of English (FCTE)

About FCTE

• View the brochure here.

Student Writing Contest

• FCTE 2008 Guidelines for Student Writing Contest and Entry Form

Polk County Council Teachers of English (PCCTE)

Membership

Membership Application

Poetry Contest

• 2007 - 2008 Poetry Procedures and Guidelines
• Student Entry Sheet
• Code Sheet

Newsletters

• Volume 1
  • Issue 1
  • Issue 2
  • Issue 3
  • Issue 4
  • Issue 5
  • Issue 6
• Volume 2
  • Issue 1
  • Issue 2
  • Issue 3
  • Issue 4

Schedules

• Florida Statewide Assessment Program: 2007-2008 Schedule
• Florida Statewide Assessment Program: 2008-2009 Schedule

Testing

• Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test FCAT Writing+

Workshops

National Writing Project

• A Time for Writing Spring Conference
• Invitational Summer Institute (ISI) Letter
• Invitational Summer Institute Application

Middle School

Young Writers Contest

Grades: Six, Seven, and Eight
Prizes: Cash for first, second, and third place
Deadline: Story entries must be submitted by Thursday, April 17, 2008, via the school courier system or the postal system to Deb Gornoski, Bartow Middle School, 550 E. Clower St., Bartow, FL 33830.

• Letter from the Contest Director
• Contest Cover Sheet
• Contest Information
• Contest Rubric
• Sample Title Sheet
• The Prompt

Spelling Bee

• Oral Spelling Bee (Grades 6-8)
  March 27, 2008 1:00PM
  George Jenkins High School
• Spelling Bee Study Guides
  • Beginning Words
  • Intermediate Words
  • Advanced Words

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