The School District of Beloit literacy curricula are highly rated and aligned to Wisconsin state English Language Arts standards.  Our vision for literacy learning is to build strong reading foundational skills and grade-level understandings for all students through culturally relevant and responsive instructional practices, strategies, and resources to meet each learner's language and literacy needs.  Through rigorous and engaging instruction in the domains of reading, writing, speaking, listening, and thinking, we will develop students' language abilities so that they can analyze, interpret, summarize, and synthesize information from multiple sources and perspectives to make meaning of the complex world around them.  By nurturing strong home, school, and community literacy partnerships, the School District of Beloit’s literacy programs will nurture the joy of reading and a strong, lifelong literacy identity within each learner so that they may excel in their pursuit of college, career, and community opportunities.

• summarize the key ideas of an article about the pros and cons of an issue.
• plan an argument about an issue by writing reasons and evidence that supports a position.
• present a position on the controversy in a debate using evidence from research and contributing ideas clearly and responding to others' ideas.
• write an informative response to a novel.
• explain how internal or external forces cause one character from the novel to grow or change.
• discuss how plot, setting, character, or conflict contribute to one of the novel’s themes.
• explore the positive and negative connotations of the word change, and write an organized paragraph about different types of change.
• closely read and analyze an autobiographical text about how animals can help people, citing text evidence to support analysis and inferences.
• write a multi-paragraph essay explaining how people can improve their lives through observing and interacting with animals.
• gather evidence.
• form questions.
• refocus inquiry.
• evaluate sources.
• sequence reasons and evidence to support a claim.
• transition between talking points and respond to others’ ideas by contributing new support or elaborating.
• demonstrate command of formal English writing and speaking.
• write a letter with a clear claim, supported by compelling reasons, evidence, and commentary.
• use relevant facts, details, quotes, and/or paraphrases, and rhetorical appeals (pathos, logos).