English Language Arts
Grades 3 - 8 Adopted by the Westbrook Board of Education on December 12, 2023.
The K-2 ELA revision officially began in the winter of 2024. Please see the individual disclaimers below for more information.
The English Language Arts program prepares Westbrook Public School students with the ability to communicate their thoughts and ideas effectively. Like other core subjects, it is an essential skill for success in life and work.
K-5 English Language Arts
Disclaimer: The Connecticut State Department of Education provided Westbrook Public Schools with an extension to complete the K - 2 ELA curriculum rewrite. Thereafter, a backwards design model was agreed upon by the curriculum team and grades three, four, and five were written in the fall of 2023, with third, fourth, and fifth grades completing their revisions on August 25, 2024 and . All of that work is actively influencing and aiding in the vertical articulation of this project, as first and second grade (CKLA Skills and Knowledge) were completed on June 8, 2024 and July 22, 2024, respectively. The final document for kindergarten aims to be completed soon. If you have any questions about this work, please contact the Director of Teaching and Learning at asaba@westbrookctschools.org. Thank you!
Kindergarten: Coming Soon!
6-8 English Language Arts
Disclaimer: All middle school ELA curricula, for grades six through eight, were completed in its entirety on August 25, 2023, and grades seven and eight were revised on August 23, 2024. If you have any questions about this work, please contact the Director of Teaching and Learning at asaba@westbrookctschools.org. Thank you!
WMS Elective Writing Course Disclaimer: The Elective Writing course provides each student with a composition notebook, in preparation for them learning about the twelve rules of grammar. As an elective course, no homework will be assigned, unless a student is absent and/or not doing work in class. Below you will find curriculum maps that contains all lessons of WMS' Elective Writing Course for each grade, a project that was completed on August 11, 2023.
Grades 5 and 6 WMS Elective Writing Course Curriculum Map
Grade 7 WMS Elective Writing Course Curriculum Map
Grade 8 WMS Elective Writing Course Curriculum Map
WMS Discovery Project Disclaimer: WMS' Portrait of a Graduate Subcommittee created a goal during the 2022 - 2023 school year to prepare all WMS students to complete a Discovery Project while working through the six Westbrook Portrait of a Graduate attributes. Each Wednesday session of the Discovery Project is designed around an objective, task, and exit slip in which the lesson is focused on one POG attribute that best fits the objective. The Discovery Project documents are always translated into Portuguese and Spanish and then shared with staff with the other supporting documents. Below you will find a curriculum map that contains all lessons of WMS' Discovery Project, which was completed on July 25th, 2023.
High School English
Disclaimer: All high school ELA curricula, for grades nine through twelve, were completed in its entirety in 2018, with revisions and additions occurring thereafter. Most recently, in August of 2024, the ELA SAT Prep curriculum map was written. If you have any questions about the high school's content, please contact the Director of Teaching and Learning at asaba@westbrookctschools.org. Thank you!
Grade 9
Grade 9 Introduction to Literature
Grade 10
Grade 11
Grade 12
Advanced Placement Courses
AP English Language and Composition Syllabus
AP English Literature and Composition Syllabus
Electives
