Elementary Language Arts Program

Kindergarten - Grade Four

CISD offers a balanced literacy program which integrates the teaching of reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Daily classroom activities include direct instruction in basic skills and strategies which ensure that students will become competent readers and writers.

Intermediate And Middle School Language Arts Program

Grades Five - Eight

CISD requires language arts courses for all students in grades five through eight. Instructional emphasis is placed on developing critical reading strategies, composition development with emphasis on language concepts and sentence structure, literary analysis, and research.

Middle School Language Arts Course Comparison Information
 

High School Language Arts Program

CISD students continue to build skills in English in the district's On-Level, Pre-Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement and Gifted and Talented AP English courses. Students are expected to build skills in written composition and critical readings as they prepare for the rigors of college and careers.

 

Required Summer Reading Program For 2011

Because reading is both enriching and pleasurable and provides immeasurable benefit to students, the Carroll Independent School District is requiring students to take time over the summer to read. Click here for details >
 

Resources: 

• Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts
  
• CISD Year-At-A-Glance Documents
  Kindergarten
  1st grade
  2nd grade
  3rd grade
  4th grade
  5th grade
  6th grade
   
• Secondary Language Arts Course Information
  
  7th grade On-Level syllabus
  7th grade GTLA syllabus
  7th grade Pre-AP syllabus
  
  8th grade On-Level syllabus
  8th grade GTLA syllabus
  8th grade Pre-AP syllabus
  
  9th grade On-Level syllabus
  9th grade GTLA syllabus
  9th grade Pre-Ap syllabus
  
  10th grade On-Level syllabus
  10th grade GTLA syllabus
  10th grade Pre-AP syllabus
  
  11th grade On-Level syllabus
  11th grade GTLA syllabus
  11th grade Pre-AP syllabus
  
  12th grade On-Level syllabus
  12th grade GTLA syllabus
  12th grade Pre-AP syllabus
   
• STAAR Assessment Information