• National Council Teachers Of English  (NCTE)

• Michigan Association of Middle School Educators (MAMSE)

• National Middle School Association

State Resources

• English Language Arts Grade Level Content Expectations (GLCE)

• Michigan Merit Curriculum English Language Arts

• English Language Arts High School Content Expectations (HSCE)

Helpful Websites

• ACT EssayView View actual student essays from the MME and see how they were scored

• Creating a Citation Citation Machine

• Citation creator Easy Bib

• MagPortal  Magazine Articles

• Michigan eLibrary Great sources of journal articles

• Paragraph Punch: An Interactive Online Paragraph Writing Tutorial

• ReadWriteThink - Grades 6-8 Lesson plans for a wide variety of topics and genre

• Rubric, Rubrics, Teacher Rubric Makers

• Rubistar Rubric maker

• Documenting sources for research How-to

• The Literature Network Lesson plans

• The Lesson Plans Page

• Six Traits Writing Explanations and lessons for all of the six traits

• American Folklore: Famous American folktales, tall tales, myths and legends, ghost stories, and more.

• 8th Grade Curriculum Links

• MMS Books Sets for Classroom Use