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English Language Arts

Department

Staff 

Jennifer Barnes-Rizzo

Melissa Cahill

Kimberly Ciercielli

Audrey Davie

Cristina Keesser

Sarah Satkowski

Faith Vanderzee

Course Placement

Pearl R. Miller Middle School offers an accelerated ELA class for eligible 8th grade students. Teachers and administrators collect student performance data and calculate placement scores based on multiple measures to determine course placement. 

Final Placement Score Calculation

Measure

Average of

Quarter 1, 2, 3 Grades

Most Recent Total IXL Diagnostic Score

Average of Quarter Twos Reading and Writing Benchmark Assessments

Teacher Recommendation Rubric Score

Weight

50%

15%

15%

20%

 

 

 

Summer Assignments

 

Please click the links below to access the current PRM Summer Reading Assignments from the ELA Department.  

ILA 6 ILA 6 R ILA 7  ILA 7 R ILA 8 ILA 8 R ILA 8 Advanced