Welcome to Secondary English Language Arts!

Here, you will find information regarding the standards and proficiency scales used in English courses, graduation requirements for ELA, our Book Evaluation Committee and forms, approved whole-class instruction lists material lists for novels, contact information, and anything else you may need. 

Following are the priority standards that every English course in Davis County works from. For more detailed grade-level information, see the proficiency scales for each grade-level band. 

Proficiency Scales are broad descriptions of a student's general ability level on a specific standard.  Teachers use assignment-specific and assessment-specific grading rubrics to determine a student's level from 0-4, on the proficiency scale.  Through these scales, teachers, parents, and students are assured that the work they do in class helps them to develop important skills at high levels of thinking and mastery so that when they move on to the next level, students are prepared for any challenge. Each band has a unique set of scales built around the DESK Standards that are universal for all grade levels, featuring USBE state standards for that grade. 

DESK Standards for English Language Arts

Davis English 7/8 Proficiency Scales

Davis 9/10 Proficiency Scales

Davis 11/12 Proficiency Scales

ELD/Multilingual Learner Proficiency Scales

Supplemental Standards:

*These state standards are used to supplement the core standards in specific classes. Links are coming for all courses with supplemental standards as they become available through USBE. 

Humanities

Creative Writing

Journalism, Speech, and Debate

Technical Writing

Four units (four years) of English credit are required for graduation. 
Three credits must come from the Foundation Courses and one from the Applied/Advanced Courses.  

Book Evaluation Committee

The primary purpose of the Book Committee is to review books requested by classroom teachers for approval for whole-class instruction at various levels throughout Davis School District.

We currently have four lists:

• 7+ 
• 9+
• 11+
• AP/CE/IB. Books on the AP/CE/IB books are to be used in those classes only. 

Each year we have at least a few open positions on our evaluation committee, which we advertise through schools throughout the district. If you are interested, please feel free to submit an application each year in April/May to be considered. 

• Committee Member Application
• Mission, Norms, and Procedures of the current committee
• Teachers: Submit a book for review

7+ Approved List    9+ Approved List   11+ Approved List   AP/CE/IB Approved List