Middle School Resources

Explore the resources below to support your Middle School student’s academic growth and independent reading—from research databases and digital tools to curated book lists that encourage a lifelong love of learning.

Destiny Discover

Using Destiny Discover Collections

How-to: Destiny Discover App

Other Resources

360 Video Streaming Readers

NoodleTools - Student Portal

Middle School Research

General Research & Encyclopedias

History & Social Studies

ProQuest Culturegrams	ABC Maps Online	Infobase (American History)
Infobase (African-American History)	Infobase (American Indian History)	Infobase (Modern World History)
World Geography & Culture Online	Infobase (Ancient & Medieval History)	World Book Timelines
The New York Times Upfront (Scholastic)	Explore History Reference Source	ProQuest Historical Newspapers

Science

English Literature & Language Arts

Spanish

Faculty Resources

Grade-Level Resources

Hover over your grade level to choose your research topic and explore curated resources designed to support your projects, papers, and independent learning.

5th Grade

Mars Research

Nonfiction Books

6th Grade

Ancient Egypt Research

Natural Disasters

7th Grade

Ancient Greece Research

Wax Museum

8th Grade

Washington D.C. Research

Civil Rights

Conflicting Historical Intersections

Citing Sources in a Work Cited List

Sample Works Cited Page from Purdue Owl, Purdue Universit y. This is a sample Works Cited Page down in MLA Style, version 9 (2021).
How to Cite Books in MLA version 9 Details on how to cite a book using MLA Style version 9 (2021) from Purdue Owl. See index to other source type citation, in the left-hand column.

Writing Standards

5th Grade

First Semester

Second Semester

CAPITALIZATION

Beginning of a sentence
The word “I”
Proper nouns
Titles
First word in a quotation

CAPITALIZATION

Beginning of a sentence
The word “I”
Proper nouns
Titles
First word in a quotation

PUNCTUATION

End of every sentence
Commas in a series
Commas in a day, month, year
Possessives

PUNCTUATION

End of every sentence
Commas in a series
Commas in a day, month, year
Possessives

Commas in a compound sentence with FANBOYS
Commas in a direct address
Commas in introductory elements
Comma between two adjectives

SPELLING

Spelling contractions that replace not
Common homophones:
- to, too, two
- there, their, they're
- your, you're
- its, it's

SPELLING

Spelling contractions that replace not
Common homophones:
- to, too, two
- there, their, they're
- your, you're
- its, it's
- Plural nouns

Grading Guidelines
	Assignments	Test & Quizzes
For Language Arts Classes	-1 for each error up to 8 points	-1/2 per error up to 5 points
For All Other Classes	-1/2 for each error up to 5 points	-1/2 per error up to 2 points

*Please note: All papers submitted to teachers should use the same format. Refer to the standard document guidelines for more details.

6th Grade

First Semester & Third Quater

Fourth Quater

CAPITALIZATION

Beginning of a sentence
The word “I”
Proper nouns
Titles in papers, of books, magazines
First word in a quotation

CAPITALIZATION

Beginning of a sentence
The word “I”
Proper nouns
Titles in papers, of books, magazines
First word in a quotation

PUNCTUATION

End of every sentence
Commas in a series
Commas in day, month, year within a sentence
Comma in a compound sentence with a FANBOYS
Comma in direct address
Comma between two adjectives before a noun

PUNCTUATION

End of every sentence
Commas in a series
Commas in a day, month, year within a sentence
Commas in a compound sentence with FANBOYS

Comma in direct address
Comma between two adjectives before a noun
Commas with interrupters, transitions
Comma after introductory words

SPELLING

Spelling contractions that replace not
Plural nouns
Common homophones:
- to, too, two
- there, their, they're
- your, you're
- its, it's

SPELLING

Spelling contractions that replace not
Plural nouns
Common homophones:
- to, too, two
- there, their, they're
- your, you're
- its, it's
- Plural nouns

GRAMMAR

Subject/verb agreement
Consistent verb tense

GRAMMAR

Subject/verb agreement
Consistent verb tense

Grading Guidelines
	Assignments	Test & Quizzes
For Language Arts Classes	-1 for each error up to 8 points	-1/2 per error up to 5 points
For All Other Classes	-1/2 for each error up to 5 points	-1/2 per error up to 2 points

*Please note: All papers submitted to teachers should use the same format. Refer to the standard document guidelines for more details.

7th Grade

CAPITALIZATION

Beginning of a sentence
The word “I”
Proper nouns and adjectives
Titles in papers, books, magazines, etc.
First word in a quotation
Languages, races, nationalities, religions

PUNCTUATION

End of every sentence
Commas in a series
Commas in day, month, year within a sentence
Comma in a compound sentence with a FANBOY
Comma between two adjectives before a noun

Comma in direct address, with interrupters, transitions
Comma after introductory words
Ellipses
Semicolon in a compound sentence
Titles in papers, books, magazines, etc.

SPELLING

Common contractions that replace not
Plural nouns vs. possessives
Common homophones:
- to, two, to0
- there, their, they’re
- you’re, your
- its, it’s
- Were, where
- Loose, lose
- A lot, allot
- Could/would have (not of)
- Past tense of regular verbs
- Plurals: drop “y” add “ies”
Words that have been studied

GRAMMAR

Subject/verb agreement
Consistent verb tense
Pronoun agreement

Grading Guidelines
	Assignments	Test & Quizzes
For Language Arts Classes	-2 for each error up to 8 points	-1 per error up to 6 points
For All Other Classes	-1 for each error up to 5 points	-1 per error up to 4 points

*Please note: All papers submitted to teachers should use the same format. Refer to the standard document guidelines for more details.

8th Grade

CAPITALIZATION

Beginning of a sentence
The word “I”
Interrupted dialogue
Proper nouns and adjectives
Titles of books, magazines, shows, etc.
First word in a quotation
Languages, nationalities, races, religions

PUNCTUATION

End of every sentence
Commas in a series
Commas in day, month, year within a sentence
Comma in a compound sentence with a FANBOY
Comma between two adjectives before a noun

Commas in direct address, with interrupters, transitions
Comma after introductory words-long phrase or clause
Ellipses, semicolon, colon usage
Titles of books, magazines, shows, etc.

SPELLING

Common contractions that replace not
Plural nouns vs. possessives
Common homophones:
- to, two, to0
- there, their, they’re
- you’re, your
- its, it’s
- Were, where
- Loose, lose
- A lot, allot
- Could/would have (not of)
- Past tense of regular verbs
- Plurals: drop “y” add “ies”
Words that have been studied or that are included in a word bank

GRAMMAR

Agreement of subject/verb and pronouns
Verb tense consistency and variety
Sentence structure variety, complexity

Grading Guidelines
	Assignments	Test & Quizzes
For Language Arts Classes	-2 for each error up to 8 points	-1 per error up to 6 points
For All Other Classes	-1 for each error up to 6 points	-1 per error up to 4 points

*Please note: All papers submitted to teachers should use the same format. Refer to the standard document guidelines for more details.

World Book Kids	Brittanica (Middle School)	Pebble Go/Pebble Go, Next
Brain Pop, Jr.	Kids InfoBits	Gale Academic OneFile
Gale in Context (Middle School)	Facts4Me	The World Almanac for Kids
ProQuest	World Book Student

Learn 360 Infobase	Infobase (Science)	Mystery Science
Infobase (Health Reference Center)

World Book (en Español)	Pebble Go (Spanish)	EBSCOhost
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