English Language Arts-Secondary

GSD ELA educators facilitate opportunities for students to:

Communicate effectively by participating in civic dialogue, collaboration, and other mediums.
Read to learn, comprehend, and use increasingly complex texts for multiple purposes.
Write proficiently and strategically, while using language effectively in a variety of mediums.

Discover the core concepts and standards taught each quarter with the curriculum maps below:

View the 2023 Utah ELA Core standards.

USBE PK – 12 Utah Core ELA Standards (PDF)

Looking for more Secondary ELA Resources? For GSD Educators, click the link to be taken to our Google Site (you will need to be logged in with your @graniteschools.org account to access it):

GSD Secondary ELA Resources (Google Site)

Approved Novels

Explore the lists of books approved for use in the classroom

To use the Google Sheets this is housed in, locate the grade band on the separate sheets on the bottom of the sheet to find a specific title.

GSD Novels List – 3-12 (Google Spreadsheet)

Nominate a text for instructional use below:

Teacher Novel Nomination Form (Google Form)

This form is now accepting nominations for the 2025-26 School Year. (Only school personnel can access this form and must use their graniteschools.org account to access the Google Form.)

APPEALS INFORMATION

The following appeals form is for a teacher/parent of a current GSD student requesting:

A novel be removed from instructional use from the district approved list (there is a different process for removal of texts from library, please see Ed Tech’s page for that information).
A review of a previously nominated but not adopted novel.
A change in approved grade level.
A change in a novel’s annotation.

2025-26 Appeal Form for GSD Approved Novels (Google Form)

– This form is accepting appeals for the 2025-2026 school year.

For parents, stakeholders, and community members: if you are interested in understanding the detailed process of novels/text approval for instructional use or the appeals process, please see the Administrative Memorandum 57 linked below. If you have further questions, please feel free to reach out to your child’s teacher, local administrator, or board member. Additionally, please see the updated infographic below on HB 29 & Sensitive Materials.

School Board Memo 57 on Novels (PDF)

Access the District Adopted GSD Secondary English textbook for grades 6-8 via

Clever & the Granite portal.

Students are able to sign in with their regular login via Clever or through
Canvas/Google Classroom integration.

Parents and Stakeholders can preview features of this curricular resource here: HMH Into Literature 6-8

Additional Literacy Resources

Additional pages with resources for 6-12 families and students.