English Language Arts Georgia Standards of Excellence 

The Georgia Standards of Excellence require that students gain, evaluate, and present increasingly complex information, ideas and evidence through listening and speaking as well as through media. The standards recognize that students must be able to use formal English in their writing and speaking but that they must also be able to make informed, skillful choices among the many ways to express themselves through language. It is important to note the impact of the standards on classroom instruction: building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction; reading, writing and speaking grounded in evidence from the text, both literary and informational; and regular practice with complex text and its academic language. ​

New Updates

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As part of the public media mission to ensure all kids have access to continued free educational resources at home, GPB, in partnership with Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE), is offering broadcast programming and accompanying digital resources that adhere to Georgia’s state standards to provide continued at-home learning​. Click here to explore Georgia Home Classroom.​ ​

Instructional Resources for ELA Teachers

• Building a Culture of Writing
• Georgia Classrooms Live!
• Georgia Writing Project (GAWP) Resources
• Instructional Framework
• Pervasive Lesson Practices in ELA
• Essential Toolkit
• Evidence-Based Practices
• Comprehensive Reading Solutions
• Bookworms
• GaDOE Dyslexia Information
• Equity Instructional Planning Look-For Document​

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Highlights

• Georgia’s Literacy for Learning, Living, and Leading (L4) Initiative
  

Resources and Professional Learning 

• For English Language Arts resources and professional learning opportunities, visit the ELA page on GeorgiaStandards.Org.
• For Elementary ELA content information, email Anisha Donald, Elementary ELA/Literacy Program Specialist at adonald@doe.k12.ga.us. 
• For Secondary ELA/Literacy content information, email Breanne Huston, Secondary ELA/Literacy Program Specialist at bhuston@doe.k12.ga.us.   
• For Special Education & ELA content integration information, email Franeka Colley, Content Integration Program Specialist at franeka.colley@doe.k12.ga.us​.

• Join the ELA mailing list to receive updates from the English Language Arts program; please send an email with no message to the appropriate email address listed here: