Iowa CKLA review for Grades 6-8
Welcome to the Amplify ELA community review site for Iowa. This site is designed to help you learn about Amplify ELA—a core English Language Arts curriculum for Grades 6-8.
Amplify ELA is a blended curriculum designed to help teachers implement the Iowa Core Literacy Standards by delivering a structured, yet flexible instructional approach grounded in the Science of Reading.
Overview Presentation
After watching the video to the right, scroll down to learn even more, download resources, and access a demo.
What is Amplify ELA?
Amplify ELA is a core program for grades 6–8 that delivers:
- A unique research-based approach designed to get all students reading grade-level text together.
- An instructional design that inspires students to read more deeply, write more vividly, and think more critically.
- A rich combination of dynamic texts, lively discussions, and interactive Quests that truly engages middle schoolers and inspires them to participate in learning.
How does it work?
Amplify ELA lessons follow a structure that is grounded in regular routines, but that is flexible enough to allow for a variety of learning experiences for your student. To see the structure of the program at each grade level, please click below.
What do students explore?
Amplify ELA provides everything teachers need to deliver a full year’s worth of standards-based instruction.
Each grade level of Amplify ELA consists of six multimedia units. Four or five of the units are focused on complex literary texts and one or two are collections based on primary source documents and research. Each grade also provides two or three immersive learning experiences called Quests, a dedicated story writing unit, and a poetry unit.
Download the unit overviews below to learn more.
How does it engage all students?
Watching students mature into adolescents: inspiring. Knowing how to engage and motivate their changing brains: science.
The middle school years are marked by a period of tremendous growth and change for students – physically, emotionally, and socially. Amplify ELA understands and embraces these changes, and delivers instruction specifically designed to tap into adolescents’ natural inclinations toward collaboration, exploration, and autonomy.
Differentiation
Amplify believes all students are capable of reading grade level text together.
Amplify ELA ensures all students have access to the same text. With six distinct levels of differentiation, your student is supported or challenged in a way that meets their unique needs. This includes ELLs at the Developing, Expanding, and Bridging levels as well as students needing substantial support or an extra challenge.
Assessment
Not only does Amplify ELA include captivating content. It also provides clear and actionable measurement data about student performance.
Our embedded formative and summative assessment tools maximize teaching time, while allowing teachers to make confident, data driven decisions about the instruction and supports students need to grow continually as readers and writers.
Access demo
Ready to explore on your own? Follow the instructions below to access your demo account.
Explore as a teacher
First, watch the quick teacher navigation video to the right. Then, follow the instructions below to access your demo account.
- Click this link: Amplify ELA Online Demo Access
- Select Teacher
- Select Get Started
- Select the desired grade level once logged in.
Explore as a student
First, watch the quick student navigation video to the right. Then, follow the instructions below to access your demo account.
- Click this link: Amplify ELA Online Demo Access
- Select Student
- Select Get Started
- Select the desired grade level once logged in.