The ELA Honor Society for Students

The ELA Honor Society was founded to support the development of students’ academic and interpersonal skills.

Student membership in the ELA Honor Society allows middle school students to build their critical, cognitive, communication, and leadership skills.

Leadership and Engagement

Learn about how the ELA Honor Society promotes student leadership and recognizes active engagement in its programs and activities.

Membership Benefits

Read about how student membership supports learning and prepares students for future study and work.

Creative Challenges

Discover how ELA Honor Society Creative Challenges foster students’ creative responses to literature and promote interleaving, retrieval practice, and spaced learning for profound engagement.

The Big Read

Find out how our annual Big Read allows students and teachers to focus their reading on a single, challenging but rewarding, text, developing students’ critical and literary analysis skills.

Our Writing Guide for Students

View our Writing Guide, which provides examples and guidelines for students on writing both creatively and critically.

Contact Us

ELA Central Office

ela@niu.edu

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English Honor Societies

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