This video is one of a four-part series which is designed to introduce teachers and parents to standards and teaching in a standards-based environment, and aims to help teachers and parents understand how teaching with standards can change classrooms, work assignments, and student performance. This video shows how middle school teachers in many subjects are helping their students learn and practice the skills needed to meet the English Language Arts standards. First on the video, an English teacher focuses on deepening the students' understanding of text through discussion and on setting clear expectations to improve students' writing. Then, by making the need for good writing an integral part of mathematics, a second teacher on the video demonstrates how teachers across the curriculum can help students to reach the English Language Arts Standards. (PM)