Chinese language is a fundamental, comprehensive, and humanistic discipline that plays an important role in promoting the comprehensive development of students. The middle school stage is a crucial period for the physical and mental development of students, as well as an important stage for Chinese language learning. The quality of teaching in the middle school Chinese language classroom directly affects students' mastery and interest in Chinese knowledge and culture. Therefore, studying the path to optimize middle school Chinese language classroom teaching is of great significance. Based on the analysis of the current situation of middle school Chinese language classroom teaching, this paper explores the path to optimize middle school Chinese language classroom teaching, in order to improve the efficiency and quality of middle school Chinese language classroom teaching, and cultivate students' core Chinese literacy.