This course is a foundation to further prepare students for advancement into upper-level English courses. Higher-order thinking skills are emphasized and heavily practiced. Coursework develops and refines writing skills, review usage and grammar, vocabulary development, paragraph development, essay writing, annotations, and rhetorical analysis. The course also surveys literature with a continuing emphasis on developing reading and analytical skills. To develop speaking and listening skills, students are regularly required to speak in front of peers.

This course is a foundation to further prepare students for advancement into upper-level English courses. Higher-order thinking skills will be emphasized and heavily practiced. Coursework develops and refines writing skills, review usage and grammar, vocabulary development, paragraph development, essay writing, annotations, and rhetorical analysis. The course also surveys literature with a continuing emphasis on developing reading and analytical skills. To develop speaking and listening skills, students are regularly required to speak in front of peers.

This course is a foundation to further prepare students for advancement into upper-level English courses. Higher-order thinking skills will be emphasized and heavily practiced. Coursework develops and refines writing skills, review usage and grammar, vocabulary development, paragraph development, essay writing, annotations, and rhetorical analysis. The course also surveys literature with a continuing emphasis on developing reading and analytical skills. To develop speaking and listening skills, students are regularly required to speak in front of peers.

Coursework will develop and refine writing skills, and review usage and grammar, vocabulary development, critical thinking, essay writing, annotations, and rhetorical analysis. The course also surveys British literature with a continuing emphasis on developing reading and analytical skills. To develop speaking and listening skills, all students will be regularly required to speak in front of peers via presentations and small group discussion.

Students develop reading, decoding, and comprehension skills in English as identified by the state ELL Proficiency Standards. The five components of reading studied are: phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, reading fluency, and high-interest content in meaningful context.

Students develop writing skills in English as identified by the state ELL Proficiency Standards. Control of writing and correct usage of level-appropriate syntax, morphology, phonology, semantics, lexicon, and pragmatics are taught through the use of significant themes and high-interest content in meaningful context.

Students develop oral communication and academic vocabulary as identified by the state ELL Proficiency Standards. The delivery and comprehension of oral communication, use of standard English conventions, and use of academic vocabulary are taught through the use of significant themes and high-interest content in meaningful context.

Students develop grammar skills in English as identified by the state ELL Proficiency Standards. Increased control over correct grammar usage, proper syntax, morphology, phonology, and semantics are taught through the use of significant themes and high-interest content in meaningful context.