esol

Course Descriptions

ESL Skills 1 & 2

Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 Elective Length: Year

Prerequisite: ESOL teacher recommendation

Course Description: This course is an elective course that is designed to help support English Language Learning students in all of their academic goals. This is a multi level course that provides resources for students in the areas of testing and meeting objectives of mainstream courses. In this class students learn various skills such as: studying, organization, note-taking, and test taking strategies.

ESOL English 1 Lab

Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 Elective Length: Year

Prerequisite: ESOL teacher recommendation

Course Description: This course is designed to support students who identify as ELL to achieve success in their Eng 1 class. Students will improve their writing, reading, and communication skills throughout ESL Eng 1 Lab.

ESL English 2 Lab

Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 Elective Length: Year

Prerequisite: ESOL teacher recommendation

Course Description: This course is designed to support students who identify as ELL to achieve success in their ENG 2 class. Students will improve their writing, reading, and communication skills throughout ESL Eng 2 Lab.

Newcomer ESL

Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 English Length: Year

Prerequisite: ESOL teacher recommendation

Course Description: This course is offered to English Language Learners with limited or no formal schooling in their native language and no experience with English. This course helps students who have recently arrived in the United States to begin to form their new identity in English. Students are encouraged to explore aspects of the topics in order to answer the essential questions in each of the units for themselves. The units provide opportunities for students to explore various perspectives on a variety of topics to be successful in school and their new country. In each unit, they will need to read, speak, listen, and write, and synthesize their learning into a coherent project.