Middle School Course Guide
english language arts
GRADE LEVEL: 6
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, GRADE 6
TX ID: 2800000
PREREQUISITE: None Course Description: This class includes the study of both English and Reading. Writing, literature, reading, and communication skills are intertwined throughout the course. Students will focus on reading comprehension, vocabulary development, the process of writing, literary study, language development, and lifetime study skills.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, GRADE 6 Accelerated
GRADE LEVEL: 6
TX ID: 2800000
PREREQUISITE: None
Course Description: This course is designed to meet the needs of sixth grade students with well-developed language and reading skills. While it emphasizes the basics of language, composition, and literature, it also affords the student the opportunity to do wider reading and to develop upper level thinking, reading and writing skills. Students should expect outside reading and writing assignments.
GRADE LEVEL: 7
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, GRADE 7
TX ID: 3200540
PREREQUISITE: None Course Description: This course involves a fused program of reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing and representing. Language studies emphasize the conventions of English. Composition includes development of paragraphs and multi-paragraph essays through the writing process as well as instruction in capitalization and punctuation. Students will focus on reading comprehension, vocabulary development, the process of writing, literary study, language development, and lifetime study skills.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, GRADE 7 Accelerated
GRADE LEVEL: 7
TX ID: 3200540
PREREQUISITE: None
Course Description: This course is designed to meet the needs of seventh grade students with well-developed language and reading skills. While it emphasizes the basics of language, composition, and literature, it also affords the student the opportunity to do wider reading and to develop upper level thinking, reading and writing skills. Students should expect outside reading and writing assignments.
GRADE LEVEL: 8
TX ID: 3200550
PREREQUISITE: None
Course Description: This class includes the study of both English and Reading. Writing, literature, reading, and communication skills are intertwined throughout the course. Students will focus on reading comprehension, vocabulary development, the process of writing, literary study, language development, and lifetime study skills.
PRE-AP ENGLISH I (New to MS)
GRADE LEVEL: 8
PREREQUISITE: None
English I Pre-AP emphasizes critical analytical skills in preparation for AP curriculum and exams and post-secondary education. Students will practice all forms of writing and are expected to plan, draft, and complete written compositions on a regular basis. Students will read extensively in multiple genres from world literature such as selected short stories, dramas, novels, poetry, and mythologies originally written in English or translated to English from multiple cultures.
PRE-AP ENGLISH I
GRADE LEVEL: 8 CREDIT: 1
TX ID: 03220100
PREREQUISITE(S): none
**This course is offered for HS credit**
Course Description: English I Pre-AP emphasizes critical analytical skills in preparation for AP curriculum and exams and post-secondary education. Students will practice all forms of writing and are expected to plan, draft, and complete written compositions on a regular basis. Students will read extensively in multiple genres from world literature such as selected short stories, dramas, novels, poetry, and mythologies originally written in English or translated to English from multiple cultures.
ESL ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS AND READING I (DMS & MMS) GRADE LEVEL: 6-8
TX ID #03210530 Grade 6
TX ID #03200400 Grade 7
TX ID #03200500 Grade 8
PREREQUISITE: LPAC and Counselor recommendation for newcomer ELs with a beginning level of language proficiency.
Course Description: These classes provide the same curriculum as a regular ELA course with the exception that it is taught by an ESL certified teacher who provides second language acquisition strategies through the use of Sheltered instruction strategies and methodologies.
READING LAB
GRADE LEVEL: 6-8
Grade 6 TX ID: 3273410
Grade 7 TX ID: 3273420
Grade 8 TX ID: 3273430
PREREQUISITE: Recommended by campus staff.
Course Description: Students in reading lab classes read independently for sustained periods of time in a variety of texts to build fluency and comprehension. They engage in small and large group discussions. They expand their vocabulary through wide reading, word study, and use of visual, contextual, and structural clues. They use graphic organizers and other comprehension strategies in fiction and nonfiction texts. Students apply research strategies and study skills, producing short research reports with documentation.
ESL ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS AND READING II (DMS & MMS)
GRADE LEVEL: 6-8
TX ID #03210530 Grade 6
TX ID #03200400 Grade 7
TX ID #03200500 Grade 8
PREREQUISITE: LPAC and Counselor recommendation for second year ELs with an intermediate level of English proficiency.
Course Description: These classes provide the same curriculum as a regular ELA course with the exception that it is taught by an ESL certified teacher who provides second language acquisition strategies through the use of Sheltered instruction strategies and methodologies.
Manor Independent School District Administration offices are located at
10335 Highway 290 East, Manor, Texas 78653
Manor Independent School District Helpline (512) 278-4000