English

ESL Study Skills ENG011-012

Length: Semester CADR: No

Satisfies: .5 Elective each semester Open To: 9-12

Prerequisite: Monolingual; Counselor Placement Repeatable: Yes

This course is designed to support ESL students in their academic classes. English vocabulary building and reading skills are supported in their primary language. Organizational skills are taught so the ESL students can become independent learners.

Strategic Reading I ENG051

Length: Semester CADR: No

Satisfies: .5 Elective each semester Open To: 9-12

Prerequisite: Monolingual; Counselor Placement Repeatable: Yes

Strategic Reading is designed to assist students who are not meeting state reading standards. Students will learn specific strategies to improve fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.

Strategic Reading II ENG013

Length: Semester CADR: No

Satisfies: .5 Elective each semester Open To: 9-12

Prerequisite: Monolingual; Counselor Placement Repeatable: Yes

A continuation of Strategic Reading with a focus on summarizing fiction and nonfiction passages. Comparing texts and analyzing text features through the student’s content area classes.

ESL Transitional English ENG023-024

Length: Year CADR: No

Satisfies: 1.0 English Open To: 9-12

Prerequisite: Monolingual; Counselor Placement Repeatable: No

This class is designed to teach students how to read, write, listen, and speak beginning English. Comprehension in both English and Spanish are supported. Students will focus on learning the survival English language skills by participating in oral and written activities. Students will complete activities with the use of magazines, newspapers, pictures, and other materials chosen by the teacher to reinforce the above skills.

ELA Lab 9-10 ENG123-124

Length: Year CADR: No

Satisfies: 1.0 Elective Open To: 9, 10

Prerequisite: Qualifying Test Scores Repeatable: No

Strategic reading is designed to assist students who are not meeting high school proficiency in reading and/or writing based upon MAPs or SBAC ELA scores. Students will learn specific critical reading strategies to use before, during and after reading and how to respond to both literary and informational texts through writing. The course is structured to help students increase their overall reading fluency, vocabulary and comprehension, as well as persuasive and reflective writing skills. Heavy emphasis will be placed on writing effective thesis statements and paragraph topic sentences and overall organizational requirements of multiple writing genres required to meet ELA SBAC standards. Novels, short fiction and informational texts will be the materials read during this course.

This class is an elective credit and does not count toward an English credit for graduation requirements.

ELA Lab 11-12 ENG125-126

Length: Year CADR: No

Satisfies: 1.0 Elective Open To: 11, 12

Prerequisite: Qualifying Test Scores Repeatable: No

Strategic reading is designed to assist students who are not meeting high school proficiency in reading and/or writing based upon STAR or SBAC ELA scores. Students will learn specific critical reading strategies to use before, during and after reading and how to respond to both literary and informational texts through writing. The course is structured to help students increase their overall reading fluency, vocabulary and comprehension, as well as persuasive and reflective writing skills. Heavy emphasis will be placed on writing effective thesis statements and paragraph topic sentences and overall organizational requirements of multiple writing genres required to meet ELA SBAC standards. Additional focus will be placed on MLA formatting/citing, basic letter writing format and basic career writing. Novels, short fiction and informational texts will be the materials read during this course.

This class is an elective credit and does not count toward an English credit for graduation requirements.

RR English ENG171-172

Length: Year CADR: No

Satisfies: 1.0 English Open To: 9-12

Repeatable: Yes

Prerequisite: Current IEP with goals in Written Expression and/or Reading Comprehension; simultaneous enrollment in RR Social Studies

This class is designed to improve writing and reading comprehension goal based skills. Students will learn various strategies to improve writing skills and reading comprehension based on current IEP goals. Students will learn reading comprehension skills utilizing the Read 180 software program and small group instruction. Small group collaboration and independent work is emphasized. Students receive specially designed instruction based on their IEP from the teacher.

English 9 ENG191-192

Length: Year CADR: Yes

Satisfies: 1.0 English Open To: 9

Prerequisite: STAR Scores/Teacher Recommendation Repeatable: No

This course focuses on basic reading and writing skills, as well as literary elements, which are practiced through non-fiction writing, short stories, poetry, and the reading of The Pearl during the first semester. Second semester will expand on these skills while reading the novel Anthem and the play Romeo and Juliet.

Honors English 9 ENG193-194

Length: Year CADR: Yes

Satisfies: 1.0 English Open To: 9

Prerequisite: Test Scores/Teacher Recommendation Repeatable: No

This course focuses on basic reading and writing skills, as well as literary elements, which are practiced through non-fiction writing, short stories, poetry, and the reading of Anthem during the first semester. Second semester will expand on these skills while reading the novel To Kill a Mockingbird and the play Romeo and Juliet.

English 10 ENG201-202

Length: Year CADR: Yes

Satisfies: 1.0 English Open To: 10

Repeatable: No

Prerequisite: STAR Scores, English 9 Grade, Teacher Recommendation

Students will study a variety of short stories, poems, and essays to hone their skills in reading and writing. This course is aligned to the Common Core State Standards. Novels used throughout the course may include Of Mice and Men, Night, or The Great Gatsby. Students will work on creating better sentences, building powerful paragraphs, and composing stronger arguments.

Honors English 10 ENG241-242

Length: Year CADR: Yes

Satisfies: 1.0 English Open To: 10

Repeatable: No

Prerequisite: STAR Scores, English 9 Grade, Teacher Recommendation

For those students willing to take on a greater challenge at an increased pace, this course will help you prepare for the expectations of a college classroom. In this course, students will be expected to write a well-organized essay and read independently. The focus will be on strengthening student compositions by adding depth of thought, diction, and syntax. Additionally, we will also focus on broadening students’ reading skills. Novels used in this course may include Night, The Great Gatsby, and Lord of the Flies. Short stories, essays, and poems will also be used. This course is aligned to the Common Core State Standards.

Bridge to College English 11 ENG321-322

Length: Year CADR: Yes

Satisfies: 1.0 English Open To: 11

Prerequisite: Teacher Recommendation Repeatable: No

The course consists of five (5) modules that teaches students to engage in a reading process that moves through stages of pre-reading, reading, and post reading. Students must then connect their reading to their writing by discovering what they think and entering the conversation established by the readings. The writing process will then lead to a significant writing task requiring multiple drafts and strategies. Regardless of topic or content, students must use these processes repeatedly to develop college readiness skills.

The Bridge to College courses in English language arts (ELA) address key learning standards from Washington State’s new K-12 learning standards (CCSS) as well as essential college-and-career readiness standards agreed upon by both higher education faculty and K-12 educators. The course will also develop students’ essential habits of mind necessary to be successful in college.

ENGL 101: College Composition: Exposition and Argumentation ENG321-322

Length: Year CADR: Yes

Satisfies: 1.0 English Open To: 11

Prerequisite: Teacher Recommendation Repeatable: No

The course provides opportunities for students to develop and enhance their written communication skills. This course stresses the organization, development, and support of ideas and perspectives in exposition and argumentation as public discourse. It familiarizes students with library resources and application of the rules and conventions of Standard American English. The course is available to in-coming juniors and acceptance into EWU’s Eng. 101 is contingent on students passing the EWU Writing Placement Test. Placement consideration may be made based on verifiable SBAC or SAT Critical Writing scores. Students who do not meet either requirement may stay in the course but will receive a grade applying towards high school credit only.

Course Goals:

read, comprehend, and analyze a variety of popular and/or scholarly texts.
identify and analyze the elements of the rhetorical situation, including context, purpose, audience, subject, and author.
use academic discourse to compose a variety of analytical, argumentative, and reflective texts that appeal to an academic audience.
generate error-free texts that include focused topics that are controlled by implicit/explicit theses (points), supported by main ideas, developed with evidence, and organized in ways that influence a particular audience to think, feel, or act as a result of the information presented.
analyze, use, and document evidence (examples, quotations, paraphrasing, etc.) from secondary sources to supplement and complement the students’ own writing.
compose in a voice, tone, and style that is appropriate for the target audience and specific purpose.
develop a collaborative writing process that includes planning, drafting, revising, organizing, editing, and proofreading.
collaborate in small and large peer-groups for the purpose of sharing relevant ideas, respectful opinions, and constructive feedback, identify areas in their own and in peers’ writing where revisions are needed to create texts that will appeal to specific audiences.

University Policy

Students who are enrolled in English 101 must complete the course with a grade of 2.0 (75% EWU Scale) or better to receive credits from Eastern Washington University.

Bridge to College English 12 ENG411-412

Length: Year CADR: Yes

Satisfies: 1.0 English Open To: 12

Repeatable: No

Prerequisite: ELA SBAC Score of 1 or 2 and Teacher Recommendation

Bridge to College English will use the California State University Expository Reading and Writing Course Assignment Template as its theoretical and practical foundation. The course consist of six (6) modules that teaches students to engage in a reading process that moves through stages of pre-reading, reading, and post reading. Students must then connect their reading to their writing by discovering what they think and entering the conversation established by the readings. The writing process will then lead to a significant writing task requiring multiple drafts and strategies. Regardless of topic or content, students must use these processes repeatedly to develop college readiness skills.

● Have successfully completed junior core courses (English 11)

● Have an interest in postsecondary education

● Have enough skills that it is feasible to become college-ready in one year of instruction

● Be on track to graduate on time

This course provides students an opportunity to become college-ready. It is designed to build on students’ capacity for growth and nurture habits of mind, in addition to addressing necessary areas for reading and writing improvement. Independence, grit, resilience, persistence, and metacognitive awareness, among others, are crucial for college and career success. Therefore, specific instruction in habits of mind is identified in the course outcomes and will be integrated throughout the course.

ENGL 170: Introduction to Literature ENGL 512

Length: Semester CADR: Yes

Satisfies: .5 English Open To: 12

Repeatable: No

Prerequisite: Teacher Recommendation & Meet high school SBAC ELA grad ready score

English 170 is designed to review and enhance students’ understanding of the literary genres of fiction, poetry, and drama. Through reading assignments, class discussion, and written work, students will hone their interpretive and analytical skills. At the end of the quarter, students will be able to identify the fundamental elements and stylistic attributes of these three genres, and also offer and consider a variety of interpretive perspectives.

-Students will be able to identify and use literary terms (list of terms is provided) to explicate and analyze literary texts and connect this analysis to other texts they encounter.

-Students will be able to describe/explain/analyze/discuss the common themes of literature and how those themes relate to the intellectual ideas and cultural values, beliefs, and practices of our time.

-Students will be able to distinguish the basic literary forms of prose, poetry, and drama.

ENGL 201: College Composition: Analysis ENG511

Research, and Documentation

Length: Semester CADR: Yes

Satisfies: .5 English Open To: 12

Repeatable: No

Prerequisite: Teacher Recommendation & Meet high school SBAC ELA grad ready score

English 201 stresses research skills, analytical writing, logic, and other skills necessary to comprehend, synthesize, and respond intelligently to academic discourse. In addition, the course practices source evaluation and documentation across the disciplines. The course also has a special study unit emphasizing effective use of library resources.

University Grading Policy: Students enrolled in English 201 will earn credit as long as they pass; however, a minimum of a C is required as a prerequisite for many other courses and for entrance into graduate programs.

Required Course Texts:

From Inquiry to Academic Writing (3rd edition) by Stuart Greene and April Lidinsky
The Little Seagull Handbook (3rd edition) by Richard Bullock and Michal Brody

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