English Language Development (ELD)

89013S1/89013S2

ELD I Language Arts

Semester(s): 2

Prerequisite: Level I Newcomer English Learner

Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

ELD I Language Arts develops basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills for level I newcomer English learners. This course focuses on development of communication skills and social language with a push toward beginning-level academic language. Fiction and non-fiction texts are used to build vocabulary, syntax, and pragmatics.

Additional Information: This course is taken along with ELD I Language Arts Enhancement and ELD I Foundations.

89113S1/89113S2

ELD I Language Arts Enhancement

Semester(s): 2

Prerequisite: Level I Newcomer English Learner

Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

ELD I Language Arts Enhancement develops basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills for level I newcomer English learners. This course focuses on development of foundational reading skills through a transition from phonemes to words, sentences, and connected text with the integration of speaking, listening, and writing.

Additional Information: This course is taken along with ELD I Language Arts and ELD I Foundations.

890033S1/89003S2

ELD I Foundations

Semester(s): 2

Prerequisite: Level I Newcomer English Learner 


Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

ELD I Foundations develops basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills for level I newcomer English learners. The development of reading skills is the primary focus for this course.

Additional Information: This course is taken along with ELD I Language Arts and ELD I Language Arts Enhancement.

89023S1/89023S2

ELD I Foundations Enhancement

Semester(s): 2

Prerequisite: Level I Newcomer English Learner 


Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

ELD I Foundations Enhancement is for level I newcomer English learners who need additional support in order to master level I skills.

Additional Information: This course may be taken in addition to the three core English language development classes for level I newcomers. Students are placed in this course based on teacher recommendation.

89223S1/89223S2

ELD II Language Arts

Semester(s): 2

Prerequisite: Level II Newcomer English Learner

Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

ELD II Language Arts continues to build upon and refine reading, decoding, and comprehension skills while working toward listening, speaking and writing proficiently in English. Students continue to increase their basic English vocabulary, foundational grammar skills, and reading and writing English words in phrases, sentences and paragraphs.

Additional Information: This course should be taken in addition to Sheltered English I and, in most cases, Sheltered English II.

89213S1/89213S2

ELD II Enhancement

Semester(s): 2

Prerequisite: Level II Newcomer English Learner

Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

ELD II Enhancement continues to build upon and refine reading, decoding, and comprehension skills while working toward listening, speaking and writing proficiently in English. Students increase their basic English vocabulary, foundational grammar skills, and reading and writing English words in phrases, sentences and paragraphs.

Additional Information: This course may be taken in addition to ELD II Language Arts for additional language development support. Students are placed in this course based on teacher recommendation.

89303S1/89303S2

Literature and Writing 9

Semester(s): 2

Prerequisite: WIDA Literacy Score

Grade Level(s): 9

Literature and Writing 9 develops advanced literacy and writing skills through short stories, novels, and other texts.

89313S1/89313S2

Advanced Literature and Writing

Semester(s): 2

Prerequisite: English Learner

Grade Level(s): 10, 11, 12

Advanced Literature and Writing develops advanced literacy through short stories, novels, and other texts.

81153S1/81153S2

ELD III Enhancement

Semester(s): 2

Prerequisite: Level III Newcomer English Learner

Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

ELD III Enhancement is for level III newcomer English learners to continue development of academic

language through guided reading and writing along with strategies to support comprehending literature.

Additional Information: This course may be taken with ELD teacher recommendation for students who need additional support after completing ELD II.