Emerging Bilinguals
Course Description Key
Descriptions of the courses offered at San Marcos High School are outlined in the following pages. Students should take note of the grade levels at which the course may be taken, prerequisites, and the length of the course (semester or year-long).
Some of the abbreviations commonly used in this section are explained below.
A-G Designation UC/CSU admission requirements (identifies courses that meet the entrance requirements of that school)
AP Advanced Placement (designates classes to prepare students for the Advanced Placement exams, which may result in a student’s receiving college credit for a course, even though the course was completed in high school
ELD English Language Development (designates English classes for those learning English as a second language).
(P) College preparatory (designates classes accepted by colleges and universities for purposes of meeting their entrance requirements)
(H) Honors (designates honors classes designed to prepare students for Advanced Placement classes)
ELD 1 (P) - 31401/ELD 2 (P) -31402
Grade level: 9-12
A-G Designation: B - English
Prerequisites: Appropriate scores on ELPAC or successful completion of the preceding ELD class.
Both courses are specifically designed for English language development of students who are at the emerging level of English proficiency, and whose first language is not English. The students develop social and academic English language skills in the four domains of language: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. This include, exchanging information/ideas with others through oral collaborative conversations, interacting with others in written English in various communicative forms (print, technology, and multimedia), reading closely literary and informational texts to determine how meaning is conveyed explicitly and implicitly through language, selecting and applying varied and precise vocabulary and language structures to effectively convey ideas. Students will learn how English works with focus on structuring cohesive texts, expanding and enriching ideas, and connecting and condensing ideas. Students with foundational needs will learn print concepts, phonological awareness, phonics, word recognition, and fluency (ELD 1 and 2 - 2 periods per day – 20 credits).
ELD 3 (P) -31403/ELD 4 (P) - 31404
Grade level: 9-12
A-G Designation: B - English
Prerequisites: Appropriate scores on ELPAC or successful completion of the preceding ELD class.
Both courses are specifically designed for English language development of students who are at the expanding or bridging level of English proficiency to prepare them for reclassification as English fluent proficient. ELD 3 and 4 build upon ELD 1 and 2. Students will continue to increase proficiency in academic English language skills in the four domains of language: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. This includes analyzing and evaluating how well writers and speakers use language to support ideas and opinions with details or reasons depending on text type, purpose, audience, topic and content area, offering and supporting opinions with others in communicative exchanges, writing literary and informational texts to present, describe, and explain ideas and information using appropriate technology, support own opinions, evaluating others opinions in speaking and writing. Students will with increased sophistication learn how English works and how to structure cohesive texts, expanding and enriching ideas, and connecting and condensing ideas to comprehend and produce academic texts in various content areas (ELD 3 and 4 – 1 period per day – 10 credits). Students will take ELD 3 or ELD 4 in conjunction with their grade-level ELA course.
The department goal is for students to learn English and meet the appropriate academic achievement standards for grade promotion and graduation. This includes earning 230 credits in various subject matter categories.