Multilingual Learners register for English courses based on their English proficiency level and acquisition of academic language. ML students are encouraged to take one full credit of English each semester in order to accelerate English acquisition. At the high school level, a student can remain in ML classes for up to four years as it can take as many as 7-10 years to become English proficient. 

BEGINNING READING & WRITING

Course: 116491/216491 Credit: 2.0/Year (.5 Lit/.5 Comp/1.0 Elective) Offered: Year

Year Taken: 9-12 Fee: None Prereq: Teacher Recommendation

This course is specifically designed for non-native English speakers who are newcomers to the country.  The emphasis of this course is to develop student writing skills by focusing on sentence structure, paragraph structure, transitions, and grammar through the writing process.  The reading component addresses individual needs through high-interest literature and explicit instruction in reading, writing, and vocabulary development.  This course will require an additional 10-15 mods of instruction to be assigned by the teacher depending on student needs.

INTERMEDIATE READING & WRITING I

Course: 116501/216501 Credit: .5/Sem or 1.0/Year Offered: Year Year Taken: 9-12

Fee: None Prereq: Teacher Recommendation

This course is designed for non-native English speakers who are developing a basic understanding of written English at an EP level of 2 or 3. Students will be writing a variety of expository essays with a focus on sentence structure, paragraph structure, transitions, vocabulary development and grammar.  Individual needs are addressed through high-interest literature and explicit instruction in reading, writing and vocabulary development.

INTERMEDIATE READING & WRITING II

Course: 116511/216511 Credit: .5/Sem or 1.0/Year Offered: Year Year Taken: 9-12

Fee: None Prereq: Teacher Recommendation

The second-level of this course is designed for non-native English speakers who are developing their written English skills at an EP level of 3 or 4.  Students will continue to write a variety of expository essays with a focus on sentence structure, paragraph structure, transitions, vocabulary development and grammar.  Individual needs are addressed through high-interest literature and explicit instruction in reading, writing and vocabulary development.

ADVANCED TRANSITIONAL ENGLISH

Course: 116101/216101 Credit: .5/Sem or 1.0/Year   Offered: Year Year Taken: 9-12

Fee: None Prereq: Teacher Recommendation

This course is designed for students with an English proficiency of 4 who, with additional ML support and modification, would be successful in mainstreamed English classes. This course combines the study of literature, writing, and speaking through integrated thematic units covering short stories, the novel and drama. Students will be taught the writing process with an emphasis on planning and organization. All units will include a language study.

ADVANCED TRANSITIONAL ENGLISH II

Course: 116111/216111 Credit: .5/Sem or 1.0/Year Offered: Year Year Taken: 9-12

Fee: None Prereq: Teacher Recommendation or Advanced Transitional English

The second level of this course is designed for students with an English proficiency of 4 who, with additional ML support and modification, would be successful in mainstreamed English classes. This course combines the study of literature, writing, and speaking through integrated thematic units covering short stories, the novel and drama. Students will be taught the writing process with an emphasis on planning and organization. All units will include a language study.

SPEECH-ML 

Course: 215541 Credit: .5/Sem Offered: Semester II Year Taken: 10-12

Fee: None Prereq: Teacher Recommendation or Advanced Transitional English

This course is designed to give non-native English speakers the experience to acquire formal speaking skills. Students will learn to outline, develop organizational skills, and study the various types of oral communications. Activities may include oral interpretation, group discussion and the informative and demonstration speech.

STUDY SKILLS-ML

Course: 116561/216561 Credit: .25/Sem Offered: Year Year Taken: 9-12

Fee: None Prereq: None

This course is designed for ML students in 9th – 12th grade who would benefit from extra support in their content area classes. This course aims to assist students in reading comprehension and assignment support revolving around their course selections. It meets for 6 mods per week and is Pass or Fail. 

LANGUAGE WORKSHOP I

Course: 116081/216081 Credit: .5/Sem Offered: Sem or Year Year Taken: 9-12

Fee: None Prereq: Teacher Recommendation

This course is designed to prepare students with literacy expertise. A variety of literature and literary response is taught. The course teaches writing forms such as narrative, comparison/contrast, expository and persuasive essays. The course is appropriate for students who have a Lexile between 600-750 and an EP of 2 or 3.

LANGUAGE WORKSHOP II

Course: 216091 Credit: .5/Sem Offered: Semester II Year Taken: 9-12

Fee: None Prereq: Teacher Recommendation

This course is designed for students with an English proficiency of 4 who, with additional ML support and modification, would be successful in mainstreamed classes. Emphasis will focus on the writing process and responding to literature. Composition class.

RESPONDING TO LITERATURE 

Course: 116551 Credit: .5/Sem Offered: Semester I Year Taken: 10-12

Fee: None Prereq: Sophomore, Junior or Senior

The course is designed to provide second language learners with fundamentals for advancement in college-bound literature courses. Students will be required to read, respond to and write about literature. The class will help improve ML students’ sentence phrasing, paragraphing, and essay construction in relationship to literature.

PHYSICAL SCIENCE 9 COLLAB (Taught by Science Department)

Course: 122251/222251 Credit: 1.0/Year Offered: Year Year Taken: 9-12

Lab Fee: $5/Sem Prereq: Teacher Recommendation

This is a one-year course for ML students.  It is an integrated science approach to developing basic skills, knowledge and appreciation of science.  The themes studied involve the natural phenomena that affect an individual on a day-to-day basis.  The majority of instruction is laboratory based and includes investigations from all five basic disciplines of science (biology, chemistry, earth science, environmental science and physics).  Scientific skills, problem solving and critical thinking skills are highly emphasized.  This course builds a strong foundation for students as they prepare to move through upper level science classes in the future.

BIOLOGY 10 COLLAB (Taught by Science Department)

Course: 122271/222271 Credit: 1.0/Year Offered: Year Year Taken: 10-12

Lab Fee: $5/Sem Prereq: Science 9 Collab

This is a one-year course for ML students.  It is an integrated science approach to developing advanced skills, critical thinking knowledge and appreciation of science.  The theme is directed toward those concerns that our culture must face at the present time and in the future.  The majority of instruction is laboratory based and includes investigations from all four basic disciplines of science (Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science & Physics).  The nature of the scientific endeavor and the relationship of science and technology to society are emphasized. Language and key concepts are reinforced.

ML GOVERNMENT

Course: 123081/223081 Credit: 1.0/Year Offered: Year Year Taken: 9-12

Fee: None Prereq: None

ML Government is a year-long course open to grades 9 – 12.  What is government? How do communities, states, and countries keep in order? How do things get done? How do decisions get made? These are just some of the questions we will look at in ML Government.

ML MONITORING

Course: 116566/216566 Credit: None Offered: Sem or Year Year Taken: 9-12

Fee: None Prereq: None

This resource is designed for students in grades 9-12 that would benefit from a small amount of support. The student meets with an educator in the ML Resource center to discuss and get help with missing assignments and coursework.

ML ENGLISH 9 RESOURCE

Course: 116571/216571 Credit: .5/Sem Offered: Year Year Taken: 9

Fee: None Prereq: Teacher Recommendation

This course is specifically designed for ML students who would benefit from extra support in English 9.  This course aims to assist students in successful completion of the course and prepare them for English 10.  Class will meet for 6 mods per week and is graded Pass or Fail.

ML PHYSICAL SCIENCE 9 RESOURCE

Course: 116581/216581 Credit: .5/Sem Offered: Year Year Taken: 9

Fee: None Prereq: Teacher Recommendation

This course is specifically designed for ML students who would benefit from extra support in Science 9.  This course aims to assist students in successful completion of the course and prepare them for Science 10.  Class will meet for 6 mods per week and is graded Pass or Fail.

ML ENGLISH 10 RESOURCE

Course: 116591/216591 Credit: .5/Sem Offered: Year Year Taken: 10

Fee: None Prereq: Teacher Recommendation

This course is specifically designed for ML students who would benefit from extra support in English 10.  This course aims to assist students in successful completion of the course and prepare them for their future English electives.  Class will meet for 6 mods per week and is graded Pass or Fail.

ML BIOLOGY 10 RESOURCE

Course: 116611/216611 Credit: .25/Sem Offered: Year Year Taken: 10

Fee: None Prereq: Teacher Recommendation

This course is specifically designed for ML students who would benefit from extra support in Science 10.  This course aims to assist students in successful completion of the course and prepare them for their future Science electives.  Class will meet for 6 mods per week and is graded Pass or Fail.