COURSE OF STUDY

Course Title: English Language Development 2, 3, 4

Department: English/Language Arts

Grade Levels: Limited English Proficient students grades 9 – 12 who are assessed as Early Advanced, Intermediate, or Beginning English Proficient per the California English Language Development Test (CELDT).

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Students enrolled in English Language Development work in the state adopted literacy intervention program, Language! Students therein also receive academic support for their mainstream core courses. Students assessed as having Beginning English Proficiency are enrolled in two periods of ELD. Students enrolled in ELD 4 are concurrently enrolled in college preparatory English with support provided in the ELD class.

Length: One Year

Prerequisite: An assessment level per the California English Language Development Test (CELDT) of Early Advanced, Intermediate, or Beginning English Proficiency

Type of Course: English

COURSE OUTLINE AND STANDARDS

ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ARTS CONTENT STANDARDS

(Language! Curriculum Strands)

1. Phonemic/Phonological Concepts (Reading 1.0 Word Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary Development Communicate Effectively, Think Critically, Communicate Effectively)

2. Phonemic Awareness (Reading 1.0 Communicate Effectively, Think Critically, Communicate Effectively)

3. Phoneme-Grapheme Associations (Reading 1.0 Communicate Effectively, Think Critically, Communicate Effectively)

5. Syllabication (Reading 1. Communicate Effectively, Think Critically, Communicate Effectively)

7. Word Recognition

Decoding isolated phonetically regular words

8. Decoding isolated non-phonetic words (Reading 1.0 Communicate Effectively, Think Critically, Communicate Effectively)

9. Vocabulary Development (Reading 1.0 Communicate Effectively, Think Critically, Communicate Effectively, Develop Individually)

Text Reading

Decoding connected text

Fluency (Reading 1.0, 2.0 Reading Comprehension; Listening and Speaking 1.0 Listening and Speaking Strategies, 2.0 Speaking and applications [Genres and their characteristics] Communicate Effectively, Think Critically, Communicate Effectively, Develop Individually)

Comprehension

Reading sentences, paragraphs, and passages for meaning through the levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy

Expository and narrative genre

Literary analysis (Reading 2.0, 3.0 Literacy Response and Analysis Communicate Effectively, Think Critically, Communicate Effectively, Develop Individually)

Spelling

Encoding isolated words (phonetic and non-phonetic)

Encoding words in connected text (phrases and sentences)(Written and Oral Language Conventions 1.0 Written and Oral English Language Conventions Communicate Effectively, Think Critically, Communicate Effectively)

Orthography (Writing 1.0, Written and Oral Language Conventions 1.0 Communicate Effectively, Think Critically, Communicate Effectively, Develop Individually)

Mechanics

Punctuation

Capitalization (Written Oral English Language Conventions 1.0 Communicate Effectively, Think Critically, Communicate Effectively, Develop Individually)

Composition

Applying principles of composition

Writing in different genres (Written and Oral English Language Conventions 1.0, Writing Strategies 1.0, 2.0 Writing Applications [Genres and their characteristics] Grammar and Usage (Written and Oral English Language Conventions 1.0 Communicate Effectively, Think Critically, Communicate Effectively, Develop Individually, Develop Individually)

Syntax and Sentence Structure (Written and Oral English Language Conventions 1.0 Communicate Effectively, Think Critically, Communicate Effectively, Develop Individually)

Semantic Relationships (Reading 1.0, 2.0, 30; Writing 1.0, 2.0; Listening and Speaking 1.0, 2.0 Communicate Effectively, Think Critically, Communicate Effectively, Develop Individually)

Figurative Language

Idioms of English

Simile, metaphor, and other figures of speech (Reading 2.0, 3.0; Writing 1.0, 2.0; Listening and Speaking 1.0, 3.0 Communicate Effectively, Think Critically, Communicate Effectively, Develop Individually)

Morphology

Vocabulary expansion through Anglo Saxon, Latin, and Greek combining forms (Reading 1.0, 2.0, 3.0; Listening and Speaking 1.0, 2.0 Communicate Effectively, Think Critically, Communicate Effectively, Develop Individually)

EVALUATION/GRADING OF STUDENT WORK

1. Students will earn a letter grade:

Language! “Tasks for Mastery” tests comprise 60% of overall grade.

Daily assignments (Independent Reading/ Journal Writing/ Listening/ Language! activities) comprise 20 % of overall grade.

Quizzes comprise 20% of overall grade.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1. Language! literacy intervention curriculum

2. Los Angeles Times

3. ESHS core literature grades 9--12