English Learner (EL)

 

This course provides systematic, dedicated and sustained English language instruction that is focused on developing essential English language skills to build communicative competence.  It is an integrated skills class. Students will build vocabulary and learn simple verb tenses while practicing their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.  This course is designed to address the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and the WIDA ELD Standards Framework.

 

Prerequisite:  Teacher and Guidance recommendation and parent request.

This course meets both English and American history requirements. Course content integrates American History and Literature from the arrival of the first colonists through 1876 with a particular lens on language development.  It is an integrated skills class where students will work to develop Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing skills.  This course is designed to address the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and the WIDA ELD Standards Framework.

 

Prerequisite:  Teacher and Guidance recommendation and parent request.

This course meets both English and American history requirements.  Course content integrates American History and Literature from 1876 to the present with a particular lens on language development.  It is an integrated skills class where students will work to develop Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing skills.  This course is designed to address the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and the WIDA ELD Standards Framework.

 

Prerequisite:  Teacher and Guidance recommendation and parent request.

This course meets both English and history requirements.  It is an integrated skills course with a focus on the Research Writing process.  Students will choose topics of historical significance to research.  The course will engage the student in the recursive process of source identification and validation for reliability and suitability, note taking and presenting research through writing and oral presentation.  This course is designed to address the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and the WIDA ELD Standards Framework.

 

Prerequisite:  Teacher and Guidance recommendation and parent request.

This course meets both English and history requirements.  It is an integrated skills course with a focus on recounting, explaining, arguing and discussing in writing with particular emphasis on the essay, including the college essay, when relevant.  Students will focus on historical contexts and events for their writing. Students will also explore and use technological formats in which to present their writing.  This course is designed to address the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and the WIDA ELD Standards Framework.