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English 6th/Literacy 6th (1550) | |||
| Grade Range: | |
| 6 | |
| Prerequisites: | |
| None | |
| Course duration: | |
| Two-period, two-semester course | |
| Course Description: | |
| English 6th/Literacy 6th is a two-period literacy course required of all grade 6 middle school students, except those enrolled in English 6th. The course content focuses on teaching the students skills and strategies for independent reading and writing of grade-level-appropriate texts.
Instruction in each unit of study integrates reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language study. Students are provided with multiple opportunities to engage in academic discourse as they question, interpret, analyze, extend, and evaluate others’ ideas. The goal of instruction is to support students in becoming independent, strategic, critical readers, writers, listeners, and speakers who communicate effectively in various forms, for various purposes, and for various audiences. Students engage in standards-based lessons that are scaffolded to support a range of reading/writing levels. This course also provides protected time for small group designated English Language Development (dELD) instruction for English learners at all proficiency levels. This small group instruction builds critical language skills into and from the English content and is focused on the CA ELD Standards. | |
| State Course Code(s): | |
| 9100 - English (Departmentalized K-8) | |
| Basic Texts and Teaching Guides: | |
| Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes, Prentice Hall, 2002. AMPLIFY ELA 6TH, Amplify Education Inc. AMPLIFY ELD 6TH, Amplify Education Ind. | |