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English 1,2 Block (1552, 1553)

Grade Range:
	9
Prerequisites:
	None
Course duration:
	Two-period, two-semester course
Subject area in which graduation credit will be given:
	See note below
UC subject area satisfied:
	b - English
Notes:
	This block course combines the content of English 1,2 with an extra period of literacy instruction. Students who complete this course successfully receive one unit of English language arts credit (for English 1,2) and one unit of elective credit (for Literacy 1,2) per semester. Thus, students’ schedules will show English 1,2 Block (1552, 1553) while their transcripts will show English 1,2 (P) (1540, 1541) and Literacy 1,2 (1562, 1563).

Course Description:
	English 1,2 Block is a two-period literacy course intended for grade 9 students reading below or significantly below grade-level standards, as assessed using multiple measures. The course content focuses on teaching students the skills and strategies for critical, independent reading and writing of increasingly more complex expository and narrative texts. Instruction in each standards-based unit of study integrates reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language study. Students are provided with multiple opportunities to articulate their own ideas as well as to 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 genuine purposes, and to authentic audiences. 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):
	State Course code not defined or retired.
Basic Texts and Teaching Guides:
	Literature, Grade 9, McDougal Littell, 2009. Open Education Resources: Units for English 1-2 English 3D, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (designated ELD)

English 1,2 Block (1552, 1553)