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English 8th/Literacy 8th Block (1544) | |||
| Grade Range: | |
| 8 | |
| Prerequisites: | |
| None | |
| Course duration: | |
| Two-period, two-semester course | |
| Course Description: | |
| English 8th/Literacy 8th Block is a two-period, balanced literacy course intended for grade 8 middle school students reading below or significantly below grade-level standards, as assessed using multiple measures. This course content focuses on teaching students skills and strategies for independent reading and writing as they prepare for the demands of high school.
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. | |
| State Course Code(s): | |
| State Course code not defined or retired. | |
| Basic Texts and Teaching Guides: | |
| Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes, Prentice Hall, 2002. | |