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English 8th/Literacy 8th (1559)


Grade Range:
 8
 Prerequisites:
 None
 Course duration:
 Two-period, two-semester course
Course Description:
 English 8th/Literacy 8th is a two-period literacy course intended for grade 8 middle school students reading at or above grade-level standards, as assessed using multiple measures. The course content focuses on teaching the 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.

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:
 Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes, Prentice Hall, 2002.
AMPLIFY ELA 8TH, Amplify Education Inc.
AMPLIFY ELD 8TH, Amplify Education Inc.