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American Literature 1,2 Block (1615, 1616)


Grade Range:
 11
 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 a college preparatory course with an extra period of literacy instruction. Students who complete this course successfully receive one unit of college preparatory English language arts credit (for American Literature 1,2) and one unit of elective credit (for Literacy 5,6) per semester. Thus, students’ schedules will show American Literature 1,2 Block (1615, 1616) while their transcripts will show American Literature 1,2 (P) (1583, 1584) and Literacy 5,6 (1548, 1549).
Course Description:
 American Literature 1,2 Block is a two-period literacy course intended for grade 11 students reading below or significantly below grade-level standards, as assessed using multiple measures. This course emphasizes skills and strategies for independent reading of, analyzing, and writing about works of American literature, with a focus on how that literature reflects social, political, and moral issues in the United States. 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:
 The Language of Literature, American Literature, California ed., McDougal Littell, 2006.
English 3D, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (designated ELD)