|
|||
<-Previous Course Next Course -> | |||
Essential English 1,2 (3826, 3827) |
Grade Range: | |
9–12 | |
Prerequisites: | |
None. | |
Course duration: | |
Two semesters. | |
Subject area in which graduation credit will be given: | |
English Language Arts: English 1,2 (See note below.) | |
Notes: | |
This course meets the diploma requirement only for students that are eligible for the Alternative Pathway based on California Education Code 51225.31 and are taking the California Alternative Assessment (CAA). | |
Course Description: | |
Essential English 1,2 is a one-period literacy course intended for students with significant cognitive disabilities in grades 9-12 or adult transition who are eligible to take the California Alternative Assessment (CAA). This course will provide evidence-based instruction aligned with alternate achievement standards–called the Core Content Connectors (CCCs)–and linked to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts.
The course content focuses on teaching the students skills and strategies for critical, independent reading and writing of increasingly complex expository and narrative texts. Instruction in each standards-based unit of study interrelates reading, writing, oral communication, and language study. Students are provided with multiple opportunities to articulate their own ideas as well as to question, interpret, 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. Adaptations, modifications and access to assistive technologies will be available based on the assessed needs of individual students and may incorporate the functional application of English Language Arts skills that include community based components to promote generalization of skills and independence. | |
State Course Code(s): | |
9105 - English 9 | |
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) Supplemental Materials Moderate/Severe GVC: https://sites.google.com/sandi.net/gvc-ms/home?authuser=0 Unique Curriculum |
ELA-65