English as a Second Language

Grade Placement: 6 

Prerequisite: Placement by Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (LPAC)

Description
ESL courses are designed to enable limited English proficient students to become competent in the comprehension, speaking, reading, and composition of the English language. Subject matter and concepts will be taught using second language methods to emphasize the mastery of the English language skills and the mastery of the STAAR.  What’s Next? English for Non-Native Speakers (ESL) 7 or English Language Arts 7

Grade Placement: 7  

Prerequisite: Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (LPAC) Recommendation

Substitute for 7th Grade English Language Arts

Description
The 7th Grade English Learner Language Arts (ELLA-7) is based on the ELLA Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and is aligned with the knowledge and skills for 7th Grade English Language Arts. It includes additional expectations for English Learners and uses instructional methods necessary to support English language acquisition. The ELLA-7 course focuses on the further development of close reading, vocabulary, analyzing tone, mood, and style as they relate to theme and literary influences. The course expounds on critical thinking, and supports the development of grammar and composition. Critical thinking includes literary and textual analysis through the reading of a variety of genres including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Students will move to higher levels of reading as they examine the texts they read. Critical writing includes analysis of literature and language using insightful discourse in a variety of modes including persuasive and personal narratives. Coherence, organization, voice, depth of ideas, and conventions will be further developed in compositions.  What’s Next? English Language Arts 8

Grade Placement: 7 

Prerequisite: Placement by Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (LPAC)

Description
ESL courses are designed to enable limited English proficient students to become competent in the comprehension, speaking, reading, and composition of the English language. Subject matter and concepts will be taught using second language methods to emphasize the mastery of the English language skills and the mastery of the STAAR.  What’s Next? English for Non-Native Speakers (ESL) 8 or English Language Arts 8

Grade Placement: 8  

Prerequisite: Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (LPAC) Recommendation

Substitute for 8th Grade English Language Arts                         

Description
The 8th Grade English Learner Language Arts (ELLA-8) is based on the ELLA Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and aligned with the knowledge and skills for 8th Grade English Language Arts. It includes additional expectations for English Learners and uses instructional methods necessary to support English language acquisition. The ELLA-8 course lays the foundational strategies and skills that will bridge the transition from middle school to high school and help prepare students for the challenge and rigor of the high school PreAP/AP courses. Reading selections shall include a variety of genres including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Focus will be on vocabulary development and the understanding of literary elements including plot, character, theme setting, point of view, and author’s tone, mood, and style. The course focuses on close reading, annotation skills, and critical thinking including literary and language analysis. Students will be expected to write in all modes with focus on basic skills for construction, analyzing, and synthesizing. Students will write expository, reflective, and persuasive pieces. The course expectation is to meet the diverse needs of all students that will help them become critical readers, writers, and thinkers.   What’s next in high school? English I or ESOL I.   ESOL I is based on LPAC Recommendation

Grade Placement: 8 

Prerequisite: Placement by Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (LPAC)

Description
ESL courses are designed to enable limited English proficient students to become competent in the comprehension, speaking, reading, and composition of the English language. Subject matter and concepts    will be taught using second language methods to emphasize the mastery of the English language skills and the mastery of the STAAR.  What’s next in high school? English I or ESOL I

Please note: Course Catalogs will be updated as needed to reflect new information from the Texas Education Agency and the State Board of Education