Literacy Support Classes

Reading Success teaches students to comprehend by teaching them explicit comprehension strategies that can be applied to any reading task, including: determining main idea and supporting details. identifying an author's purpose. paraphrasing.

This course challenges students to improve their written and oral communication skills, while strengthening their ability to understand and analyze literature in a variety of genres. Literature: Students read a broad array of short stories, poetry, drama, novels, autobiographies, essays, and famous speeches.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT (ELD)/ 

ACADEMIC LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT (ALD)  

This course enhances the student’s self-confidence and promotes language proficiency for  personal, social, and educational purposes. A special emphasis is placed on developing the  student’s academic English proficiency. Placement is based upon ELPAC scores, length of time  classified as an English Language Learner (ELL), and recommendation from the district English  Language Development office. 

ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT 1 (000261) 

This course is designed for English learners at CELDT level 1 (Beginning) or CELDT level 2  (Early Intermediate) who have been in the United States less than a year. The direct English  instruction contained in this course will move students from Beginner (CELDT level 1) and  Early Intermediate (CELDT level 2) to Intermediate (CELDT level 3).  

This course enables students to acquire communicative competency in English. The course  enhances the student’s self-confidence and promotes language mastery for personal, social, and  educational purposes. A special emphasis is placed on developing the student’s Academic  English proficiency. Instruction is developmental and includes a variety of communicative,  meaning-based approaches, which incorporate a range of thinking skills. The course fosters an  appreciation of the cultural diversity of all students. 

ELD 2 (000262) 

This course is designed for English learners at CELDT level 3. The direct English instruction  contained in this course will move students from Intermediate (CELDT Level 3) to Early  Advanced (CELDT level 4).  

This course enables students to acquire communicative competency in English. The course  enhances the student’s self-confidence and promotes language mastery for personal, social, and  educational purposes. A special emphasis is placed on developing the student’s academic  English proficiency. Instruction is developmental and includes a variety of communicative,  meaning-based approaches, which incorporate a range of thinking skills. The course fosters an  appreciation of the cultural diversity of all students.

ELD 3 (000263) 

This course is designed for English Learners at CELDT level 4. The direct English instruction  contained in this course will move students from Early Advanced (CELDT Level 4) to Advanced  (CELDT Level 5).  

This course enables students to acquire communicative competence in English. The course  enhances the student’s self-confidence and promotes language mastery for personal, social, and  educational purposes. A special emphasis is placed on developing the student’s academic  English proficiency. Instruction is developmental and includes a variety of communicative,  meaning-based approaches, which incorporate a range of thinking skills. The course fosters an  appreciation of the cultural diversity of all students. 

ELD 4 (000264) 

This course is designed for English Learners at CELDT level 5 (Advanced). The direct English  instruction contained in this course will prepare students to exit the English Language  Development Program. The course objectives include advanced communication skills in  listening, speaking, reading, and writing through lessons and activities that promote and allow  students to demonstrate mastery of grammar, vocabulary, and other language elements in various  receptive and productive contexts.  

The course enhances the student’s self-confidence and promotes language mastery for personal,  social, and educational purposes. A special emphasis is placed on developing the student’s  academic English proficiency. Instruction is developmental and includes a variety of  communicative, meaning-based approaches, which incorporate a range of thinking skills. The  course fosters an appreciation of the cultural diversity of all students. 

EL ACADEMIC LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT A (000265) - Course description in progress. 

EL ACADEMIC LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT B (000266) - Course description in progress. 

EL ACADEMIC LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT C (000267) - Course description in progress.