This course is designed to enable students who have mastered the basic fundamentals of reading comprehension, vocabulary and writing skills to develop those skills to a more proficient level, preparing the students to master the concepts needed to be successful in the traditional high school English curriculum. This course will provide instruction and reinforcement for students to develop vocabulary and reading comprehension skills to a greater fluency. It will include practice in higher levels of critical thinking to gain a greater understanding of the written and spoken word and instruction in basic literary devices commonly understood by a student entering a ninth grade English course. This course may be completed prior to enrollment in English 9 or as support in conjunction with English 9.
Prerequisites
Level 2 or 3 LEP Student