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Meeting Date:
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3/17/2021 - 3:30 PM
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Category:
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Information Items
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Type:
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Info
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Subject:
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14.1 CURRICULUM: Revised English Courses: English I; English II; and English III Expository Reading and Writing (meets A-G requirements)
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Strategic Plan:
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Enclosure
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File Attachment:
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Summary:
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The District's Educational Services Department has made recommendations for updates in our district-wide course catalog. When a course is discovered to be outdated or lack sufficient information, then a request is sent to the teacher(s) to update the course. At this time we are submitting revised English courses.
English I: Using the Common Core State Standards, English Language Arts 9 will be the foundational course in English Language Arts for students entering High School. This course will focus on reading, writing, language, oral communication, and research skills. These skills will be studied and applied with greater depth and breadth with each successive grade level. This will be done with the implementation of the Pearson publication, myPerspectives, as the required text.
English II: Using the Common Core State Standards, English Language Arts 10 will continue the foundational building of English Language Arts for students entering year two of high school. This course will focus on reading, writing, language, oral communication, and research skills. These skills will be studied and applied with greater depth and breadth with each successive grade level. This will be done with the implementation of the Pearson publication, myPerspectives, as the required text.
English III Expository Reading and Writing (ERWC): The grade 11 Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC) engages students in the discovery of who they are as persons, the realization of the ways in which they can participate in society, and their development as critical consumers and effective communicators within society. This year long course includes approximately 35 modules (instructional units) to meet rigorous, college preparatory learning goals in reading, writing, listening, and speaking for all students while promoting student interest and motivation. Employing a rhetorical, inquiry-based approach that fosters critical thinking, student agency, and metacognition, the course includes six full-length modules drawn from five categories: 1) American foundational documents; 2) American drama; 3) full-length books; 4) research; and 5) contemporary issues (two modules). In addition, the course includes five concept mini-modules that address transferable skills applicable to conceptual development and practice across all modules. e.g., genre awareness, goal setting and self-assessment, rhetorical situation, Aristotelian appeals.
The above courses have been approved by the Director of Curriculum and Instruction and the Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services.
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Funding:
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Recommendation:
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It is recommended that the Board of Trustees receive for its review and consideration, as part of the first reading the revised English courses: English I; English II; and English III Expository Reading and Writing.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Julie Zierold - Director - Curriculum and Instruction
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Signed By:
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Robert Brough - Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services
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Signed By:
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Grant Bennett - Superintendent
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