Course Composition
This class is designed to support your English acquisition and academic success. Here is the rotating weekly schedule we will be following for the majority of this school year:
- Musing Mondays (Block 1): Students will respond to a variety of writing prompts and exercise both their metacognitive thinking and writing skills.
- Workshop Wednesdays (Block 1): Students will employ research, analysis, and writing skills as they develop different learning artifacts.
- Technical Tuesdays (Block 2): Students will log on to Khan Academy and engage in a series of interactive grammar exercises.
- Thinking Thursdays (Block 2): Students will meet for academic conferences and receive support in their other coursework.
- Fiction Fridays (Block 2): Reading aloud to students (of all ages) helps them develop and improve literacy skills. Therefore, to support students’ English acquisition and love of reading, the teacher will read a chapter or passage of a book every other Friday. Then students will practice speaking, listening, and reading skills during a whole-class discussion.