CAMPBELL HIGH SCHOOL ' S
COURSE CATALOG
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Course Name: ESOL Support for Litearture and Composition I Type of Course: Elective Course Available to: ESOL 9th grade Prerequisites: None( Teacher Recommendation)
Description: This course is only available to ESOL students who have been classified as beginning or developing learners based on their ELA standardized test performance in prior grades and / or their most recent reading inventory assessment. The course provides creative writing opportunities that allow students to develop fundamental skills designed to grow students towards proficiency in ELA domains. This course will be taken in the Fall and Literature and Composition I will be taken in the Spring and will replace an elective spot.
Course Name: Support for Literature and Composition I Type of Course: Elective Course Available to: 9th grade Prerequisites: None( Teacher Recommendation)
Description: This course is only available to students who have been classified as beginning or developing learners based on their ELA standardized test performance in prior grades and / or their most recent reading inventory assessment. The course provides creative writing opportunities that allow students to develop fundamental skills designed to grow students towards proficiency in ELA domains. This course will be taken in the Fall and Literature and Composition I will be taken in the Spring and will replace an elective spot.
Course Name: Literature and Composition I Type of Course: Core Course Available to: 9th grade
Prerequisites: None
Description: This course develops the integrated skill set that comprises the English Language Arts discipline to ensure that students are on track to be college and work ready and focuses on the interpretation, evaluation, construction, and design of texts across genres and modes in a variety of real-world, academic, and disciplinary contexts while sustaining and building mastery of language applications and discipline-specific practices.
Course Name: Honors Literature and Composition I Type of Course: Core Course
Available to: 9th grade Prerequisites: Language Arts 8( 90 %+) OR Advanced Language Arts 8( 85 %+)
Description: This is an accelerated version of the Literature and Composition I( see above) course that is designed to build students’ capacity in the literacy practices and skills that establish the groundwork for future real-world and academic communications. This course is designed to prepare students for Advanced Placement English / Language Arts courses. Students earn an additional 0.5 quality point towards their GPA for this course.
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