This course is designed for English Learners (EL) students at English Language Proficiency (ELP) levels 1-4 and is aligned to the WIDA ELD Standards and the VA English 9 Standards of Learning. The curriculum is focused on accelerating English language development with increased fluency in the expressive (writing, speaking, representing) and interpretive (listening, reading, viewing) modes of communication. Students engage with various literary genres and media and in performance-based tasks to understand and communicate information, ideas, and concepts for academic and social purposes. Students enrolled in this course must be concurrently enrolled in an English 9 course. An elective credit is earned for successful completion. This course may not be taken more than one time.
Prerequisites
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