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Advanced English Language Courses
We teach Common Core Learning Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy, which are organized into four overlapping sections: Reading, Writing, Language and Speaking/Listening. Our overarching goal is to ensure college and career readiness through…
- Demonstrating independence: comprehend and evaluate complex texts across a variety of genres and disciplines & construct effective arguments and convey intricate or multifaceted information. Students will build on one another’s ideas, confirm understanding, demonstrate strong command of English, utilize a wide vocabulary, and be self-directed in reaching out for supplementary resources.
- Build strong content knowledge: establish a base of knowledge across a wide range of subject matter by engaging with works of quality and substance. They become proficient in new areas through research and study. They read purposefully and listen attentively to gain both general knowledge and discipline-specific expertise. They refine and share their knowledge through writing and speaking.
- Respond to the varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline: adapt their communication in relation to audience, task, purpose, and discipline. They set and adjust purpose for reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language use as warranted by the task
- Comprehend & Critique: engaged and open-minded—but discerning—readers and listeners. They work diligently to understand precisely what an author or speaker is saying, but they also question an author’s or speaker’s assumptions and premises and assess the veracity of claims and the soundness of reasoning.
- Value Evidence: cite specific evidence when offering an oral or written interpretation of a text. They use relevant evidence when supporting their own points in writing and speaking, making their reasoning clear to the reader or listener, and they constructively evaluate others use of evidence.
- Use technology & digital media strategically & critically: employ technology thoughtfully to enhance their reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language use
- Understand other perspective: comprehend and evaluate complex texts across a variety of genres and disciplines & construct effective arguments and convey intricate or multifaceted information. Students will build on one another ideas, confirm understanding, demonstrate strong command of English, utilize a wide vocabulary, and be self-directed in reaching out for supplementary resources to effectively with people of varied backgrounds.