H S 032 - ELL Ex.C.E.L. English 4

10 Credits

Reviews and employs reading comprehension and critical thinking strategies. Reviews the fundamentals of English sentence structure, usage and punctuation and provides practice in these areas. Students study and practice writing paragraphs and essays, achieving unity and developing ideas that are clearly and concisely expressed in topic and thesis sentences. Students who pass HS 028 meet all the English requirements for their high school diploma.

Instructor Permission Required Yes
Fees

Quarters Typically Offered

Designed to Serve Students who are enrolled in the ELL Ex.C.E.L. program and are working towards earning their high school diploma. Students who desire to improve their reading comprehension, writing and editing skills in order to prepare for college level writing and reading courses. Students who successfully complete this course will have met all the requirements for HS English courses and HS English credits for their diploma.
Active Date 2015-09-25

Grading System Decimal Grade
Continuous Enrollment Yes
Class Limit 25
Contact Hours: Lecture 110 Lab 0 Worksite 0 Clinical 0 Other 0
Total Contact Hours 110
Degree Distributions:
Course Outline
Students will read non-fiction and fictional texts; use text evidence to support responses to readings and within writing essays. Students will conduct academic research and writing. Students will move through brainstorming and pre-writing to drafting, revising, editing and proofreading a variety of paragraphs and essays.

Student Learning Outcomes
Interacts and connects with texts through annotation, summary, and vocabulary development

Demonstrates understanding of informational and literary texts by using text evidence in responses

Applies critical reading skills such as inference and analysis

Uses and evaluates academic sources to find information

Organizes ideas in writing throughout multi-paragraph essays

Writes for a particular audience with a clear main argument

Writes in a variety of modes for a variety of purposes (explanatory, argumentative, narrative, cause/effect, description, research, synthesis)

Employs the writing process (pre-write, revision, editing, multiple drafts)

Engages with peer work through revisions and editing

Engages in formal classroom discussions and applies understanding of text, vocabulary or themes