ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TIER II

Class Introduction:

Welcome to English Tier II! This course was designed to be a blend of the LANGUAGE! Level E curriculum program (40%) and the English 1 Core Curriculum (60%). The course incorporates the traditional study of writing and reading skills with an emphasis on linguistics (the study of language) and literacy. We will explore four-six units of the LANGUAGE! Level E comprehensive literacy curriculum throughout the year. This will allow students exposure to a variety of literature genres through explicit instruction. In addition, we will focus on parts of the English 1 Core Curriculum each quarter.

For the English 1 Core Curriculum portion of this course, the following texts will be studied:

Gilgamesh (translation by David Ferry)
Gilgamesh (translation by Maureen Gallery Kovacs)
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Night by Elie Wiesel
Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare