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The ESL department offers a variety of
course offerings:
ESL English - Beginning Level
This course is designed for students who are
new entrants to the United States or who have had no exposure to
English. Students are taught basic survival vocabulary
(shopping, using American currency, visiting a doctor, etc.) and
basic grammatical functions. This course will give
students the opportunity to practice speaking and listening to
English in order to function in daily life. It will also
prepare them for reading and writing in their content area
classes.
ESL English - Level 1
This course is designed for students who have
successfully completed Beginning Level English or who have
attained proficiency in oral and written communication in
English as determined by assessment. In this course,
literary elements and the reading of a full length novel are
introduced to the students. Students practice reading, writing,
speaking, and listening activities to become more successful in
English language skills.
ESL English - Level 2
This course is designed for students who have
successfully completed ESL Level 1 or who have attained
proficiency in oral and written communication in English as
determined by assessment. Students are taught through
various genres of literature how to analyze stories and English
language skills. Students practice reading, writing,
speaking and listening as activities to have the students become
successful in all English language skills. Students
practice reading, writing, speaking, and listening as activities
to have the students become successful in all English language
skills.
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ESL Skills - Beginning Level
This course is designed for beginning
students who need to develop skills and confidence for
communication in English. ESL Skills is taken in
conjunction with ESL English. In this course, students
will enhance their speaking, listening and writing skills while
learning basic vocabulary and grammar. Students will take
part in activities that encourage the use of English for
survival, communication and fun.
ESL Skills - Level 1
This course is to be taken in conjunction
with ESL English Level 1. This course is designed for
beginning students who need to develop skills and communication
in English as determined by assessment. In this course,
students will continue to build upon their speaking, listening
and writing skills while expanding their basic vocabulary and
grammar. Students will take part in activities that
encourage the use of English for communication and success in
the content area.
ESL Social Studies - Beginning Level
This course is designed for students who are
new to the English language or who have acquired minimal
language proficiency. Students are taught basic geography,
map skills and American history. Emphasis is placed on
vocabulary related to a basic understanding of important
events in American history. Basic Social Studies skills
such as interpreting bar graphs, tables and time lines are also
introduced.
ESL Social Studies - Level 1
This course is designed to teach the 7th
grade Social Studies curriculum. it begins with basic
social studies skills (maps, charts, graphs, miles). After
these topics are completed, students continue with the
curriculum. The topics cover The Pilgrims to The Civil
War.
ESL Global History and Geo 9
This course teaches the 9th grade
curriculum. It covers the topics of Early Man to
Industrial Revolution.
ESL Global History and Geo 10
This course follows the 10th grade curriculum. These students
take the Global Regents at the end of the course.
ESL US History & Government
This course follows the 11th grade curriculum. These students take the U.S. History Regents at the end of the course.
ESL Science - Beginning Level
This level of science is designed to
introduce new arrivals with little or no English to basic
science concepts. The course has been organized as a
two-year curriculum cycle of science. In the first year,
the concentration is on the physical and chemical sciences for
the first school semester, and the second semester focuses on
biology. The second year will focus on a half-year of
earth science and the other half of the study of environmental
issues and ecology.
ESL Science - Level 1
These levels of science are designed to
familiarize students with some English to science concepts and
vocabulary that has been designed as a two-year curriculum cycle
of science. The first year will focus on the physical and
chemical sciences for the first two marking periods and biology
for the third and fourth marking period. Year two of the
science curriculum cycle will concentrate on two marking periods
of earth science and two marking periods of environmental issues
and ecology.
ESL Science - 7,8
This course follows the 7th and 8th grade curriculum. The 8th grade students take the Science Assessment test.
ESL Intermediate English - Jr. High and Sr.
High
This course is designed for students who have
successfully completed ESL English Level 2. These students
must have attained competent proficiency in written and in
spoken English as determined by the end of the year ESL
assessment test. In this course, students are exposed to
various literary genres and are introduced to the implements
necessary to prepare them to take the English Regents
examination as well as the additional examinations required to
graduate. A great emphasis is placed on the students'
necessity to further acquire, utilize and interact with the
English language and all of its components.
ESL Intermediate Culture - Jr. High and Sr.
High
This course is designed to be taken in
conjunction with ESL Intermediate English and ESL Intermediate
Skills. It offers students who have acquired the necessary
elements of the English language, further assisting in reading,
writing, listening and speaking. This class focuses on the
major components and facets of American culture through the use
of research projects, classroom presentations, and other diverse
genres related specifically and directly to the United States of
America. Students will gain further exposure to their new
homeland.
ESL Intermediate Skills
This course is designed to be taken in
conjunction with Intermediate English and Culture. It
offers students of this level additional instruction in
listening, speaking, reading and writing with emphasis on skills
needed to be successful in their content-area classes.
Advanced Skills - Level 3
This course is for students who have
successfully completed the ESL intermediate level courses and
who have attained intermediate proficiency in oral and written
communication in English as determined by the assessment.
Through exposure to various genres of literature, students
continue to acquire English language skills with an emphasis on
preparing students to meet the English Language Arts Standards
and take the English Regents. It may also be structured
like a resource room, providing additional assistance with
mainstream assignments. This class serves as a support
class for ESL students enrolled in mainstream classes.
ESL Intro to Living Environment
This course follows the curriculum of the Living Environment at a slower pace. These students do not take the Living environment Regents in June.
ESL Living Environment
This course follows the curriculum of Living Environment. These students will take the Living Environment Regents at the end of the course.
ESL AIS
Math and Science. This course helps prepare the 7/8th
graders to take the assessment exams.
ESL Read 180
A double period reading class. This course is designed to
increase students' reading comprehension, vocabulary, and
writing skills.
ESL Global Connections
This course helps prepare the ESL students for the Global
Regents.
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