The special education teacher provides special education services to adapt, as necessary, the curriculum to accommodate individual students' needs. The special education teacher delivers individualized instruction without compromising the quality or rigor of the curriculum. The content area teacher retains responsibility for the direction of curriculum. All curricula used by the Special Education Department may be adapted as necessary to meet the specific learning needs related to an individual student's disability. They learn the paragraph-writing learning strategy and they master parts of speech.
Students begin to use a word processing program.
They apply skills to various types of literature ranging from short stories to plays and novels. Students identify the elements and characteristics of literature, and they apply literary themes to their experiences via discussion and writing. 1 English 2 SE Students build upon the vocabulary development, written expression, literary analysis, and reading competencies acquired in the first year. Students improve written expression in sentence structure, paragraph writing, and real-life writing experiences. Students also develop oral communication skills.