The teachers of these classes work together in teaching teams, with a focus on improving student reading ability and academic success through an integrated and innovative curriculum. Teachers meet frequently to plan engaging activities and to discuss student performance. This course follows the basic outline of the 9th grade English curriculum with its themes, common tasks and texts.
Teachers focus on developing and improving the student's writing skills.
Students will become familiar with writing as a multi-step process. The teacher, aided by a composition assistant, will question and guide students as they compose, edit and improve their writing assignments in class and in the computer lab. These classes will have no more than 18 students allowing for more attention to student needs. This course pushes students to improve their reading ability by encouraging students to develop the habits of good readers. Students choose readings at their independent level and receive specific reading strategy instruction.