Prerequisites: Description: Newcomer ELA 9 is for 9th grade novice learners and is an accelerated, intensive English Language Arts course designed for students identified as Multilingual Learners (MLLs) at the overall emerging levels in the four domains of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Because students may be at varying abilities in the four domains, the course provides targeted and differentiated instruction to improve proficiency in both communicative and academic English. Students will engage with grade-level texts in various genres, including fiction (drama, poetry, novels, and short stories) and non-fiction texts (expository, argumentative, instructional, and narrative writings) in order to develop literacy, textual analysis, and critical thinking skills. Students will complete various formal and informal writing assignments for various purposes and audiences, making conscientious decisions about style, writing conventions, and rhetorical strategies. Students will progress through the various steps of the writing process, which includes invention, drafting, editing, revision, and publication. Students will participate in individual and collaborative activities that develop their interpersonal and academic language listening and speaking skills.

Grades: 9