Garfield High School – College Prep Literacy

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

This course is designed is designed to enable high school students to sharpen academic reading and writing skills in preparation for college, career, and life. This course will focus on improving reading comprehension through skill development, increasing understanding of narrative and expository text structures, including academic reading, functional reading, informational reading and technical reading, in order to learn more effectively from subject-matter textbooks in Science, History/Social Studies, Math and English. Students will be introduced to narrative and expository organizational patterns, as well as the academic language used, and the integration of reading and writing in the aforementioned classes. Frequent progress monitoring is implemented to ensure growth and acceleration. Content covered in this course is based upon student needs, and teachers select the appropriate materials. **Considered a general elective, does NOT count toward ELA graduation requirement.**