Mr. Omollo - HCHS ESL

An ESL A/B course assists students in understanding curriculum assignments. It builds on students’ previous educational and language knowledge to introduce the English language and helps the students adjust to their new cultural environment. It does this through writing, speaking, reading and listening activities. Acquisition of the language needed for daily life, receptive understanding skills, and communication.

ESL 1st Semester Objectives are:

1. Specific terminology use based on students academic needs2.Basic person, place and event descriptive abilities; uses of numbers, time, quantity, and costs, and 
3. Express situations, give instructions and explanations, communicate opinions, and comprehend and narrate stories in both written and verbal forms. 

ESL 2nd Semester Objectives are:

1. Organize academic paragraphs and essays on a variety of topics using adequate support
2. Produce/compose original sentences that display control of sentence structure, grammatical constructions, and punctuation appropriate to individual proficiency level.
3. Identify language errors employing common grammatical terminology. Revise for clarity and accuracy.
4. Demonstrate the ability to analyze and comprehend a variety of texts identifying and interpreting common cultural references. 
5. Recognize and use a variety of discourse markers, such as sentence connectors and pronoun reference.
6. Apply a variety of strategies to learn new vocabulary for receptive and productive purposes.

English I Course Description

Students in English I explore the ways that audience, purpose, and context shape oral and written communication, and media and technology. While emphasis is placed on communicating for purposes of personal expression, students also engage in meaningful communication for expressive, expository, argumentative, and literary purposes.

 

Objectives - In English I, students will:

· Express reflections and reactions to literature and to personal experience.

· Explain meaning, describe processes, and answer research questions.

· Evaluate communication and critique texts.

· Make and support an informed opinion.

· Participate in conversations about and written analysis of literary genres, elements, and traditions.

· Use knowledge of language and standard grammatical conventions

English II Course Description

This English II introduces literary global perspectives focusing on literature from the Americas (Caribbean, Central, South, and North), Africa, Eastern Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East. Influential U.S. documents and a Shakespearean play should be included. Students explore the ways that audience, purpose, and context shape oral and written communication, and media and technology. While emphasis is placed on communicating for purposes of personal expression, students also engage in meaningful communication for expressive, expository, argumentative, and literary purposes.

Objectives - In English II, students will:

  • Express reflections and reactions to literature and to personal experience.
  • Explain meaning, describe processes, and answer research questions.
  • Evaluate communication and critique texts.
  • Make and support an informed opinion.
  • Participate in conversations about and written analysis of literary genres, elements, and traditions.
  • Use knowledge of language and standard grammatical conventions