General electives

ACADEMIC LITERACY A – 010103 

This course is designed to support students in improving their reading and writing skills through Structured Literacy Instruction. The contents of this course are aligned to Freshman English and provide students with explicit and systematic instruction that offers cumulative lessons moving from simple to complex concepts. Students will enhance their reading comprehension strategies (i.e. make connections, ask questions, visualizing), develop metacognitive strategies, and learn to independently apply graphic and semantic organizers to enhance their comprehension of a complex expository and literary text. These texts will parallel in theme or content to the other grade-level content courses. A large emphasis will be on strategies for close readings of text and citing evidence. Students will build fluency through the application of decoding and encoding strategies of multisyllabic words while learning to independently access and apply their individualized supplementary aids and accommodations to access grade-level text. Explicit morphology, semantic and syntax instruction will support student understanding of complex vocabulary and development of written and oral communication. This course is designed for students with IEPs. 

• • CREDIT: 1 

  • TYPE: Academic 

  • GRADE: 9

  • PREREQUISITE: Approval of the Department Chairperson and IEP Team is required.

Course Study, Production, and Review - 011311, 011312, 011313

This elective non-credit bearing course would allow students the time and space to study for t hose courses they are taking in their current schedule; work on assignments and projects; and to review/remediate for courses as is needed for successful course completion and preparation.

• CREDIT:  0

• TYPE:  Academic

• GRADE:  9-12

Study Skills - 166113

This course is designed to enhance student growth mindset and reflection while learning to apply strategies to improve both academic and organizational skills. Students will identify and understand their unique learning style and how to independently apply and access supplementary aids and accommodations across content areas of learning. Students will learn how to effectively set, monitor and achieve both long and short term goals. Study Skills is designed to improve student skills with time management, organization, note-taking, test-taking, study habits, and communication. Class enrollment will not exceed 12 students. Please note that IEP carriers will have enrollment priority.

• • CREDIT: 1

  • TYPE: Academic

  • GRADES: 9-12 

  • PREREQUISITE: Approval of the Individualized Education Program Team is required.