ALP Courses

English Courses:

English Language Development ELD 1
English Language Development (ELD) 1 (English / Humanities) is a two-credit course for ACCESS level 1 (1.0-1.9) high school students. Students receive 1 English and 1 humanities credit.  The four language domains (Reading, Writing, Listening & Speaking) are integrated with reading/writing strategies and scaffolds to enable students to develop academic literacy and language skills.

English Language Development ELD 2
English Language Development (ELD) 2 (English / Humanities) is a two-credit course for ACCESS level 2 (2.0-2.9) high school students. Students receive 1 English and 1 humanities credit. The four language domains (Reading, Writing, Listening & Speaking) are integrated with reading/writing strategies and scaffolds to enable students to develop academic literacy and language skills.

Linguistic Development
Linguistic Development is an elective for newcomer high school students (ACCESS level 1.0-1.9) who either have limited and/or interrupted formal schooling. Students who will benefit from an additional course to build on their English social language and introduce them to academic English and content may also take the course. This course is taken in conjunction with ELD 1.

Elective Courses:

Language of Math
The course is designed for newcomer high school students who either have limited and/or interrupted formal schooling or will benefit from a mathematics course to prepare them for Algebra I.

ELD Senior Capstone
Senior Capstone is an elective, but recommended, course for high school seniors. The course is designed to prepare seniors for college and/or career. In addition, students will learn how to write an original research paper and prepare and present an oral presentation on their research.

Cross-Curricular Language Development

Cross-Curricular Language Development is an elective course for secondary students who have been in an English as a Second Language (ESL) program for more than four years with ACCESS scores 1.5 – 3.5. These students may need additional support to meet English language proficiency requirements.