LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM English Workshop Course Description
ENGLISH WORKSHOP English workshop is an intensive semester-long course that improves student reading and writing abilities by engaging students in personalized literacy and writing instruction that is parallel with their primary English classes. Decoding words, reading comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, responding to text, and writing skills are emphasized. The instruction will connect to the primary texts presented in their English class. Additionally, companion texts will be drawn in to support student understanding. In addition, students will have the opportunity to work on reading and writing-related assignments from other courses in a guided environment that emphasizes metacognitive skills. Students are placed into English Workshop upon consideration of reading assessments, the recommendations of the classroom teacher, the basic skills coordinator, and the STAT team.
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