BPS Middle School Course Catalog 2025-2026 - Flipbook - Page 22
English Language Development Courses
Language Arts for Emerging Bilinguals A (all year course)
Language Arts for Emerging Bilinguals A is a class for newcomers to the U.S. Students learn
English in the four domains: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students learn interpersonal
communication skills and begin developing the academic language needed to be successful in
their content area classes. This class is based on English level rather than grade level, and
students may be in 6th, 7th, or 8th grade.
Language Arts for Emerging Bilinguals B (all year course)
Language Arts for Emerging Bilinguals B is a language arts class that is aligned with the BPS
language arts curriculum, with modifications to meet the needs of English language learners.
Students work on the same reading and writing strategies, genres, literary analysis, and themes
and skills as their native English-speaking classmates. The goal of this class is to help students
develop increased fluency in their reading and to read increasingly difficult texts in English for
multiple purposes. This class focuses on the application of multiple reading strategies in a variety
of genres, the continued learning of high-frequency vocabulary, note-taking in academic settings
and further development of listening and speaking skills. Students develop increased skill in the
use of more complex grammatical conventions, such as identification of all parts of speech,
singular and plural nouns, verb usage in past, present and future, subject-verb agreement, and
compound and complex sentences. Writing skills are developed from the paragraph to the essay
level using various organizational patterns. Students increase their proficiency in the use of
multimedia as tools for language development. This class is based on English level rather than
grade level, and students may be in 6th, 7th, or 8th grade.
Language Arts for Emerging Bilinguals C (all year course)
Language Arts for Emerging Bilinguals C is aligned with the BPS language arts curriculum, with
modifications to meet the needs of English language learners. Students work on the same
reading and writing strategies, genres, literary analysis, and themes and skills as their native
English-speaking classmates. The goal of this class is to help students develop increased fluency
in their reading and to read increasingly difficult texts in English for multiple purposes. This class
focuses on the application of multiple reading strategies in a variety of genres, particularly with a
focus on their ability to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information and increase their
independent reading. Furthermore, students continue to develop their mastery of academic
vocabulary, note-taking in academic settings and more extensive listening and speaking skills.
Students develop increased skill in the use of complex grammatical conventions, such as more
sophisticated verb usage, comparatives and superlatives, prepositions, dependent and
independent clauses, and compound and complex sentences. Writing skills are developed at the
five-paragraph essay level using various organizational patterns. Students increase their
proficiency in the use of multimedia as tools for language development. This class is based on
English level rather than grade level, and students may be in 6th, 7th, or 8th grade.
