2. What is different about
Bilingual Resource this quarter?
Quarter 1
Quarter 1 – worth .25
elective credit
Quarter 1 – Students
learned about services for
EL (English learning)
students
Assignments helped
students understand their
WIDA scores on tests like
ACCESS and Screener
Quarter 2
Quarter 2 – Worth .25
English credit
Quarter 2 – EL Students will
learn how to increase their
skill levels in speaking,
reading, listening, and
writing
Assignments will prepare
students to score higher on
WIDA tests such as
ACCESS and MODEL
3. Writing Expectations
When writing for this class, it
is important to capitalize the
first letter of the first word of
a sentence.
The end of the sentence
should have a period,
exclamation point, or
question mark: . ! or ?
The personal pronoun
“i” is always capitalized,
as in: I think, I am, and
I’m
All contractions should
have an apostrophe:
can’t, won’t, and didn’t,
instead of cant, wont,
didnt.
4. Speaking Expectations
We ask you to
complete speaking
exercises to prepare
you for the upcoming
test called ACCESS.
If you do not know how
to record audio or
make a video, please
contact your teacher
5. Listening
In this quarter, you
will practice listening
to different
recordings and
responding to
questions
6. Reading
Reading is one of the most
important skills for high
school, work, and for
improving your quality of life.
You will have to read many
documents in your life such
as lease agreements, letters,
reports, and many other
materials.
You will read different types of
texts during this quarter
including fiction, non fiction,
and poetry.
7. Quarter 2
This quarter you will focus on improving the
Can Dos of “Recount and Explain.” “Recount”
means having the ability to summarize or
paraphrase what someone has written or said
Teachers will ask students to explain why a
writer chose specific words, or used a specific
image, or included certain facts
You will have to think critically about
everything that you read this quarter in order
to learn new academic language that will help
you with these skills