Skip To Main Content

Header Container

Canvas Menus

Our Schools
Language Selection

Search Container

Breadcrumb

English and English Language Development (ELD)

Welcome to the English Department!


Our goal is to develop critical readers, writers, and thinkers who are able to comprehend, analyze, and respond to a text. We support our students to develop the skills and confidence to effectivley convey their ideas and experiences  through both verbal and written expression.

We work collaboratively to horizontally and vertically align coursework. Each course is designed to increase rigor from one grade level to the next, while supporting and challenging students in acquiring new skills in the areas of reading, writing, speaking, and listening.

English Courses:

Applied Research Methods (ARM)- 9th Grade Requirement

English 1 - 9th Grade English

English 2 - 10th Grade English

CSU Expository Reading/Writing 11th Grade

CSU Expository Reading/Writing 12th Grade

English Language Development (ELD) I-V

Literature of Identity and the Search for Social Justice

Creative Writing 

AP English Language and Composition

AP English Literature and Composition

Faculty:

David McDonald, Department Lead: English 2, CSU 12th

Ashton: English 2, Yearbook, Video Production

Bean: ELD 3A, 3B, 4

Bing: CSU 11th, CSU 12th

Deschenes: English 2, AP English Literature

Gagnie:  English 1, Theater 1, 2 (Adv)

Gailliard: Applied Research Methods (ARM), CSU 11th

Hansen: ELD 2A, 2B, French 2, 3, 4

Kaura: CSU 12th, AP English Language

Rojas: ELD 1A, 1B, ARM, Literature of Identity and the Search for Social Justice

Sussman: ARM, CSU 11th

Werth: English 1, Literature of Identity and the Search for Social Justice

English Department Lead: David McDonald

Email: dmcdonald@wccusd.net

Phone: 510-231-1440

No post to display.