SAMOHI HOMEPAGE I ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

Classes for Eleventh Graders


The classes an 11th grader needs when coming from another country will depend on the factors in the table below.
For more detailed information, contact your counselor or the department chair.

9th Grade English* 10th Grade English* 11th Grade English 12th Grade English Makeup Classes Needed?

Didn't take English in 9th grade

Didn't take English in 10th grade

Beginning ELD

(Intermediate ELD in summer school)

English 11SE

English 12 Electives

You will have 4 years of English to graduate, but you will need to go to a community college first before going to a UC or Cal State university.


Didn't take English in 9th grade

Took English in 10th grade

Beginning ELD

(Intermediate ELD in summer school)

English 11SE

English 12 Electives

You will have 4 years of English to graduate, but you will need to go to a community college first before going to a UC or Cal State university.


Took English in 9th grade

Took English in 10th grade

Beginning ELD

(Intermediate ELD in summer school)

English 11SE

English 12 Electives

You will have 4 years of English to graduate, but you will need to go to a community college first before going to a UC or Cal State university.


Didn't take English in 9th grade

Didn't take English in 10th grade

Intermediate ELD

(English 10 SE in summer school)

English 11 or English 11 SE

English 12 Electives

You will have 4 years of English to graduate, but you will need to go to a community college first before going to a UC or Cal State university.


Didn't take English in 9th grade

Took English in 10th grade

Intermediate ELD

(English 9 SE in summer school)

English 12 Electives

English 11

To prepare for college and graduation, you need to take summer school.


Took English in 9th grade

Took English in 10th grade

Intermediate ELD

(English 11 SE in summer school)

English 12 Electives

English 10

To prepare for college, you need to take English in summer to substitute for one of the two years of English taken outside the U.S.


Didn't take English in 9th grade

Didn't take English in 10th grade

English 11 SE

(English 10 in summer school)

English 9

English 12 Electives

To prepare for college and graduation, you need to take summer school.


Took English in 9th grade

Took English in 10th grade

English 11 SE

(English 10 in summer school)

English 12 Electives

To prepare for college and graduation, you need to take summer school.


Took English in 9th grade

ToTook English in 10th grade

English 11

(English 9 in summer school)

English 12 Electives

To prepare for college, you need to take summer school.

*Assumes that 9th and 10th grade were taken in another country.

Here are some additional factors to consider:
  • Most 9th graders take Health. If you did not take Health in 9th grade, you need to make it up.

  • You will need to talk to an advisor about transferring credits from another country to stay on a college-prep track.

  • If you are taking Beginning ELD as an 11th grader, you may not be able to take U.S. History this year. This may mean that you will have to postpone graduating a year while you make up classes in 11th and 12th grades.