SAMOHI HOMEPAGE I ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

Classes for Tenth Graders


The classes a 10th grader needs when coming from another country will depend on the factors in the table below.

Read the line in the chart that most closely resembles the English class that your child took in 9th grade and is now enrolled for in 10th grade.

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

Beginning ELD

(Intermediate ELD in summer school)

English 11 SE
(English SE in summer school)

English 12 Electives

To prepare for college, you need 2 years of summerschool. For graduation only, you can take only 1 year of summer school.


Took English in another country

Beginning ELD

(Intermediate ELD in summer school)

English 11SE

English 12 Electives

To prepare for college, you only need one year of summer school.


Didn't take English in 9th grade

Beginning ELD

(Intermediate SE in summer school)

English 11 SE or English 11

English 12 Electives

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


Took English in another country

Intermediate ELD

English 11SE

English 12 Electives

You are on track for college. You do not need summer school.


Didn't take English in 9th grade

English 10SE

(English SE in summer school)

English 11

English 12 Electives

You are on track for college as long as you make up the 9th grade year of English in summer school.


Took English in another country

English 10 SE

English 11

English 12 Electives

You are on track for college. You do not need summer school.


Didn't take English in 9th grade

English 10

(English 9 in summer school)

English 11

English 12 Electives

You are on track for college as long as you make up the 9th grade year of English in summer school.


Took English in another Country

English 10

English 11

English 12 Electives

You are on track for college. You do not need summer school.



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.

  • See the chart about transferring credit to stay on a college-prep track.