ENL at the Transitioning, Expanding and Commanding Levels is a support class for students who also have an ELA class. This is different from  Entering/Emerging ENL, in which students take Civics in place of Social Studies and ENL in place of ELA.

Students in my classes do not receive formal homework assignments for my class. Instead, I encourage them to focus on completing their homework and projects for all their other classes, which can be a challenge for middle schoolers navigating two or more languages. 

Peekskill Middle School ENL students show good progress in the (NYSESLAT) New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test), and I refer to that test throughout the year. However, my main goal is to promote self-expression, pride, a sense of identity and, of course, English language acquisition through support of the material from the PKMS ELA and Social Studies curricula, as well as supplementary material with a focus on the literature by and about people from the same cultural backgrounds and bilingual experience as my students.