David Avila 

ELA Department

Contact information

Email: david.avila@sausdlearns.net 

david.avila@sausd.us 

You may also contact me on Parent Square (https://www.parentsquare.com/)

2022-2023 Academic School Year Information

Google Classroom is where students can find important materials such as our daily agenda, assignments, and classroom announcements. Access codes will be provided for students on the first day of class. Additionally, students can log into their Aeries portal and find a direct link to my Google Classroom. If you are a parent and would like to monitor your child's activity in Google Classroom, please email me so I can add you to our Google Classroom. 

Other Online Resources 

Sora App for free online textbooks

https://soraapp.com/home 

Resource for writing

https://owl.purdue.edu/index.html

Class Schedule

Period

Course

Room Number/Virtual Meeting

1

2

3

4

5

6

Athletics 

Varsity Football 

            Team Room/Weight Room/Field 

Quick Facts

Where am I from?

 Born and raised in Santa Ana 

Where did I go to school?

John Adams Elementary 

Carr Intermediate 

Valley High School Class of 01

Cal State University of Fullerton 

Bachelor's Degree in English and Teaching Credential 

Arizona State University 

Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction 

What do I teach?

ERWC 12

Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC) prepares college-bound seniors for the literacy demands of higher education. Through a sequence of eight to ten rigorous instructional modules, students on this yearlong, rhetoric-based course develop advanced proficiency in expository, analytical, and argumentative reading and writing. Students will be expected to increase their awareness of the rhetorical strategies employed by authors and to apply those strategies to their own writing. They will read closely to examine the relationship between an author’s argument or theme and his or her audience and purpose; to analyze the impact of structural and rhetorical strategies; and to examine the social, political, and philosophical assumptions that underlie the text. By the end of the course, students will be expected to use this process independently when reading unfamiliar texts and writing in response to them. ERWC is designed to fully align with the California Common Core State Standards (CCSS) framework for English Language Arts and the California English Language Development Standards. You can look through those standards by clicking on the link below.

CCSS for ELA - Content Standards (CA Dept of Education)

English 9

The English 9 Thematic Units takes students through literature and informational texts to gain an understanding of the importance of feeling empathy for others, of assuming the responsibilities of leadership, of pursuing dreams, and of feeling the power of love. The four units for this course are, Unit 1: Empathy examines how human compassion informs our understanding of humanity and the world. Unit 2: Leadership focuses on the idea of governing and asks the Essential Question: What are the responsibilities of power? Unit 3: Dreams and Aspirations examines what makes a dream worth pursuing. Unit 4: All for Love asks students to consider the unit’s central question–How are we affected by the power of love?–and provides a range of texts, including the most famous one about love–Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet–as well as current scientific texts that are attempting to find an answer to why we love. StudySync is designed to fully align with the California Common Core State Standards (CCSS) framework for English Language Arts and the California English Language Development Standards. You can look through those standards by clicking on the link below.

Varsity Football Assistant Coach 

What else am I involved in?

Athletics & VALOR 

What are my interests outside of school?

• God
• Family
• Sports