Lesson Planning with the ELL in Mind

About this course: In this course you will learn how to design lesson plans around the needs of your ELL students and their language level through the analysis of content language and cognitive demands. You will learn how to align language objectives to the adopted standards of your school and content area.  You will learn how to modify existing course materials as well as develop graphic organizers and languages frames to support ELLs’ access to content.  Analysis of second language acquisition theories will be applied to lesson planning. Upon completing this course, you will be able to: * Conceptualize theories of second language acquisition as they apply to the planning of lessons through annotation * Assess the linguistic needs of your students using BICS and CALP * Identify content specific vocabulary, grammatical structures, and language functions necessary for a student to succeed in your classroom * Write language learning outcomes that align to your student’s linguistic and cognitive ability and your school’s adopted standards * Adapt a lesson plan that accomplishes the learning outcomes outlined in the lesson objectives * Modify materials to support ELLs’ access to content * Use a wide variety of graphic organizer templates and language frames to support ELLs’ access to content * Develop activity types appropriate to the cognitive and linguistic abilities of ELLs * Incorporate community and culture into lesson planning

Created by:  Arizona State University

• Taught by:  Ellen Manos, Senior International Educator

  Arizona State University

• Taught by:  Claire McLaughlin, Senior International Educator

  Arizona State University

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Syllabus


WEEK 1


ELL Language and Communication Skills Across the Curriculum



Welcome to week 1! This module is very important as it introduces you to the basics of second language acquisition. By the end of this module, you will be able to: conceptualize theories of SLA as they apply to ELL students in your mainstream classrooms, assess your student’s language skills and abilities using BICS and CALP, classify vocabulary types specific to your content, identify grammar structures specific to your content, identify language functions specific to your content and strategically pre-plan vocabulary and language functions necessary for lessons in your mainstream classroom. Lots to learn! Let's get started!


11 videos, 6 readings, 3 practice quizzes expand

1. Video: Introduction
2. Video: Theories of Second Language Acquisition
3. Practice Quiz: Second Language Acquisition Theory
4. Reading: Bonus Reading: Why educating ELLs means success for everyone
5. Video: BICS & CALP
6. Video: BICS & CALP Scenarios
7. Reading: Bonus Reading: Teaching academic language
8. Video: Vocabulary for ELLs
9. Video: Classroom Application-Vocabulary for ELLs
10. Practice Quiz: Vocabulary
11. Reading: Bonus Reading: Introducing academic vocabulary to students
12. Video: Grammatical Structures and Language Functions
13. Video: Classroom Application-Grammar & Language Functions
14. Practice Quiz: Grammar and Language Structure
15. Reading: Bonus Reading: Grammar and vocabulary: seven ways to help students enjoy grammar
16. Reading: Lesson Plan Template
17. Video: Lesson Annotation
18. Video: Summary
19. Video: Interview: Developing Literacy Skills with the ELL in Mind
20. Reading: Bonus Video: A language immersion story

Graded: Module 1 Assessment

WEEK 2


ELL Cognitive and Learning SKills Across the Curriculum



Welcome to week 2! This week you will continue to work through pre-planning stages of lesson design as you keep in mind your ELLs. By the end of this module, you will be able to engage cognitive skills of ELLs through the learning of content, develop ELL autonomy by teaching students how to learn, evaluate the affective filter of your ELL students, strategically design classroom environment to reduce affective filter and strategically pre-plan cognitive and learning skills necessary for lessons in your mainstream classroom.


10 videos, 5 readings, 3 practice quizzes expand

1. Reading: Greetings!
2. Video: Introduction
3. Video: Developing Cognitive Skills
4. Video: Classroom Application-Cognitive Skills
5. Practice Quiz: Cognitive Skills
6. Video: Developing Learning Skills
7. Video: Classroom Application-Learning Skills
8. Practice Quiz: Learning Skills
9. Reading: Bonus Reading: What is learner autonomy and how can it be fostered?
10. Video: Affective Filter
11. Video: Classroom Application-Affective Filter
12. Practice Quiz: Affective Filter
13. Reading: Bonus Reading: One teacher's quest to build language skills and confidence
14. Reading: Lesson Plan Template
15. Video: Lesson Annotation
16. Video: Summary
17. Video: Interview: Developing Learner Autonomy & Creating a Welcoming Environment with the ELL in Mind
18. Reading: Bonus Reading: Struggling with English from kindergarten to high school

Graded: Module 2 Assessement

WEEK 3


Lesson Planning with the ELL in Mind



Welcome to week 3! We are excited to begin writing and creating the lesson plan and activities to support our students' learning of content and development of language. By the end of this module, you will be able to write language learning outcomes to support your content learning outcomes, plan/adapt lesson activities that support cognitive and linguistic access for ELLs, identify language demands of existing activities, lessons, textbooks and content and strategically plan lesson objectives and activities in your mainstream classroom with your ELL in mind. Happy Lesson Planning!


10 videos, 6 readings, 3 practice quizzes expand

1. Reading: Greetings!
2. Video: Introduction
3. Video: Language Genres by Content
4. Video: Classroom Application-Language Genres
5. Practice Quiz: Language Genres
6. Video: Writing Learning Outcomes
7. Video: Aligning Learning Outcome to Standards
8. Practice Quiz: Learning Outcomes
9. Reading: Bonus Reference: English language development standards
10. Reading: Bonus Reference: PreK-12 English language proficiency standards
11. Video: Designing Activities with the ELL in Mind
12. Video: Classroom Application-Activities
13. Practice Quiz: Activities
14. Reading: Bonus Reading: Fostering student questions: strategies for inquiry-based learning
15. Reading: Lesson Plan Template
16. Video: Lesson Annotation
17. Video: Summary
18. Video: Interview: Strengthening Lesson Planning with the ELL in Mind
19. Reading: Bonus Reading: New education standards widen achievement gap for English language learners?

Graded: Module 3 Assessment

WEEK 4


Materials and Lesson Delivery



Welcome to week 4! Now that you have created your lesson, it is time to start thinking about the materials you will need to make sure that the lesson is successful. By the end of this module, you will be able to apply thoughtful criteria for selecting materials in your mainstream classroom (meet input and cognition demands), adapt materials for ELLs using a word level, sentence level and text level analysis, modify existing text to provide linguistic access to your ELLs, create materials to provide linguistic access to your ELLs and strategically select and adapt materials in lesson planning with your ELL in mind. Let's get started!


10 videos, 4 readings, 3 practice quizzes expand

1. Reading: Greetings!
2. Video: Introduction
3. Video: Material Selection
4. Practice Quiz: Material Selection
5. Video: Material Adaptation
6. Video: Classroom Application-Material Adaptation
7. Video: Adapted Text
8. Practice Quiz: Material Adaptation
9. Video: Activity Types
10. Reading: Lesson Plan Template
11. Video: Lesson Delivery
12. Practice Quiz: Activities and Lesson Delivery
13. Reading: Bonus Reading: Scaffolding academic language for second language learners
14. Reading: Lesson Plan Template
15. Video: Lesson Plan Annotation
16. Video: Summary
17. Video: Interview: Best Classroom Practices with the ELL in Mind

Graded: Module 4 Assessment

WEEK 5


ELL Lesson Planning in Action



Welcome to week 5! This is a unique module in that you will have a chance to see some lesson plans in action. We will share 3 lesson plans fully developed with the ELL in mind. By the end of this module, you will be able to: identify key aspects of Second Language Acquisition in 3 fully developed lesson plans, analyze ways to select vocabulary, grammatical structures, language functions, cognitive skills, and learning skills within these 3 model lessons, recognize alignment of learning outcomes to state standards within these 3 model lessons, identify modified texts and materials for ELLs and apply these same concepts to your own lessons, objectives, and materials.


6 videos, 4 readings expand

1. Reading: Greetings!
2. Video: Introduction
3. Reading: Lesson Plan Template
4. Video: Social Studies Lesson Plan Annotation
5. Reading: Lesson Plan Template
6. Video: Language Arts Lesson Plan Annotation
7. Reading: Lesson Plan Template
8. Video: Mathematics Lesson Plan Annotation
9. Video: Summary
10. Video: Interview: Scaffolding and Lesson Delivery with the ELL in Mind

WEEK 6


Assessment



Welcome to week 6! Congratulations and well done. It is now time to apply the many strategies for lesson planning with the ELL in mind to your own teaching context. By the end of this module, you will be able to synthesize course material, complete the final exam and complete the optional peer review. Good luck!


1 video, 2 readings expand

1. Reading: Greetings!
2. Video: Final Review
3. Reading: Works Cited for Course
4. Peer Review: Content Materials Adapted for ELLs

Graded: Final Assessment