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English Learners

Guidance
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ISBE Resources: Department of ELL

• Legislation, Rules and Guidance
• English Language Development Standards
• ​English Language Proficiency Assessments
• ASCD: Teaching Argument Writing to ELLs
• Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School

Research:

• ​(6-12) Attending to Language, Engaging in Practice: Scaffolding English Language Learners’ Apprenticeship Into the Common Core English Language Arts Standards
• UnboundEd: Implementing CCSS with ELL Students (recorded presentation)
• Fisher and Frey:It's All About the Talk (article)

Lessons and Units

Center for Applied Linguistics: GO TO Strategies

WiDA Consortium:  Can Do Descriptors (K-12)
​The Can Do Descriptors highlight what language learners can do at various stages of language development as they engage in teaching and learning in academic contexts.

Learners in Action
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• Analyzing Texts: Series (3-8)
  • Beginning the Lesson
  • Text Talk Time
  • Brainstorm before Writing
  • Puttting thoughts on Paper​
• Scaffolding Complex Texts (6-8)
• Deeper Learning for English Language Learners
• Citing Evidence from Complex Text​​
• Essay Structure in Writing (6-8)​​