Here are the Fresno Glossary of Strategies that includes a large number of interactive tasks and a short description of each. Some of these were presented during the four days of the workshop.

Newcomers neeed to learn site words as well as phonics. Here is a set of site words for your use.

Persuasion Across Time and Space ELA Unit

For Kentucky teachers and instructional coaches who would like to implement or support implementation of Understanding Language's ELA Middle School Unit, Persuasion Across Time and Space:

Materials for ELA Unit Implementation:

Full ELA Unit Teacher Guide

ELA Unit Student Handouts

Teacher Created Powerpoints

Here is a set of powerpoint files created by teachers in Charlotte who piloted the unit. These PPTs may not be complete, and you will have to edit them for your own classroom, but they maybe a helpful starting point.

Classroom Videos

Here is a link to five classroom videos plus an overview video created through a collaboration with the Teaching Channel from our work last fall in Denver.

Lesson One videos

(Can You Drink Dirty Water, Evolution) can be downloaded here.

Plutchik's Wheel

Here is a link to Plutchik's wheel of emotion with additional facial expressions.

Relationships and Convergences

Here is the link to the Venn diagram comparing Mathematics, Science, and ELA Practices

Conversation Analysis Tool

Here is the Conversation Analysis Tool for use in analyzing student discourse.

Key Principles for ELL Instruction

These principles, created by leading researchers in the field of Second Language Acquisition, are meant to guide teachers, coaches, curriculum designers and site/district based administrators as they work to improve the programs, policies and practices for English Learners.

Classroom Snapshot: Academic Discussion Review

Student Discourse Samples

Here is a folder of sample student conversations for use in analyzing student discourse.

Understanding Language Professional Development Courses

Understanding Language at Stanford is offering online professional development courses this fall. For more information, go to Online Courses for more information.

Interdisciplinary Holocaust Unit

Created by Jill Sanders and her colleague Luz Larsen from Harden County Schools, this unit embeds many of our scaffolding tasks into an engaging unit which exemplifies the notion of providing English learners with "high challenge/high support" lessons.

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Kentucky Fall '18 English Learner Professional Development

Welcome to Developing High Challenge, High Support Lessons for English Learners

Shared Lesson Plan Folder

DAY 1

Morning Sessions

Afternoon Session

DAY 2

Morning Session

Afternoon Session

DAY 3

Morning Introduction

Scaffolding the Reading of an Historical Text: Rosa Parks

Curriculum Enhancement Principles

Examining Academic Language: Interaction and Output

Analyzing Your Classroom Discourse

DAY 4

Structuring Academic Arguments: Historical Thinking

Curriculum Enhancement Procedure

Additional Resources