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Title: Tools for ESL Lesson Plans


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Tools for ESL Lesson Plans
  • By Terry Skiles

11/02/06
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Introduction
  • This presentation reviews tools and resources
    available to assist the teacher of middle school
    ESL classrooms with lesson planning. In 2000 the
    U.S. Census Bureau reported that 28.4 million
    U.S. residents were foreign born. That number
    has expanded to over 30 million at this time
    creating a growing need for effective ESL
    classrooms and teachers in todays school system.

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Overview
  • A brief introduction and explanation of the SIOP
    Model
  • An introduction and explanation of an alternate
    model, the CALLA Model
  • A summary of useful websites for teachers with
    tools and resources for ESL lesson planning

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The SIOP Model
  • Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP)
  • Developed to make content area instruction more
    comprehensible in the ELL classroom
  • Resulting from the work of Jana Echevarria, Mary
    Ellen Vogt and Deborah J. Short

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Elements of the SIOP Model
  • Preparation
  • Clearly defined content objectives
  • Clearly defined language objectives
  • Supplementary materials used
  • Adaptation of content according to student
    proficiency
  • Meaningful activities that integrate concepts

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Elements of the SIOP Model
  • Instruction
  • Building Background
  • Linking concepts to students background
  • Linking past learning to new concepts
  • Key vocabulary emphasized
  • Comprehensible
  • Speech appropriate for proficiency level
  • Explanation of academic tasks
  • A variety of techniques (modeling, hands on, etc.)

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Elements of the SIOP Model
  • Strategies
  • Opportunities for use of different strategies
  • Scaffolding techniques used throughout the lesson
  • A variety of question types (literal, analytical,
    etc.)
  • Interaction
  • Frequent interaction between teacher and student
  • Grouping configurations to support language and
    content objectives
  • Consistent wait time for student response
  • Opportunities to clarify key points in the
    students native language

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Elements of the SIOP Model
  • Practice/Application
  • Hands-on materials or manipulatives for
    practicing new content
  • Activities to apply content and language
    knowledge
  • Activities using all language skills (writing,
    listening, speaking, reading, etc.)
  • Lesson Delivery
  • Content and language objectives must be supported
    by lesson delivery
  • Students must be engaged almost 100 of the time
  • Pacing appropriate to students ability

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Elements of the SIOP Model
  • Review and Assessment
  • Comprehensive review of key vocabulary
  • Comprehensive review of key content concepts
  • Regular feedback to students on their output
  • Conducting assessment of student comprehension
    and learning of all lesson objectives (spot
    checking, group response, etc.)

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The CALLA Model
  • Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach
    (CALLA)
  • Involves integrating learning strategies into a
    lesson
  • An alternative, less detailed lesson planning
    approach than SIOP
  • Developed by Anna Uhl Chamot and J. Michael
    OMalley

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Elements of the CALLA Model
ITEMS TO BE DEFINED PRIOR TO PLANNING
  • Subject
  • ESL Level
  • Topic
  • Grade(s)
  • Content Objectives
  • Language Objectives
  • Learning Strategies
  • Materials

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Elements of the CALLA Model
  • Preparation
  • Reviewing what students already know about
    learning strategies
  • Review and assess what is a students normal
    approach or strategy for a given task

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Elements of the CALLA Model
  • Presentation
  • Choose strategies appropriate for the task
  • Present the language task
  • Discuss strategies mentioning them by name
  • Model Strategies
  • Model strategies through thinking aloud during
    tasks
  • Discuss the value of strategies used

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Elements of the CALLA Model
  • Practice
  • Provide opportunities to practice the strategies
    already modeled
  • Use groups, pairs, and individual activities to
    think aloud and practice strategies
  • Re-emphasize the value of strategies as students
    use them
  • Coach the students by prompts focusing on the
    students thought processes

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Elements of the CALLA Model
  • Evaluation
  • Students must assess their own learning
  • Evaluate if strategies were successful
  • Emphasize which strategies worked well in certain
    contexts
  • Practice language skills by discussing which
    strategies the students find effective

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Elements of the CALLA Model
  • Expansion
  • Create tasks to encourage students to apply what
    they have learned to new situations
  • Encourage students to consciously re-use
    strategies with language tasks and content area
    learning

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Useful Websites
  • EverythingESL.Net
  • http//www.everythingesl.net/inservices/using_siop
    _model_08621.php.php
  • Provides an overview and outline of the SIOP
    Model
  • Includes related links to many articles and tools
    for content area instruction
  • Helpful for teachers who are not familiar with
    the SIOP Model or need tools for content area
    instruction

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Useful Websites
  • CAL Center for Applied Linguistics
  • http//www.cal.org/siop/
  • Provides a historical perspective of the SIOP
    model and current news related to the topic
  • Provides shopping links for professional
    development resources
  • Includes sample lesson plans for content area
    teaching including science and social studies
  • This website is useful for teachers attempting to
    improve their own professional development using
    the SIOP Model

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Useful Websites
  • CALLA Cognitive Academic Language Learning
    Approach
  • http//jillrobbins.com/catesol/calla.html
  • Provides only an outline of the CALLA Model
  • Expands on the preparation, presentation,
    practice, evaluation, and expansion in the CALLA
    model
  • Useful only to anyone wishing to familiarize
    themselves with the CALLA Model

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Useful Websites
  • Education World
  • http//www.educationworld.com/foreign_lang/classro
    om/esl.shtml
  • Provides links to articles and reviews of
    websites and tools for ESL lesson planning
  • Excellent search tool for teacher helps such as
    classroom activities including online activities
  • The website is a great tool for teachers in the
    ESL classroom for both professional development
    and classroom tools for teaching

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Useful Websites
  • EnglishClub.com
  • http//www.englishclub.com/teacher-guide.htm
  • Provides both an explanation of and the actual
    guides for warm ups, theme-based lessons and
    skill-based lessons
  • Also provides both a historical perspective of
    the ESL classroom and a monthly newsletter for
    the ESL teacher
  • The website does the work for the teacher.
    Lesson plans are already created for a plethora
    of content objectives and are categorized so
    teachers can complete a series of lessons

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Print Resources
  • Sheltered Content Instruction Teaching English
    Language Learners with Diverse Abilities
  • By Jana Echevarria and Anne Graves
  • A college level class textbook covering ESL
    classroom instruction based on the SIOP Model
  • Useful for professors and students in the
    post-high school classroom

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Print Resources
  • The CALLA Handbook
  • By Anna Uhl Chamot and J. Michael OMalley
  • Introduces and explains the CALLA Model, and
    provides direction for both establishing and
    implementing the model
  • This text is useful in conjunction with other
    texts on teaching strategies for the college
    level classroom

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Conclusion
  • There is an abundance of web-tools, print
    resources, and online articles to assist the ESL
    teacher with effective lesson planning. Many
    lesson plans are already prepared for the teacher
    to use with little time and effort. The ESL
    teacher needs effective training, but the tools
    seem already in place to produce outstanding
    lesson plans for teaching content to the English
    Language Learner.

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References
  • Haynes, J. (2006). SIOP Making Content
    Comprehensible for ELLs. Retrieved October 18,
    2006, from Everything ESL
  • Web site http//www.everythingesl.net/inservice
    s/ using_siop_model_08621.php.php
  • The SIOP Model of Sheltered Instruction.
    Retrieved October 18, 2006, from CAL Center for
    Applied Linguistics
  • Web site http//www.cal.org/siop/

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References
  • CALLA Cognitive Academic Language Learning
    Approach Integrating Learning Strategies into a
    Lesson. Retrieved October 18, 2006, from Jill
    Robbins
  • Web site http//jillrobbins.com/catesol/calla.h
    tml
  • Lesson Planning for the ESL Classroom. Retrieved
    October 18, 2006, from Education World
  • Web site http//www.educationworld.com/foreign_
    lang/classroom/esl.shtml
  • Using English Club for Teaching in the ESL
    Classroom. Retrieved October 18, 2006 from
    English Club
  • Web site http//www.englishclub.com/teacher-gui
    de.htm

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References
  • Chamot, Anna Uhl and J. Michael OMalley. The
    CALLA Handbook, United States of America
    Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., 1994.
  • Echevarria, Jana and Anne Graves. Sheltered
    Content Instruction Teaching English Language
    Learners with Diverse Abilities, United States of
    America Pearson Education, Inc., 2003.
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