This course is designed to be used by students who have been designated as English Language Learners who are learning to read, write, and speak in English. Research-based and teacher-tested strategies, assessment activities, and projects are used to help the student acquire school and academic language and skills that are carried across the literacy areas of reading, writing, speaking, and listening.

The pacing guide designed to help the teacher plan and detailed lesson plans provide content background in literacy and language acquisition for the less experienced teacher or teacher assigned out-of field, and provides insight into effective teaching strategies that will help make your course a success.

Table of Contents:

1. Teaching the English Language Learner in the Content Areas
2. The Genres of Non-Fiction
3. Multi-Cultural Fiction Unit

4. Exploring the Narrative
5. Vignettes and Short Stories
6. The Research Paper and the English Language Learner

Course materials cover a full year with daily support for all aspects of instruction. The Teacher’s Edition includes a syllabus; correlation to standards; pacing guide; daily lesson plans; teacher’s workbook; CD with daily class notes in PDF (for use as color overheads) and/or PowerPoints; complete assessments. Classroom sets includes 25 Student Workbooks and Teacher Edition with CD. After purchase of Teacher’s Edition, additional Student Workbooks are available for individual purchase. Click here for details.