Content and English language integrated lesson planning for ELLs

1. Lesson Planning
Strategies
For English Language Learners

2. Strategies to Make the Input Comprehensible
 Draw on student’s first languages to preview and review the lesson
 Use visuals and realia (real things). Always try to move from the abstract to
the concrete.
 Scaffold content learning through the use of graphic organizers, including
Venn diagrams, webs, and charts. [surveys]
 Use gestures and body language. [TPR]
 Speak clearly and pause often, but don’t slow down speech unnaturally.
 Say the same thing in different ways (paraphrase).
 Write down key words and ideas. (This slows down the language.)
 Use media, PowerPoint, overheads, and charts wherever appropriate.
 Make frequent comprehension checks.
 Above all keep oral presentations or reading assignments short.
Collaborative activities are more effective then lectures or assigned readings.

3. Today’s Goals
 Lessons from a humming bird
 “Understanding by Design” = Lesson/Unit Planning Refresher
 Strategies for Teaching ELLs = Listening+Speaking+Reading+Writing
 Go over a Bible Lesson with specific strategies for ELLs
 Stephen Krashen = i+1 (input plus one… not zero or ten)
 Larry Ferlazzo = ELL resources galore
 Sean Banville = Free web-based lessons

4. How To Plan Effective Lessons
Ellen Ullman
 Determine the purpose of the lesson.
 Create space for student thinking and discussion.
 Be prepared to push that student thinking further.
 Make time for reflection.

5. Understanding by Design template

6. Understanding by Design
Essential Questions in World Language
Compiled by Jay McTighe
 Motivation/Goals/Benefits
 Why learn another language?
 What are my motivations to learn another language?
 What are my expectations about learning another
language?
 How will learning a language enhance my life?
 How might learning a language open “doors of
opportunity”?

7. English Language Arts
Essential Questions :
 How do our experiences affect the way in which we create meaning?
 How do we generate meaning from various forms of communication?
 How does audience and purpose affect the way we communicate?
 How does language work?
 What are the purposes of language?
 How does interacting with a wide variety of genre and media help us
to understand the world and ourselves?
 How is written language different from spoken language?

8. Formats for Teaching English to
Speakers of Other Languages - TESOL
Push-in
Pull-out
Sheltered Intervention Observation
Protocol (SIOP)
Content & Language Integrated
Learning
Bi-Lingual Education

9. The importance of strategic
lesson planning for ELLs Echevarria, J., & Vogt, M.
 "As a child's teacher, you are the main role model for
appropriate English usage, word choice, intonation,
fluency, and so forth, but do not discount the value of
student-student interaction. In small groups, pairs,
and triads, English learners can practice new
language structures and vocabulary that they have
been taught, as well as important language functions,
such as clarifying, confirming or disconfirming
predictions, elaborating on one's own or another's
ideas, and evaluating opinions."

10. Chapters Titles Define Essentials
 Know Your Students
 Teach Language Through Content
 Organize Curriculum Around Themes
 Draw On Students Primary Languages and Cultures
 Emphasize Meaningful Reading and Writing
 Develop Academic Language

11. BICS/CALP (J. Cummins)
Students need considerable time to become
confident both socially and academically:
Conversational English 0-2 years
(BICS Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills)
Academic English 7-9 years
(CALP Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency)

12. Content and Language Integrated
Lesson Planning Strategies for Bible Classes
 Sean Banville of “Breaking News English” provides essential strategies
for exploring content in text-heavy/language-dense subjects such as
Bible, Social Studies, English Language Arts
 See 26 page handout
 Creating Bible Lessons and more based on this template using
age/development appropriate Bible passages in this seminar Psalm 23 is
the example taken from:
 The Jesus Storybook Bible
for ECC/Elementary
 The Message link
for Middle/Secondary
(Rewordify is an option also)

13. TESOL Lesson Strategies
 The Scripture Passage/Vocabulary
 Warm-Ups/Pre-teach
 Before Looking/Reading/Listening
 While Looking/Reading/Listening
 Match The Sentences And Listen
 Listening Gap Fill Picture choice
 Comprehension Questions
 Multiple Choice – Quiz
 Role Play/Puppets
 After Reading/Listening
 Student Survey
 Discussion (20 Questions)
 Discussion (Student-Created Qs)
 Language Work (Cloze/Collocations)
 Spelling Scramble Group work
 Put The Text Back Together
 Put The Words In The Right Order
 Circle The Correct Word
 Insert The Vowels (a, e, i, o, u)
 Punctuate The Text And Add Capitals
 Put A Slash ( / ) Where The Spaces Are
 Free Writing/Drawing
 Academic Writing/Storytelling
 Homework

14. Content and Language Integrated
Lesson Planning Strategies
 Listening (Vocabulary)
 Before Reading / Listening 4
 While Reading / Listening 5
 Match Sentences / Listening 6
 Listening Gap Fill 7
 Comprehension Questions 8
 Multiple Choice – Quiz 9
 Speaking
 Role Play 10
 After Reading / Listening 11
 Student Survey 12
 Discuss (20 Questions) 13
 Discuss (Student-Created Qs) 14
 Homework 26

15. Content and Language Integrated
Lesson Planning Strategies
 Reading
 Language Work (Cloze) 15
 Spelling 16
 Put The Text Back Together 17
 Put The Words In The Right Order 18
 Circle The Correct Word 19
 Homework 26
 Writing
 Insert The Vowels 20
 Punctuate & Add Capitals 21
 Put A Slash ( / ) for Spaces 22
 Free Writing 23
 Academic Writing 24
 Homework 26

16. Exercise time
In pairs find two strategies from the handout.
Share how you might be able to use this in a
Bible lesson.
In pairs find two more strategies from the handout.
Share how you might be able to use this in
another subject.

17. Take Away Quiz
1. What’s an ELL?
2. What does TESOL mean?
3. What are the 4 aspects of Teaching English to Speakers of
other Languages?
4. What teaching formats are used here to help ESOL students?
5. What is BICS? Approximately how long does it take?
6. What is CALP? Approximately how long does it take?
7. Who coined the term i+1 (input plus one)?
8. What another name for “Understanding by Design”?
9. How can teaching the Bible to ELLs be improved upon?
10. Bonus Question: Who is Larry Ferlazzo?