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Teach Out of the Box
STRATEGIES FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHERS
Sample Lessons:
Using Our Emotional Vocabulary https://betterlesson.com/community/lesson/38133/using-our-emotional-vocabulary
Memoirs and Personal Essays http://www.everythingesl.net/lessons/memoirs_personal_essays_03701.php
The Perfect Society https://betterlesson.com/community/lesson/24122/the-perfect-society
Reading and Analyzing The Pearl with ELLs https://sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/reading-and- analyzing- pearl-ells-254106
“Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King, Jr. https://sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/ela- module- 10.2.1-%E2%80%9Cletter-birmingham-jail%E2%80%9D-martin-luther-king-jr.-277456
National Council of Teachers of English http://www2.ncte.org/
The National Council of Teachers of English is devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education. The Council promotes the development of literacy, the use of language to construct personal and public worlds and to achieve full participation in society, through the learning and teaching of English and the related arts and sciences of language.
Resources:
Advocating for English Language Learners under ESSA http://www2.ncte.org/blog/2016/04/advocating-english-language-learners- essa/ Teaching English Language Learners (Council Chronicle, Sept. 2006) http://www.ncte.org/magazine/archives/125735 Search on English Language Learners http://search.ncte.org/default.aspx?q=%22english%20language%20learners%22
International Literacy Association (formerly International Reading Association)
https://www.literacyworldwide.org/
The International Literacy Association (ILA) is a global advocacy and membership organization of more than 300,000 literacy educators, researchers, and experts across 86 countries. ILA’s mission is to empower educators, inspire students, and encourage leaders with the resources they need to make literacy accessible for all.
IRA Resources:
Enhancing Vocabulary and Comprehension for English Language Learners https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/liter- acy-daily/2014/02/12/enhancing-vocabulary-and-comprehension-for-english-language-learners
Tech Tools to Support English Learners’ Literacy and Language Development https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy- daily/2017/06/02/tech-tools-to-support-english-learners-literacy-and-language-development
Second Language Learners’ Vocabulary and Oral Language Development https://www.literacyworldwide.org/docs/default- source/where-we-stand/ila-second-language-learners-vocabulary-oral-language.pdf?sfvrsn=67f9a58e_8
Affirming Individuality and Identity Through Picture Books and Storytelling
https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-daily/2019/01/31/affirming-individuality-and-identity-through-picture-books-and-storytelling “Rooting” On Adolescents https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-daily/2017/11/22/rooting-on-adolescents
Search on English Language Learners https://www.literacyworldwide.org/search- results?indexCatalogue=fullsitesearch&searchQuery=English+language+learners&wordsMode=0
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