This document provides details and instructions for 8 weekly assignments for an ESL teaching course. It includes assignments on topics like achieving ELL goals, cultivating home-school partnerships, assessing ELL proficiency levels, observing ELL classrooms using SIOP, building vocabulary for ELLs, using graphic organizers for ELL strategies, interviewing an ELL instructor about assessment, and creating a SIOP lesson plan integrating ELL standards. Students are to complete short essays, presentations, observations and reflections on working with English language learners based on course readings and materials.

1. ESL 433 N Week 1 Assignment Achieving ELL
Goals
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ESL 433N Week 1 Assignment Achieving ELL Goals
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ESL 433 N Week 1 Assignment English
Language Proficiency Standards
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ESL 433N Week 1 Assignment English Language Proficiency
Standards
Details:

2. Using the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELP) from
Arizona or from your state, select a stage (grade level) for a group of
students of your choosing. Create a content objective and a language
objective using the English Language Arts Standards from AZ or
from your state for your group of ELLs at the Basic Proficiency Level
for each of the following domains:
1. Listening and Speaking
2. Reading
3. Writing
Include a 500-750-word summary below the chart (within the same
document) that contains rationales for each of the three domains that
describes how the objectives you wrote address the characteristics of
a basic ELL level and accounts for the theoretical language
acquisition principles mentioned in your required reading.
In this summary, explain how content area teachers can write lesson
plans in which all of the standards (ELP and content) support one
another and actually provide scaffolding opportunities for students.
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment,
solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and
references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines,
which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student
Success Center.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
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3. ESL 433 N Week 1 Discussion Question 1
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ESL 433N Week 1 Discussion Question 1
According to Jim Cummins, social language (BICS) takes 1-3 years
while academic language (CALP) is more difficult and takes 5-8
years to develop. Describe the differences between BICS and CALP.
How can teachers help English language learners develop academic
language?
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ESL 433 N Week 2 Assignment Cultivating
Home and School Partnerships
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4. ESL 433N Week 2 Assignment Cultivating Home and School
Partnerships
Details:
After watching the “Immersion” and “ELL Parent Involvement”
videos, create a 10-15 slide PowerPoint that addresses the following
questions.
1. What are some cultural factors that might affect English language
learning for native English speakers as well as those students for
whom English is an additional language?
2. What are significant issues to consider regarding the instruction and
the classroom environment for all students?
3. How would home and school partnerships facilitate learning?
4. What could be done to cultivate home and school partnerships?
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
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ESL 433 N Week 2 Discussion Question 2
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ESL 433N Week 2 Discussion Question 2
What are some of the potential effects of bilingualism and home
language use for a student attending classes that are delivered in
English? How might these effects differ based on the age of the
student?
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ESL 433 N Week 3 Assignment Proficiency
Level Analysis
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ESL 433N Week 3 Assignment Proficiency Level Analysis
Details:
Analyze the proficiency levels of the students in Ms. Jensen’s class to
place them into appropriate groups.

6. In a 250-word essay describe how you would group these students for
in-class English language arts activities. The essay should include a
rationale of placement, citing at least one source from your research
to support the placement.
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment,
solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and
references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines,
which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student
Success Center. A title page is not required.
You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
Ms. Jensen’s 7th Grade Class AZELLA Scores
Student Name
Reading Label Writing Label Listening Label Speaking Label
Aryanna Proficient Intermediate Intermediate Proficient
Carlos Intermediate Basic Basic Intermediate
Corynn Basic Basic Emergent Basic
Desiree Basic Intermediate Basic Intermediate
Gabriel Proficient Intermediate Intermediate Proficient
Hailey Basic Emergent Emergent Basic
Jade Basic Basic Intermediate Intermediate
Jakob Intermediate Basic Intermediate Intermediate
Jerry Intermediate Intermediate Intermediate Intermediate
Michael Intermediate Proficient Intermediate Proficient
Noah Basic Intermediate Intermediate Intermediate
Petie Proficient Intermediate Intermediate Intermediate
Ramon Emergent Emergent Pre-Emergent Emergent
Rebecca Basic Emergent Basic Basic
Suzanne Proficient intermediate Intermediate Proficient
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7. ESL 433 N Week 4 Assignment ELL
Classroom Observation Using SIOP
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ESL 433N Week 4 Assignment ELL Classroom Observation Using
SIOP
Details:
For this assignment, observe, and assess at least one lesson involving
ELLs using the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP)
checklist in Sheltered Content Instruction: Teaching English Learners
with Diverse Abilities.
Submit a copy of the checklist with a 250-word reflection on this
experience. Address the following questions in your reflection:
Were the students aware of the class language and content objectives?
How did the teacher instruct the content and language objectives?
What type of student group configurations were used? How many
different types of student configurations were used?
How did the teacher accommodate for different ELP levels?
Log the time that you spend on-site on the appropriate form.
You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

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ESL 433 N Week 4 Building Vocabulary for
ELLs in the Pre-production and Early
Production Stages
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ESL 433N Week 4 Building Vocabulary for ELLs in the Pre-
production and Early Production Stages
Details:
From your required reading and other sources, write a 500-750 word
persuasive essay to your fellow teachers describing the benefits of
strategies that encourage vocabulary development within the pre-
production and early production stages of language acquisition. These
strategies should transcend all content areas. Describe the Silent
Period and how it affects vocabulary development. How could this be
accounted for within your teaching?
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA
Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not
required.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

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ESL 433 N Week 4 Discussion Question 1
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ESL 433N Week 4 Discussion Question 1
After reading chapter 17 in 50 Strategies for Teaching English
Language Learners, choose a curriculum area and a grade level you
hope to teach. Using the steps listed in the text regarding the
implementation of sorting activities; explain how you would use these
sorting activities to teach language.
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ESL 433 N Week 4 Discussion Question 2
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10. ESL 433N Week 4 Discussion Question 2
In Sheltered Content Instruction: Teaching English Learners with
Diverse Abilities, cognitive, met cognitive, and language learning
strategies are reviewed. Choose one strategy from each you would
utilize to teach vocabulary. Explain why each strategy would be
effective for an English language learner.
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ESL 433 N Week 5 Assignment Graphic
Organizer
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ESL 433N Week 5 Assignment Graphic Organizer
Details:
Create a graphic organizer, or complete the table attached, to identify
and describe oral, reading, and writing strategies appropriate for each
ELL proficiency level. You may use strategies from your required
readings or your research. Include a justification as to why each

11. strategy is applicable to the specific ELL proficiency label, citing
references.
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment,
solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and
references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines,
which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student
Success Center.
You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
Pre-Emergent Instructional Strategies
Content Area Strategy and Description Justification
Speaking and Listening
Reading
Writing
Emergent Instructional Strategies
Content Area Strategy and Description Justification
Speaking and Listening
Reading
Writing
Basic Instructional Strategies
Content Area Strategy and Description Justification
Speaking and Listening
Reading
Writing
Intermediate Instructional Strategies

12. Content Area Strategy and Description Justification
Speaking and Listening
Reading
Writing
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ESL 433 N Week 5 Discussion Question 1
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ESL 433N Week 5 Discussion Question 1
If you were teaching a learning strategy to students with intermediate
English proficiency, what specific guidelines would be critical for you
to consider when planning the lesson?
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ESL 433 N Week 5 Discussion Question 2

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ESL 433N Week 5 Discussion Question 2
A teacher starts the beginning of the school year with 25 sixth
graders, all of whom are proficient in the English language. By the
fourth month of school, Josefina joins the classroom. She has just
entered the United States and does not speak a word of English. How
does this teacher modify her lessons for this student? How does the
teacher make Josefina feel comfortable in the established classroom
culture? How can the teacher make other students feel comfortable
within the classroom?
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ESL 433 N Week 6 Assignment ELL Instructor
Interview
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14. ESL 433N Week 6 Assignment ELL Instructor Interview
Details:
Interview an ELL instructor from a Title I school about how
assessment is used for placement. You may interview one of the
instructors that you have observed during your observations for this
course. Inquire also about how placement is determined for both
special education and gifted ELLs. Your questions might include (but
should not be limited to) the following:
1. What are the indicators of exceptionality a classroom teacher
should look for when a student also has a language barrier?
2. How can informal as well as formal assessment results factor into
placement?
3. What role do parents and teachers have in placement?
4. What are some primary factors that are exhibited in
underachievement that may not necessarily signal special education
needs?
5. How are changes among individual ELL proficiency levels over the
course of the school year accounted for?
6. How are diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments
integrated for ELLs in mainstream classrooms?
7. What are the benefits of the SIOP protocol for native English
speakers as well as those for whom English is an additional language?
Consolidate your findings in a 750-word essay, supporting your
findings with at least three current sources from your readings and the
GCU Library to support your reasoning.

15. Log the time that you spend on-site on the appropriate form.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA
Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not
required.
This assignment uses a grading rubric. Review the rubric prior to
beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for
successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
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ESL 433 N Week 6 Evaluating and Selecting
Assessments
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ESL 433N Week 6 Evaluating and Selecting Assessments
Details:

16. Table 1 in the Smith article describes concepts, principles, and
checklist items that can be used to evaluate assessments.
Select two of the checklist items you think are important when
evaluating assessments for ELL students. In a 500-word essay
describe those items within a brief summary of the article to defend
why you believe the two items are of particular importance. Include at
least three sources from your reading to support your position.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA
Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
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ESL 433 N Week 7 Assignment Benchmark
Using SEI Strategies in a SIOP Lesson Plan
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ESL 433N Week 7 Assignment Benchmark Using SEI Strategies in a
SIOP Lesson Plan
Details:

17. For this benchmark, create a SIOP lesson plan that integrates
students’ reading levels, cultural background, language objectives,
content objectives, and best instructional practices for ELLs, as well
as authentic assessment for a grade level and content area of your
choice.
Use the SIOP Lesson Plan Template, located on the College of
Education site in the Student Success Center, and the “Class Profile”
to complete this assignment.
From the “Class Profile,” specify a grade-level of your students.
Choose a performance objective from the ELA Common Core State
Standards to create the content objective for your lesson.
Select the English language proficiency standards based on the needs
of your students. Consider applicable language acquisition stages of
development in designing your lesson plan.
Integrate the following:
1. Lesson Preparation
2. Building Background
3. Comprehensible Input
4. Strategies
5. Interaction Practice & Application
6. Lesson Delivery
7.Review & Assessment
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning
the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for
successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
Submit this assignment to your instructor in LoudCloud.

18. You will also submit this assignment to Taskstream along with your
completed practicum/field experience log.
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ESL 433 N Week 8 Assignment Academic
Vocabulary Strategies
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ESL 433N Week 8 Assignment Academic Vocabulary Strategies
Details:
Based on the strategies that you learned about in this course and your
required readings, write a 250-word reflection about how you would
integrate academic vocabulary in the content areas.
Choose one strategy and explain how you would incorporate
academic vocabulary throughout the school day in multiple ways.
What resources would you need to best facilitate this strategy?
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

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