This document provides instructions for several assignments for an ESL course. It includes details for assignments on English language proficiency standards, cultivating home-school partnerships, classroom observations, and lesson planning. Students are asked to complete tasks such as creating language and content objectives for ELL students, developing a PowerPoint on home-school partnerships, observing ELL classrooms using the SIOP protocol, and designing SIOP lesson plans that integrate language and content standards. The document also provides discussion questions and links to online tutorials and guidelines to support students in completing the assignments.
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GCU ESL 433N Week 1 Assignment Objectives and Summary
1. Grand Canyon University ESL 433N Week 1
Assignment English Language Proficiency
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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
2. 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.
3. Grand Canyon University ESL 433N Week 1
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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?
4. Grand Canyon University ESL 433N Week 2
Assignment Cultivating Home and School
Partnerships NEW
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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?
5. 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.
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6. Grand Canyon University ESL 433N Week 2
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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?
7. Grand Canyon University ESL 433N Week 3
Assignment Proficiency Level Analysis NEW
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Analyze the proficiency levels of the students in
Ms. Jensen’s class to place them into appropriate
groups.
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.
8. 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
10. Grand Canyon University ESL 433N Week 4
Assignment ELL Classroom Observation Using
SIOP NEW
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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:
11. 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.
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12. Grand Canyon University ESL 433N Week 4
Building Vocabulary for ELLs in the Pre-
production and Early Production Stages NEW
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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
13. Silent Period and how it affects vocabulary
development. How could this be accounted for
within your teaching?
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guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in
the Student Success Center. An abstract is not
required.
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14. Grand Canyon University ESL 433N Week 4
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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.
15. Grand Canyon University ESL 433N Week 4
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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.
16. Grand Canyon University ESL 433N Week 5
Assignment Graphic Organizer NEW
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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 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
17. should be presented using APA documentation
guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style
Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
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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
19. Grand Canyon University ESL 433N Week 5
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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?
20. Grand Canyon University ESL 433N Week 5
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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?
21. Grand Canyon University ESL 433N Week 6
Assignment ELL Instructor Interview NEW
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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?
22. 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.
Log the time that you spend on-site on the
appropriate form.
23. 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.
24. Grand Canyon University ESL 433N Week 6
Evaluating and Selecting Assessments NEW
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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.
25. 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.
26. Grand Canyon University ESL 433N Week 7
Assignment Benchmark Using SEI Strategies in a
SIOP Lesson Plan NEW
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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.
27. 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.
28. Submit this assignment to your instructor in
LoudCloud.
You will also submit this assignment to
Taskstream along with your completed
practicum/field experience log.
29. Grand Canyon University ESL 433N Week 8
Assignment Academic Vocabulary Strategies NEW
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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.