This document outlines the weekly assignments for an ESL 433N course. It includes assignments on achieving ELL goals, English language proficiency standards, cultivating home-school partnerships, analyzing student proficiency levels, observing an ELL classroom using SIOP, building vocabulary for ELLs, using graphic organizers to identify strategies for each proficiency level, interviewing an ELL instructor about assessment and placement, evaluating assessments, creating a SIOP lesson plan, and reflecting on integrating academic vocabulary strategies. Details and requirements are provided for each weekly assignment.

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ESL 433 N Week 1 Assignment Achieving ELL Goals
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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:
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:

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ESL 433 N Week 2 Assignment Cultivating Home and School Partnerships
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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.

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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.
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.

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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.

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ESL 433 N Week 4 Building Vocabulary for ELLs in the Pre-production and Early Production
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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?

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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 strategy is applicable to the specific ELL proficiency label, citing references.

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ESL 433 N Week 6 Assignment ELL Instructor Interview
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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?

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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:
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.

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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:
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.

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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?

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