This document outlines the assignments for an entire SEI 500 course, including individual and team assignments over its 6 weeks. The assignments include chapter summaries, drafting and revising an instructional unit, SIOP lesson planning, a strategies paper, vocabulary games, and presenting the final instructional unit. Students work individually and in learning teams to develop and refine materials to support English language learners.

1. SEI 500 Entire Course
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SEI 500 Week 1 Individual Assignment Chapter One Summary
SEI 500 Week 2 Team Assignment First Draft of Instructional Unit
SEI 500 Week 3 Individual Assignment SIOP Lesson Planning Sheet
SEI 500 Week 4 Team Assignment Continuum of Strategies Paper
SEI 500 Week 4 Team Assignment Revised Unit
SEI 500 Week 5 Individual Assignment Final SIOP Lesson Plan
SEI 500 Week 5 Individual Assignment Vocabulary Game
SEI 500 Week 6 Team Assignment Final Instructional Unit
SEI 500 Week 6 Team Assignment Unit Plan Presentation
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SEI 500 Week 1 Individual Assignment Chapter One Summary
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2. Write a 350-word summary of Ch. 1 of Making Content Comprehensible
for English Learners.
Discuss the implications of the chapter's content for the classroom
setting. The paper should be in APA format.
Attached is the rubric I will use to grade your Chapter One Summary.
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SEI 500 Week 2 Team Assignment First Draft of Instructional
Unit
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This week's team assignment, the Unit Plan Proposal, is merely a
proposal. This project will evolve over the next few weeks, and I do not
expect what you turn in this week to go into great detail. The checklist
that is attached is what I will use as I grade it. Each section should be
addressed, but it is a draft in progress at this point in time. Remember
that it is just a proposal at this point and is only worth 5 points. Also,
please note, that this assignment cannot be divided up among learning
team members by the headings below. Everyone must come up with the
content objectives, language objectives, standards, key vocabulary, and
materials for their lesson and then compile it into one larger proposal.
Your proposal must include the following information:

3. Introduction: (describe the topic/theme of the unit, the target age group,
the length of time for the entire unit, the ELL level best suited to the
unit, etc. ) This information can be completely made up if you need it to
be.
Content Objectives: (describe what you expect students to be able to
do/have learned by the end)
Language Objectives: (describe what you expect students to accomplish
related to language--speaking and writing)
Standards: (be sure to list the standards your unit meets--use Common
Core State Standards)
Key Vocabulary: (list the vocabulary which students will be expected to
learn throughout the unit)
Materials: (list necessary materials for the unit)
Description of Lessons: (at this point this will be a very brief description
of your lessons, depending on your number of group members)
Submit the first rough draft of the Instructional Unit in Week Two. The
final Instructional Unit is due in Week Six.
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SEI 500 Week 3 Individual Assignment SIOP Lesson Planning
Sheet

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Attached is the planning sheet I'd like you to use for your individual
SIOP lesson plan and the rubric I will use to grade the planning sheet.
Please note that this assignment does not have to be in APA format--
simply complete the attached lesson planning sheet for the lesson you
are doing within your team's unit. Also, I've attached an example of what
a completed one might look like, and I've purposely left my comments
on it in red. This is because these are the two areas that I've seen need
revising the most (the assessment piece and stating the type of grouping
you're using). Finally, I suggest you examine some sample SIOP lesson
plans at the sites I have recommended below:
The SIOP Institute
See the link to lesson plans in the sidebar titled "In My Classroom."
SIOP Central
Click on the "Services" sidebar and then click on "Sample SIOP Lesson
Plans" on the right (some of these are the same as the ones from the
SIOP Institute site--but others are different).
You will see that the SIOP components are expressed in several different
ways in these lesson plans.
I've also typed up a description of each of the sections you need to
include in your lesson plan (see attached). In the past, I've had students
who were confused about what activities/strategies might be appropriate
where, so I thought this might help. Please be as descriptive as possible

5. (a sentence or two is not sufficient). Let me know if you have any
questions.
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SEI 500 Week 4 Team Assignment Continuum of Strategies
Paper
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Post one collaborative response. Attached is the rubric I will use to grade
your Continuum of Strategies Paper.
As a Learning Team, discuss the continuum of strategies in Figure 5.1
from Chapter 5of Making Content Comprehensible for English
Learners: The SIOP Model. Share and discuss appropriate situations to
use each strategy within the classroom. Also include examples of when
these strategies may be used inappropriately in the classroom. Prepare a
600-1200 word summary of the Learning Team's discussion and
analysis.
Be sure to give examples of when it would be both appropriate and
inappropriate to use each strategy. I suggest breaking up the paper in
your Learning Teams as follows:
Introduction:
Teacher-Centered:

6. Teacher-Assisted:
Peer-Assisted:
Student Centered:
Conclusion:
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SEI 500 Week 4 Team Assignment Revised Unit
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Submit a revised copy of your team's unit. Please make revisions based
on the feedback you were given on your Unit Proposal and Individual
Lesson Plans (I will have your planning sheets back to you no later than
Friday). You will now include a detailed description of each lesson in
APA style. Do not just cut and paste your planning sheets into the unit!
Use headings followed by sentences/paragraphs. Attached is the rubric I
will use to grade your Revised Unit and the checklist of all necessary
items. I have also posted a sample for you to take a look at.
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SEI 500 Week 5 Individual Assignment Final SIOP Lesson Plan
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Attached is the rubric I will use to grade the final version of your SIOP
Lesson Plan. Please note that you must address all of the comments I
made on your lesson planning sheet and convert the lesson into APA
format. This should not be a very difficult assignment because you've
already done the work for your revised unit. I will have the units back to
you by Friday, so that if there are any revisions to be made to your
lessons, you will have time to do so.
I have also attached the checklist that I will use when I am evaluating
your lesson plan. If any of the items on the checklist are not included in
your lesson plan, you will lose points. The lesson plan you turn in by
Monday needs to have an introduction, which should include the topic,
age/language level, length of lesson, and any other background
information (you are welcome to use the one from your team's unit).
Then each of the sections on the rubric and the checklist I gave you can
be your headings. They should be followed with a few
sentences/paragraph. Be sure to then write a conclusion with any
extension or "wrap up" information (again, you can use the one from
your team's unit). There should be references within the body of the text-
-at minimum our class text should be cited--and a reference page. If you
have more questions, please let me know.
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SEI 500 Week 5 Individual Assignment Vocabulary Game
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Create a game to teach vocabulary for a selected content area. Post a
description of your game and the content area it relates to.
It can be a Power Point, Word, or Pdf. This assignment is meant to be
fun, so don't stress too much about it. Choose any vocabulary game
you've seen or thought of yourself and explain it. Also be sure to
describe how and why it would work well for ELL students. Some
things I've seen in the past included vocabulary baseball, kids creating
and then doing crosswords with content vocab, fake out (where the kids
figure out which definition is true and which two are lies), etc. This does
NOT need to be in APA format or require references. Have fun!
Attached is the rubric I will use to grade your Vocabulary Game. Please
let me know if you have any questions.
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SEI 500 Week 6 Team Assignment Final Instructional Unit
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Learning Teams must submit their Final Unit Plan by Monday. Be sure
that you've addressed all feedback given to you on your Revised Unit
Plan. Attached is the rubric I will use to grade your Final Unit Plan. I'm

9. also attaching the checklist I will use as I grade your papers. Any area
that is not addressed will result in a loss of points. I will have your
lessons from last week back to you by Friday so that you can revise
anything necessary and then cut and paste them into the unit. Please let
me know if you have any questions.
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SEI 500 Week 6 Team Assignment Unit Plan Presentation
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Learning Teams must submit their Unit Plan Presentation by Monday.
Attached is the rubric I will use to grade your Unit Plan Presentation.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
As for adding notes: Under the "View" heading there is an option for
"Notes Page." Click this and you will be able to add additional text.
Each slide should just contain bulleted or small amounts of information.
The notes page allows someone to click on it and get more info in order
to actually implement the lesson. You can cut and paste a lot of it from
the lesson plan you've already made.
An idea of how your Power Point could look would be as follows:
Slide 1-Introduction (Topic, Age, Language Level, Length of Unit)
Slide 2-Unit Content and Language Objectives

10. Slide 3-Unit Standards
Slide 4-Unit Vocabulary and Materials
Slide 5-Lesson 1
Slide 6-Lesson 1
Slide 7-Lesson 2
Slide 8-Lesson 2
Slide 9-Lesson 3
Slide 10-Lesson 3
Slide 11-Lesson 4
Slide 12-Lesson 4
Slide 13-Lesson 5 (if your unit has five lessons)
Slide 14-Lesson 5 (if your unit has five lessons)
Slide 15-Conclusion (Extension, Summary of student learning)
Slide 16-Appendices (these are optional and do not count in the 10-20
slide limit--you can have as many as you want)
Final Slide-References
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