Description
Enhance your English-language arts content instruction with the SIOP Model and transform your English learners into readers, writers and speakers of English.
Based on the best-selling resource, Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model by acclaimed authors Jana Echevarria, MaryEllen Vogt, and Deborah Short, reading and English teacher’s literacy coaches, intervention teachers, and reading specialists have access to research-based, SIOP-tested techniques for lessons specifically for the English-language arts (ELA) classroom. This highly anticipated book, The SIOP Model for Teaching English-Language Arts to English Learners addresses the issues faced in educating English learners (ELs) in ELA at each grade-level. SIOP techniques and activities organized around the eight SIOP components guide educators in promoting academic language development along with comprehensible content.
Written for SIOP teachers and those who have learned the SIOP Model, this book includes proven, effective English-language arts lessons and comprehensive units designed by SIOP language arts educators Karlin LaPorta and Lisa Mitchener. In addition, this book provides ideas to adapt the techniques for students at different levels of English proficiency. This invaluable resource is sure to become an indispensable resource for ELA educators of English learners.
Table of Contents
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LIST OF FEATURES
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW OF THE SIOP MODEL
A Review of the Key Components of the SIOP Model
1. Lesson Preparation
2. Building Background
3. Comprehensible Input
4. Strategies
5. Interaction
6. Practice & Application
7. Lesson Delivery
8. Review & Assessment
Why Is the SIOP Needed Now?
Organization and Purpose of This Book
Concluding Thoughts
CHAPTER 2: THE ACADEMIC LANGUAGE OF ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA)
What is Academic Language?
How Does Academic Language Fit Into the SIOP Model?
How Is Academic Language Manifested in Classroom Discourse?
Why Do English Learners Have Difficulty with Academic Language?
How Can We Effectively Teach Academic Language In English-Language Arts?
The Role of Discussion and Conversation in Developing Academic Language
What is the Academic Language of English-Language Arts?
Concluding Thoughts
CHAPTER 3: ACTIVITIES AND TECHNIQUES FOR PLANNING SIOP LESSONS IN THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ARTS (BY KARLIN LAPORTA AND LISA MITCHENER)
Reflecting on a Vignette
Introduction to SIOP Lesson Planning
Activity #1: Anticipation/Reaction Guide
SIOP Lesson Plan, Grade 1: Cluster K-2
Adaptations for Language Proficiency
Adaptations for Academic Proficiency
SIOP Lesson Plan, Grade 7: Cluster 6-8
Adaptations for Language Proficiency
Adaptations for Academic Proficiency
Activity #2: Semantic Feature Analysis
SIOP Lesson Plan, Grade 10: Cluster 9-12
Activity #2: The Conga Line
SIOP Lesson Plan, Grade 4: Cluster 3-5
Adaptations for Language Proficiency
Adaptations for Academic Proficiency
Concluding Thoughts
CHAPTER 4: LESSON AND UNIT DESIGN FOR SIOP LESSONS IN THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ARTS (GRADES K-2) (BY LISA MITCHENER AND KARLIN LAPORTA)
Introduction
Getting Started
The Unit Planning Process
Unit and Lesson Plans
English-Language Arts Unit: Cluster K-2, Grade 1
Overview of the Unit
Description of Unit and Content Standards
SIOP Lesson Plan: Grade 1, Day 1
SIOP Lesson Plan: Grade 1, Day 2
SIOP Lesson Plan: Grade 1, Day 4
SIOP Lesson Plan: Grade 1, Day 5
SIOP Lesson Plan: Grade 1, Day 6
Concluding Thoughts
Literature References
CHAPTER 5: LESSON AND UNIT DESIGN FOR SIOP LESSONS IN THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ARTS (GRADES 3-5) (BY LISA MITCHENER AND KARLIN LAPORTA)
Introduction
Unit and Lesson Plans
English-Language Arts Unit: Cluster 3-5, Grade 4
Overview of the Unit
Description of Unit and Content Standards
SIOP Lesson Plan: Grade 4, Day 1
SIOP Lesson Plan: Grade 4, Day 2
SIOP Lesson Plan: Grade 4, Day 3
SIOP Lesson Plan: Grade 4, Day 4
SIOP Lesson Plan: Grade 4, Day 5
SIOP Lesson Plan: Grade 4, Day 6
Concluding Thoughts
Literature References
CHAPTER 6: LESSON AND UNIT DESIGN FOR SIOP LESSONS IN THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ARTS (GRADES 6-8) (BY KARLIN LAPORTA AND LISA MITCHENER)
Introduction
Unit and Lesson Plans
English-Language Arts Unit: Cluster 6-8, Grade 7
Overview of the Unit
Description of Unit and Content Standards
SIOP Lesson Plan: Grade 7, Day 1
SIOP Lesson Plan: Grade 7, Day 2
SIOP Lesson Plan: Grade 7, Day 3
SIOP Lesson Plan: Grade 7, Day 4
SIOP Lesson Plan: Grade 7, Day 5
SIOP Lesson Plan: Grade 7, Day 6
SIOP Lesson Plan: Grade 7, Day 7
Concluding Thoughts
Literature References
CHAPTER 7: LESSON AND UNIT DESIGN FOR SIOP LESSONS IN THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ARTS (GRADES 9-12) (BY KARLIN LAPORTA AND LISA MITCHENER)
Introduction
Unit and Lesson Plans
English-Language Arts: Cluster 9-12, Grade 10
Overview of the Unit
Description of Unit and Content Standards
SIOP Lesson Plan: Grade 10, Day 1
SIOP Lesson Plan: Grade 10, Days 2-3
SIOP Lesson Plan: Grade 10, Days 4-5
SIOP Lesson Plan: Grade 10, Days 6-8
Concluding Thoughts
Literature References
CHAPTER 8: PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER
What We Have Learned
What Our Contributors Have Learned
Final Thoughts
APPENDIX A: COMPONENTS AND FEATURES OF THE SIOP MODEL
APPENDIX B: EXAMPLES OF ACADEMIC LANGUAGE IN THE ENGLISH-
LANGUAGE ARTS (K-2, 3-5, 5-8, 9-12)
APPENDIX C: MATRIX FOR ACTIVITIES AND THE SIOP COMPONENTS
APPENDIX D: BLACK LINE MASTERS FOR ACTIVITIES
REFERENCES
INDEX
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