Beck et al.’s (2013) framework: tier 1—basic words; tier 2—high-utility words that cut across academic content areas, often called general academic words or all-purpose academic words; and tier 3—content- or domain-specific words.
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A video clip highlighting the use of total physical response (TPR).
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The homepage for TED, offering videos of short "TED Talks," compelling presentations at TED conferences that share ideas across a broad spectrum, from science to business.
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The podcast directory of radio programs from National Public Radio (NPR).
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A website hosted by Randall Davis that provides over 100 listening activities on a wide range of topics at three different levels.
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A YouTube playlist compiled by Wayne E. Wright of songs and chants used by ESL teachers.
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Video clips of ESL student show-and-tell presentations about their families.
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An oral presentation that provides opportunities for ELLs to use their language skills to complete a project individually or in a small group and then to present their findings or results to the class.
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An online tool for creating interactive multimedia posters.
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An online tool for creating multimedia presentations.
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Create narrated presentations to share and discuss orally online.
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A video clip of the use of the think-pair-share strategy in a 2nd grade classroom.
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A video clip of the use of the roundtable and numbered heads together strategies in a 2nd grade classroom.
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A video clip of the use of the role playing strategy in a 5th grade classroom.
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A video clip of the use of barrier games in an ESL classroom.
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A video clip of the use of the obstacle course activity in an ESL classroom.
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A video clip of the use of the "What Am I" game with ESL students.
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A video clip of beginning level ELLs acting out the story "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble."
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Show the student an illustration of a scene depicting a lot of activity, such as at a park or a grocery store, and ask the student, for example, “What do you do see?” or “What is going on in this picture?”
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A free online program for creating and sharing visual stories.
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Video clip of Bernardo's oral presentation on the creation of a bilingual children's book. Use to practice the administration of the SOLOM-R.
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A video clip of Jesus's oral presentation on the creation of a bilingual children's book. Use for additional practice with the administration of the SOLOM-R.
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A video clip of Bernardo and Jesus reading their bilingual children's book, "Bruce's Great Adventure," that they described in their oral presentation.
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A video clip of the use of the Chat Show activity with young ELL students.
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A pdf of a sample SIOP lesson plan. Posted by the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL).
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The Student Oral Language Observation Matrix-Revised form, and its accompanying evaluation form.
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The Purdue English Language Learner Language Portraits (ELLLPs) provides pre-service and in-service teachers and administrators with resources and tools to practice assessing the English language proficiency of English language learners (ELLs) and analyzing the results to inform effective language and content-area instruction.
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