Teaching Your Secondary ELLs the Academic Language of Tests

Download or read book Teaching Your Secondary ELLs the Academic Language of Tests written by r4Educated Solutions and published by Solution Tree Press. This book was released on 2011-10-05 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A joint publication of Solution Tree and r4 Educated Solutions--Teach your English language learners unfamiliar language features before they encounter these words in core content areas and standardized test questions. Evidence-based, teacher-friendly lesson plan provide a practical framework for ensuring diverse learners have the same opportunity to achieve. This manual also supports content-area teachers in providing instruction for content-specific language skills. Each lesson plan provides background information for the teacher, implications for high-stakes testing, a list of materials, academic vocabulary, and activities.