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From this page you will find materials by teachers for teachers.
These materials are generously provided by their authors in a spirit of sharing and are not meant as official or approved state models. Please be sure to acknowledge the author when you use them in your classroom or program. You may copy and adapt these materials; however please note that these materials may not be further distributed or published without the author's permission. Where contact information is not provided within a resource, please e-mail Carey Reid at creid (at) worlded.org
Finally, do you have materials to share? We'd love to include them on this site. Please contact Carey Reid or your SABES Regional Curriculum and Assessment Coordinator about new materials, ideas for improving this site and/or requests for assistance. SABES is here to support you.
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College-Bound Dorchester (24 p., 195 KB)
Used by this adult education program in Dorchester, MA and developed at the time when Mary Diggle, Don Sands, and Mamadou Ndiaye served as co-directors of the program. If you have questions, please contact Kedan Harris at: kharris@collegebounddorchester.org
Framingham Adult ESL (51 p., 1.1 MB)
Based on the now defunct and unavailable Test of English Proficiency Level, program staff have adapted this tool and linked it to their curriculum.
Somerville Center for Adult Learning Experiences (SCALE) (16 p., 295 KB)
ESOL placement tests used by SCALE in Somerville, MA. Please contact Betty Stone at BStone@k12.somerville.ma.us if you have any questions.
Rubrics Collection (8 p., 79 KB) (8 p., 175 KB)
You might find one or more of these rubrics useful for assessing student skills in ways that are more complex ("constructed response") than fill-in or matching quizzes ("selected response"). We include a wide range of samples, including a version of the REEP writing rubric revised so that it can be used in ABE as well as ESOL classrooms. The official GED writing rubric is also included.
Workplace Writing Skills (52 p., 966 KB) (52 p., 412 KB)
Christine Polk, program coordinator and teacher for the Red Lion and Kripalu Workplace Education programs, produced this instructional resource for ESOL teachers helping their students learn to write within a workplace context.
Building Blocks to Your Success (4 p., 102 KB)
An ESOL teacher describes her "Building Blocks to Your Success" visual display that is a constant reminder to her students of what their goals are, the progress they have made, and what steps are yet to be accomplished.
Lawrence ALP Countable Outcomes (4 p., 21 KB)
A low-level ESOL teacher describes her success at integrating student goals into her teaching and shares her goals vocabulary pictures — in both small and large sizes — and the goals process she uses within her classroom.
Integrating Goal Setting into Instructional Practice (2 p., 14 KB)
A July 2008 update from the Center for New Americans, along with a handy goal-setting flow chart.
Goal documentation sheets
Documentation of progress towards their goals supports the learner's persistence and helps program record keeping. The Lawrence Adult Learning Center shares their Goal Documentation Sheets which lay out the specific necessary documentation or contains a simple student/staff verification statement where appropriate or acceptable.
UMass Dartmouth/WEP ESOL Lesson Plans
Here is a full set of lesson planning guides for SPLs 0-6 developed by the staff at the the UMass Dartmouth Workers' Education Program in New Bedford. Each four-page guide lists the ESOL listening, speaking, reading and writing benchmarks for that SPL and recommends specific teaching approaches and materials. If you have questions about the guides, please contact Lisa Jochim at: ljochim@umassed.edu
Lesson Plan Integrating of Standards
A model of a lesson plan that includes learning objectives, activities, and assessments, and uses Curriculum Frameworks standards as part of lesson planning.
Using Visualization as a Reading Strategy (6 p., 63 KB)
A set of lesson plans created by Lauren Capotosto.
Phonics Decoding/Encoding for the "-tion" Suffix (8 p., 74 KB)
Another set of lesson plans from Lauren for teaching "-tion/-ation" suffixes.
A Lesson Plan Unit on Tolerance (14 p., 107 KB)
Created by Helen Denat and Jeanne Davidson.
Lesson Planning Guide Using the New ESOL Frameworks (8 p., 86 KB)
A template from JoAnn Hartel & Linda Huntington for planning beginning ESOL classes.
A Bit About Curriculum (4 p., 36 KB)
Deborah Schwartz from the Boston Adult Literacy Resource Institute (ALRI) produced this piece based on her research of different perspectives on "curriculum" as a concept.
Brockton Adult Learning Center: Program-wide curriculum samples (7 p., 312 KB)
Suzanne Martin and her staff at Brockton Adult Learning Center aligned ESOL and ABE classes by CF benchmarks. These sample pages illustrate how they arranged benchmarks in rubric form to track learner progress.
ESOL Curriculum (48 p., 268 KB)
A PDF version of an ESOL curriculum developed by Janice Bigelow at La Alianza Hispana.
Hampden County Sheriff’s Dept.: Full program-wide curriculum (173 p., 6.4 MB)
Andree Duvall and her staff at the Hampden County Sheriff's Office developed this extensive curriculum guide for developing lesson plan units, for both ESOL and ABE classes. They are now revising to align with the Curriculum Frameworks, which had not been available at the time of development.
Juntos Collaborative: Full program-wide curriculum (42 p., 2.7 MB)
Glenn Yarnell and colleagues from the Juntos collaborative in Holyoke prioritized CF standards and benchmarks for ESOL and ABE classes. They also arranged them by topics that their learners have historically shown interest in.
Lowell Adult Education Center: Full program-wide curriculum (142 p., 3.1 MB)
Gerry McSwiggin, Debbie Francoeur, and Laurie Tirado of the Lowell Adult Education Center developed a program-wide curriculum that aligns all classes with CF standards/benchmarks and BEST Plus assessment scores. For new teachers, they further aligned with the Stand Out (italics) series of texts.
Mathematics Curriculum for Incarcerated Adults (64 p., 950 KB)
Staff members from the County Houses of Correction and the Department of Corrections have developed a mathematics curriculum that aligns all of their ABE math classes with prioritized Curriculum Framework standards and benchmarks. Please contact Helen Denat at helen.denat@sdb.state.ma.us if you have any questions.
MVALP: ESOL Curriculum for Adults (25 p., 407 KB)
A Level One (SPL 0-3) curriculum from the Martha's Vineyard Adult Learning Program developed by Jeanne Burke, Nicole Hawkes, and Diane Sylvia.
United States History through Feature Films curriculum (110 p., 4.6 MB)
A guide to using 27 films in the classroom, with the films grouped in four thematic areas: America at War; The West; The Many Faces of America; The Hero.
What other things do you need to know that you are not finding in the Curriculum & Instruction section? Send an e-mail suggestion to Carey Reid, SABES Staff Developer.
SABES Regional Curriculum Coordinators
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