English Language Learners Handbooks, Documents & Forms

Program handbooks, documents & forms

Handbook

• ELL handbook
• T&L Master degree handbook

Application

• Departmental application form

Helpful Links

• Books for ELL online courses
• ELL terminology
• Suggestions for mainstream teachers
• The need for teachers of color in Washington State

ELL thematic units for teachers

The following are resources for thematic units, for use in your classroom

Here are the resources:

• Amazon – A few lessons for students about the Amazon Rain Forest.
• Cooking – Some great ideas for cooking many diverse foods and lots of web sites
• Cranes – Use the book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes to introduce the concepts of Memorial Day and memorial monuments by “finishing” Sadako’s cranes.
• El Ser – A bilingual thematic unit for beginning level High School Spanish class.
• Family – A thematic unit for grades 4-6 integrating reading, writing, listening and speaking.
• Owls – A fun unit for lower grades integrating ELL standards into the mainstream curriculum.
• Planets -This unit on the solar system designed for a 5th grade intermediate ELL class can be adapted for other grades and levels.
• Spanish – Five spanish lessons 10th-11th grade levels
• Weather – This is Michelle McDonald and Heather Morley’s resource guide to weather thematic units. (Really Cool!)