Grade 5: Additional Language and Literacy Block: Module 3: Unit 3

Additional Language and Literacy (ALL) Block component of Grade 5: Module 3: Unit 3 of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. The ALL Block is one hour of differentiated small group instruction aligned to the module content, giving students further practice with key literacy skills. This unit's ALL Block curriculum complements the Grade 5 module Athlete Leaders of Social Change. For more information on the ALL Block, please visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org/about-k-2-labs-and-ALL-block.

Material Type: Unit of Study

Author: EL Education

Grade 3: Additional Language and Literacy Block: Module 3: Unit 2

Additional Language and Literacy (ALL) Block component of Grade 3: Module 3: Unit 2 of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. The ALL Block is one hour of differentiated small group instruction aligned to the module content, giving students further practice with key literacy skills. This unit's ALL Block curriculum complements the Grade 3 module Exploring Literary Classics. For more information on the ALL Block, please visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org/about-k-2-labs-and-ALL-block.

Material Type: Unit of Study

Author: EL Education

Grade 5: Additional Language and Literacy Block: Module 3: Unit 1

Additional Language and Literacy (ALL) Block component of Grade 5: Module 3: Unit 1 of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. The ALL Block is one hour of differentiated small group instruction aligned to the module content, giving students further practice with key literacy skills. This unit's ALL Block curriculum complements the Grade 5 module Athlete Leaders of Social Change. For more information on the ALL Block, please visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org/about-k-2-labs-and-ALL-block.

Material Type: Unit of Study

Author: EL Education

Grade 4: Additional Language and Literacy Block: Module 1: Unit 1

Additional Language and Literacy (ALL) Block component of Grade 4: Module 1: Unit 1 of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. The ALL Block is one hour of differentiated small group instruction aligned to the module content, giving students further practice with key literacy skills. This unit's ALL Block curriculum complements the Grade 4 module Poetry, Poets, and Becoming Writers. For more information on the ALL Block, please visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org/about-k-2-labs-and-ALL-block.

Material Type: Unit of Study

Author: EL Education

Grade 3: Additional Language and Literacy Block: Module 2: Unit 2

Additional Language and Literacy (ALL) Block component of Grade 3: Module 2: Unit 2 of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. The ALL Block is one hour of differentiated small group instruction aligned to the module content, giving students further practice with key literacy skills. This unit's ALL Block curriculum complements the Grade 3 module Adaptations and the Wide World of Frogs. For more information on the ALL Block, please visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org/about-k-2-labs-and-ALL-block.

Material Type: Unit of Study

Author: EL Education

Grade 5: Additional Language and Literacy Block: Module 4: Unit 2

Additional Language and Literacy (ALL) Block component of Grade 5: Module 4: Unit 2 of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. The ALL Block is one hour of differentiated small group instruction aligned to the module content, giving students further practice with key literacy skills. This unit's ALL Block curriculum complements the Grade 5 module The Impact of Natural Disasters. For more information on the ALL Block, please visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org/about-k-2-labs-and-ALL-block.

Material Type: Unit of Study

Author: EL Education

Grade 3: Additional Language and Literacy Block: Module 4: Unit 1

Additional Language and Literacy (ALL) Block component of Grade 3: Module 4: Unit 1 of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. The ALL Block is one hour of differentiated small group instruction aligned to the module content, giving students further practice with key literacy skills. This unit's ALL Block curriculum complements the Grade 3 module Water Around the World. For more information on the ALL Block, please visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org/about-k-2-labs-and-ALL-block.

Material Type: Unit of Study

Author: EL Education

Grade 5: Additional Language and Literacy Block: Module 2: Unit 1

Additional Language and Literacy (ALL) Block component of Grade 5: Module 2: Unit 1 of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. The ALL Block is one hour of differentiated small group instruction aligned to the module content, giving students further practice with key literacy skills. This unit's ALL Block curriculum complements the Grade 5 module Biodiversity in the Rainforest. For more information on the ALL Block, please visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org/about-k-2-labs-and-ALL-block.

Material Type: Unit of Study

Author: EL Education

Grade 4: Additional Language and Literacy Block: Module 3: Unit 2

Additional Language and Literacy (ALL) Block component of Grade 4: Module 3: Unit 2 of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. The ALL Block is one hour of differentiated small group instruction aligned to the module content, giving students further practice with key literacy skills. This unit's ALL Block curriculum complements the Grade 4 module The American Revolution. For more information on the ALL Block, please visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org/about-k-2-labs-and-ALL-block.

Material Type: Unit of Study

Author: EL Education

Grade 3: Additional Language and Literacy Block: Module 4: Unit 3

Additional Language and Literacy (ALL) Block component of Grade 3: Module 4: Unit 3 of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. The ALL Block is one hour of differentiated small group instruction aligned to the module content, giving students further practice with key literacy skills. This unit's ALL Block curriculum complements the Grade 3 module Water Around the World. For more information on the ALL Block, please visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org/about-k-2-labs-and-ALL-block.

Material Type: Unit of Study

Author: EL Education

Deutsch im Blick

This textbook includes all 10 chapters of Deutsch im Blick (2nd ed, 2017). Deutsch im Blick is the web-based first-year German program developed and in use at the University of Texas. It is an open access site with free and open multimedia resources, which requires neither password nor fees.

Material Type: Full Course

Gateway to Chinese

This site offers a collection of free interactive language learning resources for beginning Mandarin Chinese. Students now have the option to practice pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, listening, and reading skills at their own convenience. Gateway to Chinese resources are designed to give students the valuable feedback they need to improve language skills in the critical early stages of learning. An extensive number of interactive exercises allow students to practice what they learn. With these tools, instructors can utilize valuable classroom time to do what they do best: teach!

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Lecture, Reading

Nahuatlahtolli: A Beginner to Advanced Level Nahuatl Online Course

This self-paced course is based on the Nahuatl variant from the Huasteca of Veracruz that is spoken in Chicontepec, Veracruz, Mexico. The principal aim of this course is to develop the student’s oral, written, and comprehension abilities primarily through the study of grammar, listening, and reading. The intended audience for this pedagogical resource is foreign students interested in developing their language skills, as well as native teachers in bilingual schools in the Chicontepec region.

Material Type: Full Course

Authors: Catalina Cruz de la Cruz, Josefrayn Sánchez-Perry, Kelly McDonough, Sabina Cruz de la Cruz, Sergio Romero

Au Boulot! First-Year French

Au boulot! is a two-year college French program consisting of: a textbook, workbook and 21 accompanying audio exercises; as well as a reference grammar, to be used the entire two years. We also insist that our students obtain a full-sized dictionary, and we recommend the HARPER-COLLINS-ROBERT bilingual New Standard Edition. (Instructors will note in reviewing the materials that we provide vocabulary lists at the ends of chapters, with translations, but no glossary. We have become convinced after years of experience that glossaries are counter-productive. It is vital that students learn to use dictionaries, and the sooner the better.)

Material Type: Textbook

Authors: Herve Pensec, Hope Christiansen, Madeleine Kernen

Summary and "The Fallacy of Success"

This set of lessons extends over several days. Students work with a partner to read and annotate G.K. Chesterton's "The Fallacy of Success." Students take notes which summarize each section of the text. Students write an objective summary of the text, identifying two claims and determining how those claims are developed in the text.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

How to Search for Openly Licensed Educational Resources

The growing body of online educational resources is helping to create universal access to language education. This is a good thing. Use this introductory guide to find open resources for your classroom. The OER ecosystem works best when everybody contributes content. Consider sharing your own. Educators often supplement foreign language textbooks. Perhaps your students need more grammar, authentic L2 materials, or listening practice exercises. Go to an open content search page. For example, Creative Commons offers a system of open licensing which enables resource sharing. Their CC search page is a great place to start. However, finding openly licensed educational resources (OER)—which can be edited, built upon, and shared without copyright restrictions—isnʼt always easy.

Material Type: Reading

Chqe’tamaj le qach’ab’al K’iche’! - A Beginner to Advanced Level K'iche' Online Course

Chqe’tamaj le qach’ab’al K’iche’! seeks to develop a beginner to advanced level online course for K’iche’, a Mayan language of Guatemala. The team includes faculty and grad students at The University of Texas at Austin and at Vanderbildt University, as well as associates in Nahualá who are all working together to develop materials relevant for the course. This will be the first full online course of any Mayan language. Based on the variety spoken in Nahualá, it seeks to develop oral fluency in the student in addition to an understanding of the grammar as well as reading skills. The intended audience for this pedagogical resource is foreign students interested in developing their language skills, as well as native teachers in bilingual schools through western Guatemala.

Material Type: Textbook

Toulmin Argument Essay

This lesson extends over several class periods. Students view a Prezi presentation on Toulmin's argument and complete an assignment based on the presentation. Students then write an argument essay about the power of prevailing passion over reason.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

American Sign Language III (ASL 123)

ASL III is the third quarter of the first year study of American Sign Language (ASL) and the people who use it. ASL III will enhance the use of ASL grammar and consist of concentrated efforts to develop the studentęs expressive and receptive skills. The course will continue to provide insights into Deaf Cultural values, attitudes and the Deaf community. Now learning more abstract concepts of the language, ASL III students will be able to: narrate events that occurred in the past, ask for solutions to everyday problems, tell about life events, and describe objects. Students will also be able to: demonstrate intermediate finger spelling competency, generate complex ASL structures with intermediate vocabulary knowledge, execute a wide variety of grammatical principles, including classifiers and inflections, adapt to different sign language registers, dialects and accents, and create opportunities to interact with members of the Deaf community.

Material Type: Assessment, Full Course, Reading, Syllabus

Her Şey bir Merhaba ile Başlar! (Everything Begins with a Hello!)

Her Şey Bir Merhaba ile Başlar is a multimedia textbook with supplementary materials for intermediate Turkish language learners. The textbook and public Canvas course comprise an openly licensed curriculum focused on developing Intercultural Communicative Competence. The four units invite learners to engage with culturally rich print, audio and video texts and use the target language to investigate, explain and reflect on the relationship between contemporary Turks’ socio-cultural practices, products and perspectives. Each unit addresses a different aspect of society: family, love and marriage, the environment, and art and politics, and contains the following components: - contextualized grammar lessons, - videos of Turks speaking about their lives and their country, - activities that hone language skills while raising awareness about contemporary Turkish society, - interactive, auto-correct exercises that facilitate learners’ acquisition of vocabulary and syntax structures. The Her Şey Bir Merhaba ile Başlar textbook is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license. It is now downloadable for free in PDF or adaptable Google Docs format and is also available for purchase as a print-on-demand book from Lulu.com and Amazon.com. The Canvas course will be launching later in Spring 2021.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Homework/Assignment, Student Guide, Teaching/Learning Strategy, Textbook

Author: Jeannette Okur