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The UFLI Foundations Toolbox contains all the lesson resources to accompany the lesson plans provided in the UFLI Foundations manual. Every lesson has companion resources that will help you implement the lessons efficiently, effectively, and consistently.

Some of the companion lesson resources you will find below include:

Lesson slide decks
Decodable passages
Home practice activities
Games and activities for additional practice

112 excellent lessons and supports!

The purpose of this pamphlet is to help teachers understand why second language learners, who appear to be fluent in English, may experience a great deal of difficulty in their academic work.

"Unite for Literacy pictures a world where all children have access to an abundance of books that celebrate their languages and cultures. With a goal of cultivating a lifelong love of reading, Unite for Literacy provides free digital access to picture books, narrated in many languages." (AASL)

Looking to help students practice "reading" images for a variety of contextual meanings while engaging in content area study? This lesson uses images of the Boston Massacre to deepen students' comprehension of both the event and the effects of propaganda. Students begin by completing an anticipation guide to introduce them to Boston Massacre, propaganda, and British/colonial reactions to the massacre. They then complete an image analysis to make inferences about various images of the massacre. The culminating activity-a presentation about students' observations and inferences-demonstrates students' knowledge of the Boston Massacre and propaganda in a variety of ways. This lesson benefits English-language learners (ELLs) and struggling readers because it involves viewing images, participating in discussions, working with peers, and listening to a read-aloud that reinforces the lesson content and vocabulary.

"The Common Framework of Reference (CFR) is a criterion-referenced performance scale that supports educators as they work with a growing demographic of learners that require English as an Additional Language (EAL) supports. In order to ensure that such learners attain high levels of achievement across the Saskatchewan curriculum, the use of reference scales and corresponding resources is valuable to teacher planning and development of:
effective strategies to support English language learners; consistent approaches to instruction and assessment based on language needs; and, ongoing monitoring of student progress over time.
The Common Framework of Reference (CFR) is a well-established language framework that identifies ways in which learners at various levels of proficiency use language to perform meaningful, authentic tasks. The descriptors within the CFR identify observable behaviours that can be structured to support the attainment of provincial curriculum outcomes for EAL learners." (p.1)
The following document is from the Government of Saskatchewan and it addresses elementary, middle and secondary learners.

This lesson for English Language Learners (ELLs) introduces the modern phenomenon of viral videos. In this lesson, learners will practice reading, listening, speaking and writing. All activities are automatically graded with feedback provided to the learner upon submission.

7-UP Vocabulary Challenge

Make learning new vocabulary into a challenge game and see what happens!

This is a quick and material-free way to engage students with words they are learning!

The “7-UP”catch …  Tell the students that they are going to play a game of “7-UP” with the vocabulary words.  Naturally they will be excited because it’s a “game”.  The goal is to use the word in a sentence.  The trick is that the sentence has to be at least 7 words.  When the students point out “That’s going to be hard!” respond by “challenging” write a sentence better than the one you write. They will immediately want to “beat” you for the BEST sentence.  After they have shared with a shoulder partner, they nominated 3 peers to read their sentence for the class.  Vote for the most phenomenal sentence using the word.

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Learning English texts, MP3s and videos are in the public domain.

You are allowed to reprint them for educational and commercial purposes, with credit to learningenglish.voanews.com

The following document from Sun West School Division provides a number of strategies and activities for teaching oral language development.

Effective Oral Language Instruction – Best Practices
Use knowledge of stages of language development to plan instruction and choose
materials (see Appendix C).
Model good language use:
o Use complete sentences
o Precise language
o Use native language strategically
o Use academic and testing language -integrate target vocabulary into your
daily oral language
Ensure in conversation and in instruction that students are instructed on what to do
rather than what not to do. Example: ―Your essay should have 5 paragraphs‖ vs
―Don‘t just write one paragraph. ―
Provide multiple opportunities for practice in oral language with group, with partner,
and individually
Maximize student engagement ie. If students are passive provide opportunities where
all students must answer (see suggestions in document)
Provide choices for reluctant students
Connect all language to meaning
Teach academic language in the context of content instruction
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In this lesson, designed for a heterogeneous group of students that includes English-language learners, students work together to plan a website based on their home knowledge. An introductory lesson outlines the structure and components of simple websites (home page, titles, headings, links). Students take home and complete a bilingual student and family interest survey, then work in groups of four or five to identify common themes among the responses. Each group makes a flow chart to think graphically about the contents of their planned website. Each student keeps a project notebook to record new ideas, summarize group work, and share the project with family members. The teacher can make the planned websites a reality using one of the online website-building platforms in the Resources list.

Information adapted from Powerful practices of really great mentors: how to inspire and motivate anyone

This lesson for English Language Learners (ELLs) teaches us how to ask for directions. In this lesson, learners will practice reading, listening, speaking and writing. All activities are automatically graded with feedback provided to the learner upon submission.

This lesson for English Language Learners (ELLs) introduces the most important event in world soccer (football), the World Cup. In this lesson, learners will practice reading, listening, speaking and writing. All activities are automatically graded with feedback provided to the learner upon submission.

This lesson for English Language Learners (ELLs) introduces a new career that many people have chosen to follow, making videos for YouTube. In this lesson, learners will practice reading, listening, speaking and writing. All activities are automatically graded with feedback provided to the learner upon submission.

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