JIS English for Academic Purposes

This is so cool! You type in (or paste) text and this shows a visual representation. I tried it with text from a science books and it made the info. so much more comprehensible to students. (WW)

Cooperative Learning as Method and Model in Second Language Teacher Education: collaborative teaching

Wow!

"Supporting English language learners: A practical guide for Ontario educators Grades 1 to 8 Supporting English language learners: A practical guide for Ontario educators Grades 1 to 8, 2008, is designed to support and help teachers, principals, and other education professionals in elementary schools work effectively with English language learners. This resource guide provides a rich source of practical techniques, research findings, and strategies that can be put to immediate use in the classroom and in the school. It also contains valuable information on working with families and communities, and as a whole school, to enable English language learners achieve curriculum expectations while they learn English."

This is the coolest site! Poets are given 20 minutes to write and you can actually see the writing and revision take place.

research unit

Resources for Teachers and Schools Exploring Strategies to Close the Achievement Gap of English Language Learners

Road map to research

This is GREAT! Thanks Wendy.

Where can you find books that will hold the interest of older readers who are still learning to read? What follows are lists of books which librarians & publishers have gathered 'for reluctant readers,' and sites with books specifically written with "hi-low" readers in mind. Keep in mind that a book for the "reluctant reader" audience may be aimed at a student who is reluctant to read standard topics, but has good reading skills. Also keep in mind that your readers' skills may not be as good as you think they are - take a listen to their reading before you hand them books and say "enjoy!" The only thing worse than having a book that's too hard to read is having an "easy" book that's too hard to read handed to you.

Teach students how to fix run-on sentences.

"Reading Level Correlation Chart"

Strategies for teaching reading in the middle years

Another visual dictionary. This one uses images in Flickr