This page shares templates and resources for developing English Language Arts curriculum for ABE in Massachusetts. 

ELA Templates & Guides 

• ELA Scope & Sequence: Template and Review Guide
  • ELA Scope & Sequence: Design Tasks and Associated Resources
  • General Guidance
• ELA Unit Plan: Template and Review Guide
  • Design Tasks and Resources for ELA Unit Planning
  • Video Series: Creating Robust ELA Unit Plans Using the SABES Template - includes 4 short videos highlighting different sections of the SABES ELA Unit Plan template and how an ABE teacher in Massachusetts addressed them
• ELA Lesson Plan: Template and Review Guide
  • Google Doc Versions: Template and Review Guide

Standards

• CCRSAE-ELA and Standards-Based Teaching - includes the standards on which Adult Education ELA curriculum is based, along with our collection of related tools & materials
• Other Standards and Frameworks (Social Studies, Science, HiSET, GED)

Tools & Resources

• Examples of Unit Outcomes and Culminating Assessments
• Aligning ELA Priority Standards/Unit Objectives/Assessment
• Developing ELA Unit Objectives
• Text Complexity and Selection
• Gradual Release of Responsibility Model
• Guidelines for Fostering Student Engagement in ABE
• Level Benchmarks
  • Sample Level Benchmarks
  • Sample Aligned Level-End Benchmarks Across Class Levels
  • NRS New Educational Functioning Level Descriptors for Adult Basic Education - helpful in creating level-end benchmarks
• Curriculum Mapping
• Program Integration Templates

	ELA Home Page
	ELA Curriculum Hub
	Priority Lenses for ELA