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
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Topic Area
CCRSAE (College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education)
Curriculum Development
English Language Arts
Media Type
Document
Website
Resource Type
Resource
PD Team
SABES English Language Arts Curriculum & Instruction PD Team