ELA: Resources, Research and Curriculum

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This video shows how to administer the Diagnostic Assessment of Reading (DAR) to a non-native English speaking student in order to determine if this...

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In this video, Joan Schottenfeld is the teacher and she is joined by her students from the Boston Centers for Youth and Families/Perkins Adult...

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The STAR Vocabulary Lesson video demonstrates on how to teach vocabulary to a STAR class using explicit instruction. Joan Schottenfeld is the teacher...

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SETTING DIRECTIONS This CCR Standards-aligned unit with three accompanying lessons was created for ABE students at GLE 0 –3.9. You may use and adapt...

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Our Planet, Our Choices Thank you to Brooke Machado at the Boston Public Schools Adult Learning Center for this curriculum example. This CCR Standards...

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Thank you to Joan Schottenfeld at BCYF Perkins for this curriculum example. This resource includes the following: ELA Scope and Sequence for ABE...

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This is a CCR Standards-aligned unit with four accompanying lessons and handouts, created for ABE students GLE 6–8. You may use and adapt these...

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Find here: An excerpt of the full College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education ( CCRSAE)—just the ELA standards and related material...

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Use the questions to guide lesson planning and classroom observation for a standards-aligned classroom that reflects the three instructional shifts of...

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For an example of one way to write a complete Unit Plan for ELA using the ACLS template, see this model from Ware for a mixed-level class, centering...