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CCRS Standards in Action: Literacy: Determining author's position, via Pros and Cons: Technology in Our Daily Lives: Advanced Unit Part III
This lesson is focused on the pro/con format and on how to use the claim of and supporting evidence in a text to determine the author’s position on a topic. The texts selected for the lesson focus on building students’ knowledge of current advances in technology. (U.S. Dept of Ed. OCTAE)
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Reading Skills for Today's Adults
Reading Skills for Today's Adults (RSTA) is an online collection of leveled readings addressing various topics of interest to adult learners. Each reading has a collection of accompanying materials. The SABES ELA PD Center has created a short and long RSTA Navigation Guide and video overview to…
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Video Series: Remote ELA Instructional Practices
Introduction to the Video Series: Remote ELA Instructional Practices Find inspiration and examples for teaching remotely in this series of videos co-produced by the SABES English Language Arts and Literacy (ELA) and Communications PD Centers. In addition to examples of remote ELA instruction, these…
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Reading Instruction: Our Rights, Our Freedoms (Instructional Practices in Remote ELA Teaching series)
Reading Instruction: Our Rights, Our Freedoms (full lesson) Brooke Machado teaches a remote high school level Social Studies/ELA class on the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, using close reading strategies to understand the complex text of the First…
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Problem-Based Learning Resources
Problem-based learning is a student-centered instructional approach that engages students in collaboratively solving an open-ended problem. This instructional strategy cultivates a wide range of skills, including critical thinking, processing and analyzing information,  interpersonal skills, and…
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Project-Based Learning Resources
Project-based learning is a teaching approach in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world, meaningful projects. Students develop knowledge and experience while purposefully using their language skills. Research shows this to be one of the most effective ways to engage adult learners…
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ELA Remote Instruction
Are you wondering about resources for teaching ELA remotely, or incorporating online elements into your face-to-face classes? Highlights of the ELA distance learning resources: Alphabetics Slides for Teaching Conducting a Writing Workshop online Create Videos and Google Forms for Vocabulary…
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Create Videos and Google Forms for Vocabulary Instruction
In these two videos, Massachusetts adult education teacher Joan Schottenfeld describes how she creates vocabulary videos with accompanying Google forms and how she posts them in her Google Classroom. She highlights what she does to encourage and enhance learner engagement, especially important…
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Google Jamboard for ELA
Jamboard, Google's interactive whiteboard, can be used in many creative ways. Please note that you need a Google account in order to create Jamboards, but do not need one in order to use publicly shared Jamboards. And, yes, Jamboard is usable from a smartphone. Support and Examples from the ELA…
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STAR (Student Achievement in Reading) best practice video instruction series
In this series of four videos, two instructors and the director of Abisi Adult Education Center in Lowell, MA introduce you to the STAR program (Student Achievement in Reading), how they implement STAR in their classrooms, and its positive impact on their adult learners.  Work on this series was…
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