566+Sp+13+Curriculum+Project

Purpose:
You will develop a series of theme-based activities that accomplish the following:
 * Engage diverse learners
 * Are appropriate for ELLs at varying levels of English proficiency
 * Support literacy development
 * Promote English language development
 * Teach academic content
 * Incorporate technology
 * Encourage biliteracy and cross-cultural understanding
 * Reflect research-based pedagogy and assessment

Curriculum Project Components

 * 1) **Unit Cover Sheet - Copy and paste the template below into your GoogleDocs Journal under "misc assignments")[[file:Unit Cover Sheet   Name.docx]]**
 * 2) **Narrative Plan [[file:narrative text plan.docx]]**
 * 3) **Academic Text Plan [[file:Academic Text template.docx]]**
 * 4) **Writing Task [[file:writing task2.docx]]**
 * 5) **Week Overview & Reflective Description [[file:unit overview & reflection.docx]] (Sample overview - [[file:unit overview sample.docx]])**

Standards Resources

 * Content Objectives: Common Core Standards - http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards


 * Communicative Objectives: From ELD Standards – Listening/Speaking - []


 * Linguistic Objectives: Specific language goal -- e.g. targeted vocabulary, grammar structures, conversation frames, etc.


 * Literacy: From ELD Standards – Reading/Writing - []


 * Cross-Cultural: Teacher identified goal to build multicultural awareness and appreciation for diversity.
 * Some ideas are here http://gonzagateach.wikispaces.com/Diversity

Student Profiles

 * Student’s Name: ** Win
 * Age: ** 7
 * Grade: ** 2nd
 * Home language: ** Karen
 * Heritage country: ** Burma
 * Birthplace: ** Burma
 * Time in U.S.: ** 1 year
 * English language proficiency: ** Advanced Beginning
 * English literacy: ** none
 * Prior/L1 literacy: ** none
 * Prior Schooling: ** none
 * Family Info: ** mother stays at home (6th grade education & basic L1 literacy); father works at a manufacturing plant (10th grade education & literate in L1); four siblings – one younger sister, and three older brothers
 * Hobbies and interests: ** collects stuffed animals, loves to sing and dance, tries to play video games with her brothers


 * Student’s Name: ** Eduardo
 * Age: ** 7
 * Grade: ** 2nd
 * Home language: ** Spanish
 * Heritage country: ** Mexico
 * Birthplace: ** United States
 * Time in U.S.: ** 7 years
 * English language proficiency: ** Advanced
 * Prior/L1 literacy: ** none
 * English language literacy: ** below grade level; can sound out basic words, struggles with comprehension
 * Prior Schooling: ** kindergarten & first grade in U.S.
 * Family Info: ** mother and father work in a restaurant; mother has 10th grade education and is highly literate in L1; she reads a lot in her spare time; father has 12th grade education and is highly literate in L1; two older brothers; grandparents are still in Mexico
 * Hobbies and interests: ** loves videogames and collecting Pokemon cards; likes to play soccer and watch TV; says he “hates reading”


 * Student’s Name: ** Terina
 * Age: ** 7
 * Grade: ** 2nd
 * Home language: ** Marshallese
 * Heritage country: ** Marshall Islands
 * Birthplace ** : Marshall Islands
 * Time in U.S.: ** 3 months
 * English language proficiency: ** Beginning
 * Prior/L1 literacy: ** was learning to read in English in the Marshall Islands
 * English language literacy: ** none
 * Prior Schooling: ** one year in Marshall Islands
 * Family Info: ** father speaks English fluently; works at RadioShack, completed high school in Marshall Islands; Mother does not speak English; she has a high school education; mother works the swing shift in the warehouse at Fred Meyer; three younger siblings (sister - 9 months; brother – 2 years; sister – 4 years old); grandmother lives with them and helps care for the children
 * Hobbies and interests: ** loves sports and being active; adores her pet dog; likes to help her grandma cook


 * Student’s Name: ** Raheem
 * Age: ** 10
 * Grade: ** 5th
 * Home language: ** Arabic
 * Heritage country: ** Iraq
 * Birthplace ** : Iraq
 * Time in U.S.: ** 2 years
 * English language proficiency: ** Intermediate
 * Prior/L1 literacy: ** grade-level literacy in Arabic
 * English language literacy: ** tested at 3rd grade reading level
 * Prior Schooling: ** three years in Iraq
 * Family Info: ** father speaks some English; university educated in Iraq; was trained as an engineer; now works as a janitor at the hospital; Mother speaks some English; she has a high school education; mother stays home; two younger brothers (5 and 7) and two older sisters (13 and 15)
 * Hobbies and interests: ** soccer; making videos and posting them on youtube; hanging out with his friends


 * Student’s Name: ** Asha
 * Age: ** 10
 * Grade: ** 5th
 * Home language: ** Kirundi
 * Heritage country: ** Burundi
 * Birthplace ** : Tanzania (refugee camp)
 * Time in U.S.: ** 1 year
 * English language proficiency: ** advanced beginning
 * Prior/L1 literacy: ** none
 * English language literacy: ** tested at 1.5 grade reading level
 * Prior Schooling: ** some interrupted schooling in the refugee camp
 * Family Info: ** father does not speak any English; was a farmer in his home country; not literate in L1; now unemployed but looking for work; Mother speaks a little English; not literate in L1; mother works a part-time housekeeping job at a hotel; two younger sisters (6 months and 4); Asha has a lot of responsibility at home
 * Hobbies and interests: ** watching TV; playing with friends; pop music


 * Student’s Name: ** Mayra
 * Age: ** 10
 * Grade: ** 5th
 * Home language: ** Spanish
 * Heritage country: ** Mexico
 * Birthplace ** : Los Angeles
 * Time in U.S.: ** 10 years
 * English language proficiency: ** advanced
 * Prior/L1 literacy: ** beginning
 * English language literacy: ** tested at 3.5 grade reading level
 * Prior Schooling: ** attended school in United States since kindergarten
 * Family Info: ** father and grandparents lives in Mexico; Mother speaks conversational English, but doesn't feel comfortable speaking; mother works as a medical assistant; two younger brothers (3, 6) and an older sister (13); several cousins live in the area
 * Hobbies and interests: ** pop music; texting; animals (she has two pets); dancing