99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners with the SIOP Model

Deborah J. Short is a professional development consultant and a senior research associate at the Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington, DC. She co-developed the SIOP® Model for sheltered instruction and has directed national research studies on English language learn-ers funded by the Carnegie Corporation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the U.S. Dept. of Education. She recently chaired an expert panel on adolescent ELL literacy. As the director of Academic Language Research & Training, Dr. Short provides professional development on sheltered instruction and academic literacy around the U.S. and abroad. She has numerous publications, including the SIOP® book series and five ESL textbook series for National Geographic/Hampton-Brown. She has taught English as a second/foreign language in New York, California, Virginia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Jana Echevarría is a Professor Emerita at California State University, Long Beach. She has taught in elementary, middle, and high schools in general education, special education, ESL, and bilingual programs. She has lived in Taiwan, Spain and Mexico. An internationally known expert on second language learners, Dr. Echevarría is a Fulbright Specialist. Her research and publications focus on effective instruction for English learners, including those with learning disabilities. Currently, she is Co-Principal Investigator with the Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners (CREATE) funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES). In 2005, Dr. Echevarría was selected as Outstanding Professor at CSULB. MaryEllen Vogt, Ed.D., is Professor Emerita of Education at California State University, Long Beach. MaryEllen has been a classroom teacher, reading specialist, special education specialist, curriculum coordinator, and university teacher educator. She received her doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a co-author of fifteen books, including Reading Specialists and Literacy Coaches in the Real World (3rd ed., 2011) and the SIOP® book series. Her research interests include improving comprehension in the content areas, teacher change and development, and content literacy and language acquisition for English learners. She was inducted into the California Reading Hall of Fame, received her university’s Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, and served as President of the International Reading Association in 2004–2005.

Introduction

Criteria for Selecting the Ideas and Activities

About This Book

Purpose of Ideas and Activities

Content and Language Objectives

Lesson Plans

Acknowledgements

A Guide to Using This Book

CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW OF THE SIOP MODEL

CHAPTER 2: LESSON PREPARATION

Overview of Preparation Component

Ideas and Activities for Enhancing Lesson Preparation

Teacher Collaboration using the SIOP Protocol

Differentiated Instruction

Enlarged, Adapted Text

Alternate Materials

Success through Scaffolding

Task Analysis or Backwards Planning

SIOP Planning Flow Chart

Lesson Plan Format

CHAPTER 3: BUILDING BACKGROUND

Overview of Building Background Component

Ideas and Activities for Building Background

Realia, Photos, and Illustrations

KWL Chart

Pretest with a Partner

Backwards Book Walk

Go to Your Corner

The Insert Method

Student Journals

Personal Dictionaries

Signal Words

4 Corners Vocabulary

Identifying and Using Cognates to Teach English Vocabulary

Surprise Book

Lesson Plan: Elementary

Lesson Plan: Secondary

CHAPTER 4: COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT

Overview of Comprehensible Input Component

Ideas and Activities for Providing Comprehensible Input

Identifying Levels of Second Language Acquisition

Move It!

Vocabulary Cards and Flip Books

Homographs, Homophones, and Synonyms.

Idiom Match-Up

Taped Texts for Scaffolding

Every Student Gets a Chance

Framed Outlines

Lesson Plan: Elementary

Lesson Plan: Secondary

CHAPTER 5: STRATEGES

Overview of Strategies Component

Ideas and Activities for Developing Strategies

Directed Reading-Thinking Activity (DR-TA)

SQP2RS (Squeepers)

Questioning Prompts for Different levels of Language Acquisition

Canned Questions

Question-Answer Relationships (QAR)

Anticipation/Reaction Guide

Progressive Maps

T-Chart Graphic Organizer

Split Page Note-taking

Stop and Think

You Are the Teacher!

Value Line

Adapted Venn Diagram

Lesson Plan: Elementary

Lesson Plan: Secondary

CHAPTER 6: INTERACTION

Overview of Interaction Component

Ideas and Activities for Promoting Interaction

Is It Complete?

Dinner Party

Group Response with a White Board

Reader-Writer-Speaker Response Triads

Inside Outside Circle

Find Your Match

Jigsaw What You Know

Gallery Walk

Take a Stand

Frozen Moment

You Are There

Great Performances

Role Playing

Puppetry

Lesson Plan: Elementary

Lesson Plan: Secondary

CHAPTER 7: PRACTICE AND APPLICATION

Overview of Practice and Application Component

Ideas and Activities for Providing Practice and Application

BINGO

Are You Sleeping?

Poetry and Patterns

Go Graphic for Expository Texts

Main Idea Chart

Cause and Effect Chart

Compare/Contrast Chart

Sequence or Chronological Chart

Problem - Solution Chart

Description Chart

Plot Chart/Short Story Flow Chart

The Frame-Up

Piece O’ Pizza

Virginia Reel

Numbered Heads Together

Vocabulary-Go-Fish

Lesson Plan: Elementary

Lesson Plan: Secondary

CHAPTER 8: LESSON DELIVERY

SIOP Features of Lesson Delivery

Overview of Lesson Delivery Component

Ideas and Activities for Effective Lesson Delivery

Heading into Questions

Chunk and Chew

Magic Buttons

Procedural Knowledge

Response Cards

Secret Answer

Take Your Corners

What Do You Know?

Stop That Video

CHAPTER 9: REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT

Overview of Review and Assessment Component

Ideas and Activities for Review and Assessment

Simultaneous Round Table

Find Someone Who

Numbered Heads Together with a Review Sheet

Sign in, Please

Response Boards

Find the Fib

Elementary Lesson Plan

Secondary Lesson Plan

Selected References

Appendix A: The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol